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 262,501 21,128 10,339 10,789 4,008
WHITE 184,414 12,980 6,435 6,545 2,401
NONWHITE 78,087 8,148 3,904 4,244 1,607
-------- 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 844 23 319 502 372 4 123 245 472 19 196 257
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 85 5 35 45 23 1 9 13 62 4 26 32
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 119 5 50 64 37 1 12 24 82 4 38 40
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 617 22 259 336 160 3 67 90 457 19 192 246
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 227 0 54 173 73 0 8 65 154 0 46 108
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 258 0 59 199 87 0 10 77 171 0 49 122
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 59 1 25 33 13 0 4 9 46 1 21 24
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.9 2.2 76.1 (15-19) 28.6 0.6 56.2 (15-19) 57.9 4.9 106.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 5 0 1 4 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 5.9 0.0 3.1 8.0 8.1 0.0 0.0 12.2 4.2 0.0 5.1 3.9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 90 3 23 64 51 1 12 38 39 2 11 26
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 106.6 130.4 72.1 127.5 137.1 250.0 97.6 155.1 82.6 105.3 56.1 101.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 939 26 343 570 426 5 135 286 513 21 208 284
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.4 2.5 84.6 (15-19) 32.8 0.8 64.3 (15-19) 63.0 5.4 115.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 8 0 3 5 3 0 1 2 5 0 2 3
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 9.5 0.0 9.4 10.0 8.1 0.0 8.1 8.2 10.6 0.0 10.2 11.7
* 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
