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 412,246 31,511 15,672 15,839 5,981
WHITE 326,850 23,012 11,535 11,477 4,453
NONWHITE 85,396 8,499 4,137 4,362 1,528
-------- 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 1,153 21 411 721 763 7 262 494 390 14 149 227
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 113 2 38 73 59 1 21 37 54 1 17 36
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 163 4 63 96 73 2 26 45 90 2 37 51
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 842 20 347 475 471 6 199 266 371 14 148 209
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 254 2 46 206 140 1 16 123 114 1 30 83
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 339 2 72 265 204 1 34 169 135 1 38 96
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 154 9 65 80 72 2 31 39 82 7 34 41
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.6 1.3 71.5 (15-19) 33.2 0.6 65.9 (15-19) 45.9 3.4 86.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 8 0 2 6 3 0 1 2 5 0 1 4
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 6.9 0.0 4.9 8.3 3.9 0.0 3.8 4.0 12.8 0.0 6.7 17.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 174 8 61 105 99 3 41 55 75 5 20 50
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 150.9 381.0 148.4 145.6 129.8 428.6 156.5 111.3 192.3 357.1 134.2 220.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,335 29 474 832 865 10 304 551 470 19 170 281
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.4 1.8 82.4 (15-19) 37.6 0.9 74.5 (15-19) 55.3 4.6 103.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 11 0 1 10 8 0 1 7 3 0 0 3
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 9.5 0.0 2.4 13.9 10.5 0.0 3.8 14.2 7.7 0.0 0.0 13.2
* 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
