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 11,453 1,151 614 537 194
WHITE 3,475 221 122 99 40
NONWHITE 7,978 930 492 438 154
-------- 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 53 3 24 26 3 0 0 3 50 3 24 23
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 14 0 7 7
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 3 24 24 2 0 0 2 49 3 24 22
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 6 9 1 0 0 1 14 0 6 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 16 0 6 10 1 0 0 1 15 0 6 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 5 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 46.0 4.9 93.1 (15-19) 13.6 0.0 30.3 (15-19) 53.8 6.1 107.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 18.9 0.0 0.0 38.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 43.5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 75.5 333.3 41.7 76.9 0.0 . . 0.0 80.0 333.3 41.7 87.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 58 4 25 29 3 0 0 3 55 4 25 26
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.4 6.5 100.6 (15-19) 13.6 0.0 30.3 (15-19) 59.1 8.1 116.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 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
