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 34,388 2,686 976 1,710 378
WHITE 24,927 1,805 567 1,238 230
NONWHITE 9,461 881 409 472 148
-------- 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 57 3 17 37 23 1 7 15 34 2 10 22
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 3 4 7 4 1 2 1 10 2 2 6
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 46 3 16 27 12 1 6 5 34 2 10 22
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 18 2 2 14 6 0 1 5 12 2 1 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 24 2 5 17 8 0 1 7 16 2 4 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 2 3 4 2 0 2 0 7 2 1 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 21.2 3.1 31.6 (15-19) 12.7 1.8 17.8 (15-19) 38.6 4.9 67.8 (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# 33 0 7 26 20 0 4 16 13 0 3 10
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 578.9 0.0 411.8 702.7 869.6 0.0 571.4 1067 382.4 0.0 300.0 454.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 90 3 24 63 43 1 11 31 47 2 13 32
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 33.5 3.1 50.9 (15-19) 23.8 1.8 33.9 (15-19) 53.3 4.9 95.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
* 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
