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 570,535 45,838 22,282 23,556 8,868
WHITE 314,256 20,880 10,395 10,485 3,733
NONWHITE 256,279 24,958 11,887 13,071 5,135
-------- 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 1,677 69 675 933 358 5 122 231 1,319 64 553 702
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 243 9 91 143 36 0 11 25 207 9 80 118
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 328 17 119 192 47 0 13 34 281 17 106 158
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,484 69 625 790 194 5 75 114 1,290 64 550 676
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 436 2 116 318 53 0 11 42 383 2 105 276
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 539 3 152 384 79 0 17 62 460 3 135 322
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 184 10 85 89 34 1 17 16 150 9 68 73
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.6 3.1 68.3 (15-19) 17.1 0.5 33.7 (15-19) 52.8 5.4 96.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 19 1 6 12 2 0 1 1 17 1 5 11
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 11.3 14.5 8.9 12.9 5.6 0.0 8.2 4.3 12.9 15.6 9.0 15.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 449 25 147 277 147 6 51 90 302 19 96 187
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 267.7 362.3 217.8 296.9 410.6 1200 418.0 389.6 229.0 296.9 173.6 266.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 2,145 95 828 1,222 507 11 174 322 1,638 84 654 900
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 46.8 4.3 87.0 (15-19) 24.3 1.0 47.3 (15-19) 65.6 7.1 118.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 17 1 6 10 7 0 2 5 10 1 4 5
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 10.1 14.5 8.9 10.7 19.6 0.0 16.4 21.6 7.6 15.6 7.2 7.1
* 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
