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 62,251 4,761 2,367 2,394 850
WHITE 45,773 3,087 1,537 1,550 530
NONWHITE 16,478 1,674 830 844 320
-------- 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 183 4 69 110 87 1 34 52 96 3 35 58
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 21 1 9 11 7 0 4 3 14 1 5 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 21 1 8 12 9 0 4 5 12 1 4 7
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 131 4 54 73 39 1 20 18 92 3 34 55
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 49 0 10 39 14 0 2 12 35 0 8 27
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 56 0 11 45 15 0 2 13 41 0 9 32
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 8 0 2 6 4 0 1 3 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.4 1.7 74.8 (15-19) 28.2 0.6 55.5 (15-19) 57.3 3.6 110.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 10.9 0.0 14.5 9.1 11.5 0.0 0.0 19.2 10.4 0.0 28.6 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 22 0 9 13 10 0 2 8 12 0 7 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 120.2 0.0 130.4 118.2 114.9 0.0 58.8 153.8 125.0 0.0 200.0 86.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 207 4 79 124 98 1 36 61 109 3 43 63
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.5 1.7 84.8 (15-19) 31.7 0.6 62.6 (15-19) 65.1 3.6 125.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3
* 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
