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 17,235 1,492 708 784 293
WHITE 8,167 515 265 250 101
NONWHITE 9,068 977 443 534 192
-------- 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 65 1 28 36 10 0 2 8 55 1 26 28
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 55 1 26 28 1 0 0 1 54 1 26 27
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 9 0 1 8 1 0 0 1 8 0 1 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 13 0 2 11 2 0 0 2 11 0 2 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 43.6 1.4 81.6 (15-19) 19.4 0.0 40.0 (15-19) 56.3 2.2 101.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 4 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 61.5 1000 71.4 27.8 200.0 . 500.0 125.0 36.4 1000 38.5 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 69 2 30 37 12 0 3 9 57 2 27 28
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 46.2 2.8 85.4 (15-19) 23.3 0.0 48.0 (15-19) 58.3 4.5 103.0 (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
