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 170,590 14,433 7,140 7,293 2,389
WHITE 91,175 6,339 3,155 3,184 1,037
NONWHITE 79,415 8,094 3,985 4,109 1,352
-------- 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 513 15 209 289 132 1 36 95 381 14 173 194
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 53 0 27 26 8 0 0 8 45 0 27 18
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 79 3 38 38 9 0 1 8 70 3 37 30
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 414 15 190 209 51 1 23 27 363 14 167 182
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 106 0 21 85 16 0 0 16 90 0 21 69
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 137 0 35 102 24 0 3 21 113 0 32 81
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 46 1 17 28 5 0 2 3 41 1 15 25
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 35.5 2.1 68.3 (15-19) 20.8 0.3 41.1 (15-19) 47.1 3.5 89.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 9 0 4 5 2 0 0 2 7 0 4 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 17.5 0.0 19.1 17.3 15.2 0.0 0.0 21.0 18.4 0.0 23.1 15.5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 49 4 13 32 14 1 7 6 35 3 6 26
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 95.5 266.7 62.2 110.7 106.1 1000 194.4 63.2 91.9 214.3 34.7 134.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 571 19 226 326 148 2 43 103 423 17 183 223
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.6 2.7 75.7 (15-19) 23.3 0.6 45.8 (15-19) 52.3 4.3 98.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 9.7 0.0 19.1 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.1 0.0 23.1 5.2
* 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
