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 19,797 1,266 630 636 248
WHITE 18,415 1,145 576 569 227
NONWHITE 1,382 121 54 67 21
-------- 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 35 0 15 20 28 0 13 15 7 0 2 5
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 5 1 4 0 3 1 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 15 0 7 8 9 0 5 4 6 0 2 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 6 0 1 5 5 0 1 4 1 0 0 1
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 9 0 2 7 7 0 2 5 2 0 0 2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 27.6 0.0 55.0 (15-19) 24.4 0.0 49.2 (15-19) 57.8 0.0 104.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 57.1 0.0 0.0 100.0 35.7 0.0 0.0 66.7 142.8 0.0 0.0 200.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 7 0 3 4 4 0 2 2 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 200.0 . 200.0 200.0 142.8 . 153.8 133.3 428.6 . 500.0 400.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 44 0 18 26 33 0 15 18 11 0 3 8
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 34.8 0.0 69.2 (15-19) 28.8 0.0 58.0 (15-19) 90.9 0.0 164.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
* 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
