TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1996
TOTAL FEMALES FEMALES FEMALES TOTAL
POPULATION AGES AGES AGES LIVE
RACE ALL AGES 10-19 10-14 15-19 BIRTHS
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TOTAL 253,096 19,628 9,551 10,077 3,966
WHITE 115,854 6,945 3,380 3,565 1,077
NONWHITE 137,242 12,683 6,171 6,512 2,889
-------- ALL RACES -------- ---------- WHITE ---------- -------- NONWHITE ---------
ALL AGES AGES AGES ALL AGES AGES AGES ALL AGES AGES AGES
TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19 TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19 TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19
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TEENAGE BIRTHS 799 36 310 453 98 2 34 62 701 34 276 391
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 131 5 48 78 9 0 4 5 122 5 44 73
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 172 9 65 98 12 0 4 8 160 9 61 90
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 749 36 298 415 60 2 24 34 689 34 274 381
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 225 1 52 172 10 0 4 6 215 1 48 166
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 282 1 73 208 20 0 6 14 262 1 67 194
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 85 4 35 46 12 1 6 5 73 3 29 41
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 40.7 3.8 75.7 (15-19) 14.1 0.6 26.9 (15-19) 55.3 5.5 102.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 5 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 4
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 6.2 27.8 0.0 8.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.1 29.4 0.0 10.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 267 12 75 180 62 2 19 41 205 10 56 139
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 334.2 333.3 241.9 397.4 632.6 1000 558.8 661.3 292.4 294.1 202.9 355.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,071 49 385 637 160 4 53 103 911 45 332 534
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 54.6 5.1 101.4 (15-19) 23.0 1.2 43.8 (15-19) 71.8 7.3 133.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 5 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 3
* ACCORDING TO THE KESSNER INDEX
** SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350 GRAMS OR MORE
# FIGURES BY RACE MAY NOT ADD TO TOTAL BECAUSE TOTAL FIGURES INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH RACE OF MOTHER WAS UNKNOWN
DEFINITIONS:
IMMATURE=BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS
PREMATURE=GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS
FERTILITY RATE=LIVE BIRTHS TO MOTHERS IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
FETAL DEATH RATIO=FETAL DEATHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
INDUCED TERM. RATIO=INDUCED TERMINATIONS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
PREGNANCIES=LIVE BIRTHS PLUS FETAL DEATHS PLUS INDUCED TERMINATIONS
PREGNANCY RATE=PREGNANCIES OF WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
INFANT DEATH=DEATH OF A LIVE-BORN INFANT BEFORE REACHING 1 YEAR OF AGE
