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 13,527 1,203 583 620 205
WHITE 5,667 372 203 169 58
NONWHITE 7,860 831 380 451 147
-------- 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 4 19 30 5 0 0 5 48 4 19 25
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 3 5 1 0 0 1 7 0 3 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 3 6 1 0 0 1 8 0 3 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 4 19 28 3 0 0 3 48 4 19 25
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 17 0 5 12 2 0 0 2 15 0 5 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 20 0 6 14 3 0 0 3 17 0 6 11
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 44.0 6.9 79.0 (15-19) 13.4 0.0 29.6 (15-19) 57.8 10.5 97.6 (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# 5 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 94.3 0.0 0.0 166.7 200.0 . . 200.0 83.3 0.0 0.0 160.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 58 4 19 35 6 0 0 6 52 4 19 29
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 48.2 6.9 87.1 (15-19) 16.1 0.0 35.5 (15-19) 62.6 10.5 106.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
