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 31,458 2,562 1,331 1,231 493
WHITE 27,373 2,153 1,120 1,033 413
NONWHITE 4,085 409 211 198 80
-------- 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 20 44 51 1 14 36 14 0 6 8
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 3 4 5 0 1 4 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 39 1 16 22 25 1 10 14 14 0 6 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 11 0 2 9 7 0 1 6 4 0 1 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 16 0 2 14 11 0 1 10 5 0 1 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 25.4 0.8 52.0 (15-19) 23.7 0.9 48.4 (15-19) 34.2 0.0 70.7 (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# 8 0 1 7 7 0 1 6 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 123.1 0.0 50.0 159.1 137.2 0.0 71.4 166.7 71.4 . 0.0 125.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 73 1 21 51 58 1 15 42 15 0 6 9
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 28.5 0.8 58.5 (15-19) 26.9 0.9 55.2 (15-19) 36.7 0.0 75.8 (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
