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 10,554 850 421 429 135
WHITE 4,284 273 144 129 44
NONWHITE 6,270 577 277 300 91
-------- 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 26 3 11 12 5 0 3 2 21 3 8 10
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 22 3 9 10 1 0 1 0 21 3 8 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 30.6 7.1 53.6 (15-19) 18.3 0.0 38.8 (15-19) 36.4 10.8 60.0 (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 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 153.8 0.0 363.6 0.0 600.0 . 1000 0.0 47.6 0.0 125.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 30 3 15 12 8 0 6 2 22 3 9 10
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 35.3 7.1 62.9 (15-19) 29.3 0.0 62.0 (15-19) 38.1 10.8 63.3 (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
