TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1996
DISTRICT: STATE TOTAL
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 2,693,053 216,145 105,390 110,755 40,978
WHITE 1,692,681 115,520 56,438 59,082 21,447
NONWHITE 1,000,372 100,625 48,952 51,673 19,531
-------- 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 8,745 298 3,497 4,950 3,090 31 1,044 2,015 5,655 267 2,453 2,935
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 993 51 392 550 237 4 78 155 756 47 314 395
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 1,479 77 610 792 332 7 105 220 1,147 70 505 572
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 7,068 296 3,097 3,675 1,571 29 667 875 5,497 267 2,430 2,800
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 2,154 9 520 1,625 556 1 72 483 1,598 8 448 1,142
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 2,617 12 660 1,945 762 1 124 637 1,855 11 536 1,308
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 835 45 374 416 173 4 74 95 662 41 300 321
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 40.4 2.8 76.3 (15-19) 26.7 0.5 51.8 (15-19) 56.2 5.4 104.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 99 4 32 63 25 0 7 18 74 4 25 45
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 11.3 13.4 9.2 12.7 8.1 0.0 6.7 8.9 13.1 15.0 10.2 15.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1,557 106 561 890 672 25 266 381 883 81 294 508
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 178.0 355.7 160.4 179.8 217.5 806.4 254.8 189.1 156.1 303.4 119.8 173.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 10401 408 4,090 5,903 3,787 56 1,317 2,414 6,612 352 2,772 3,488
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 48.1 3.9 90.2 (15-19) 32.8 1.0 63.2 (15-19) 65.7 7.2 121.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 98 9 39 50 29 0 9 20 69 9 30 30
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 11.2 30.2 11.2 10.1 9.4 0.0 8.6 9.9 12.2 33.7 12.2 10.2
* 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