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 256,349 23,461 11,566 11,895 4,275
WHITE 98,210 6,653 3,146 3,507 1,069
NONWHITE 158,139 16,808 8,420 8,388 3,206
-------- 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 1,257 68 597 592 166 2 57 107 1,091 66 540 485
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 155 19 72 64 18 1 9 8 137 18 63 56
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 254 20 123 111 19 1 6 12 235 19 117 99
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,158 68 575 515 79 2 35 42 1,079 66 540 473
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 362 2 122 238 38 0 8 30 324 2 114 208
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 412 3 136 273 52 0 11 41 360 3 125 232
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 132 10 64 58 7 1 2 4 125 9 62 54
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 53.6 5.9 100.0 (15-19) 25.0 0.6 46.8 (15-19) 64.9 7.8 122.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 16 2 6 8 2 0 1 1 14 2 5 7
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 12.7 29.4 10.0 13.5 12.0 0.0 17.5 9.3 12.8 30.3 9.2 14.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 190 20 71 99 50 1 21 28 140 19 50 71
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 151.2 294.1 118.9 167.2 301.2 500.0 368.4 261.7 128.3 287.9 92.6 146.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,463 90 674 699 218 3 79 136 1,245 87 595 563
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 62.4 7.8 115.4 (15-19) 32.8 1.0 61.3 (15-19) 74.1 10.3 138.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 20 5 10 5 1 0 1 0 19 5 9 5
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 15.9 73.5 16.8 8.4 6.0 0.0 17.5 0.0 17.4 75.8 16.7 10.3
* 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
