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 309,366 22,786 10,766 12,020 4,356
WHITE 243,417 16,332 7,745 8,587 3,150
NONWHITE 65,949 6,454 3,021 3,433 1,206
-------- 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 868 22 327 519 525 7 183 335 343 15 144 184
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 96 1 32 63 37 0 11 26 59 1 21 37
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 139 9 47 83 64 2 20 42 75 7 27 41
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 579 22 249 308 243 7 107 129 336 15 142 179
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 211 3 49 159 109 0 20 89 102 3 29 70
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 259 3 60 196 139 0 24 115 120 3 36 81
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 62 5 26 31 16 0 6 10 46 5 20 21
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.1 2.0 70.4 (15-19) 32.1 0.9 60.3 (15-19) 53.1 5.0 95.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 9 0 1 8 4 0 1 3 5 0 0 5
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 10.4 0.0 3.0 15.4 7.6 0.0 5.5 9.0 14.6 0.0 0.0 27.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 145 6 50 89 85 2 32 51 59 4 17 38
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 167.0 272.7 152.9 171.5 161.9 285.7 174.9 152.2 172.0 266.7 118.0 206.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,022 28 378 616 614 9 216 389 407 19 161 227
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.8 2.6 82.7 (15-19) 37.6 1.2 70.4 (15-19) 63.1 6.3 113.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 6 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 4 1 1 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 6.9 45.5 6.1 5.8 3.8 0.0 5.5 3.0 11.7 66.7 6.9 10.9
* 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
