TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT 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 243,891 20,228 9,959 10,269 3,894
WHITE 148,301 10,340 5,124 5,216 2,056
NONWHITE 95,590 9,888 4,835 5,053 1,838
-------- 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 910 31 368 511 280 2 97 181 630 29 271 330
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 93 9 35 49 20 0 6 14 73 9 29 35
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 151 6 71 74 29 0 10 19 122 6 61 55
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 765 31 330 404 151 2 62 87 614 29 268 317
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 236 0 55 181 51 0 4 47 185 0 51 134
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 272 0 65 207 68 0 10 58 204 0 55 149
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 67 2 34 31 11 0 5 6 56 2 29 25
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 45.0 3.1 85.6 (15-19) 27.1 0.4 53.3 (15-19) 63.7 6.0 118.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 8 0 3 5 1 0 1 0 7 0 2 5
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 8.8 0.0 8.2 9.8 3.6 0.0 10.3 0.0 11.1 0.0 7.4 15.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 191 18 85 88 104 6 51 47 86 12 34 40
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 209.9 580.6 231.0 172.2 371.4 3000 525.8 259.7 136.5 413.8 125.5 121.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,109 49 456 604 385 8 149 228 723 41 307 375
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 54.8 4.9 103.2 (15-19) 37.2 1.6 72.3 (15-19) 73.1 8.5 135.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 11 2 6 3 2 0 1 1 9 2 5 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 12.1 64.5 16.3 5.9 7.1 0.0 10.3 5.5 14.3 69.0 18.5 6.1
* 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
INFANT MORTALITY RATE=INFANT DEATHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
