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 242,066 19,539 9,122 10,417 3,647
WHITE 145,308 9,955 4,449 5,506 1,767
NONWHITE 96,758 9,584 4,673 4,911 1,880
-------- 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 774 24 304 446 242 2 80 160 532 22 224 286
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 73 3 30 40 14 0 5 9 59 3 25 31
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 123 5 57 61 29 0 10 19 94 5 47 42
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 627 24 276 327 115 2 53 60 512 22 223 267
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 159 0 28 131 36 0 3 33 123 0 25 98
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 204 1 41 162 52 0 9 43 152 1 32 119
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 73 2 34 37 8 0 4 4 65 2 30 33
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.6 2.6 72.0 (15-19) 24.3 0.4 43.6 (15-19) 55.5 4.7 103.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 11 0 3 8 2 0 0 2 9 0 3 6
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.2 0.0 9.9 17.9 8.3 0.0 0.0 12.5 16.9 0.0 13.4 21.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 148 13 52 83 60 0 25 35 88 13 27 48
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 191.2 541.7 171.0 186.1 247.9 0.0 312.5 218.8 165.4 590.9 120.5 167.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 933 37 359 537 304 2 105 197 629 35 254 340
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 47.8 4.0 86.0 (15-19) 30.5 0.4 54.8 (15-19) 65.6 7.5 121.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 3
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 7.8 0.0 9.9 6.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.3 0.0 13.4 10.5
* 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
