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 20,771 2,018 1,039 979 409
WHITE 4,654 298 155 143 46
NONWHITE 16,117 1,720 884 836 363
-------- 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 100 9 41 50 5 0 2 3 95 9 39 47
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 12 2 6 4 1 0 0 1 11 2 6 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 18 1 11 6 0 0 0 0 18 1 11 6
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 91 9 39 43 0 0 0 0 91 9 39 43
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 20 0 5 15 0 0 0 0 20 0 5 15
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 24 1 5 18 0 0 0 0 24 1 5 18
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 9 1 4 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 49.6 8.7 93.0 (15-19) 16.8 0.0 35.0 (15-19) 55.2 10.2 102.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 10.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.5 0.0 0.0 21.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 23 4 11 8 2 0 1 1 21 4 10 7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 230.0 444.4 268.3 160.0 400.0 . 500.0 333.3 221.0 444.4 256.4 148.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 124 13 52 59 7 0 3 4 117 13 49 55
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 61.4 12.5 113.4 (15-19) 23.5 0.0 49.0 (15-19) 68.0 14.7 124.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1
* 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
