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 227,735 17,734 8,747 8,987 3,560
WHITE 141,369 9,243 4,562 4,681 1,781
NONWHITE 86,366 8,491 4,185 4,306 1,779
-------- 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 749 25 287 437 252 1 84 167 497 24 203 270
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 82 3 32 47 22 1 6 15 60 2 26 32
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 123 8 42 73 25 1 7 17 98 7 35 56
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 582 25 246 311 107 1 46 60 475 24 200 251
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 163 0 29 134 40 0 2 38 123 0 27 96
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 197 0 40 157 57 0 6 51 140 0 34 106
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 58 5 24 29 7 0 3 4 51 5 21 25
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 42.2 2.8 80.6 (15-19) 27.3 0.2 53.6 (15-19) 58.5 5.7 109.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 14 1 6 7 6 0 2 4 8 1 4 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 18.7 40.0 20.9 16.0 23.8 0.0 23.8 24.0 16.1 41.7 19.7 11.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 121 9 59 53 62 5 26 31 59 4 33 22
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 161.5 360.0 205.6 121.3 246.0 5000 309.5 185.6 118.7 166.7 162.6 81.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 884 35 352 497 320 6 112 202 564 29 240 295
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 49.8 4.0 94.5 (15-19) 34.6 1.3 67.1 (15-19) 66.4 6.9 124.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 14 0 4 10 6 0 2 4 8 0 2 6
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 18.7 0.0 13.9 22.9 23.8 0.0 23.8 24.0 16.1 0.0 9.9 22.2
* 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
