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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
DISTRICT: II
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 309,366 22,786 10,766 12,020 4,473
WHITE 243,417 16,332 7,745 8,587 3,212
NONWHITE 65,949 6,454 3,021 3,433 1,261
-------- 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 885 24 339 522 528 13 193 322 357 11 146 200
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 102 9 43 50 43 5 14 24 59 4 29 26
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 154 10 57 87 76 4 25 47 78 6 32 40
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 597 22 259 316 250 11 114 125 347 11 145 191
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 194 0 42 152 99 0 17 82 95 0 25 70
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 238 0 53 185 127 0 24 103 111 0 29 82
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 57 2 33 22 14 0 9 5 43 2 24 17
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.8 2.2 71.6 (15-19) 32.3 1.7 60.0 (15-19) 55.3 3.6 100.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 9 0 2 7 4 0 1 3 5 0 1 4
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 10.2 0.0 5.9 13.4 7.6 0.0 5.2 9.3 14.0 0.0 6.8 20.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 24 3 10 11 15 0 8 7 9 3 2 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 27.1 125.0 29.5 21.1 28.4 0.0 41.4 21.7 25.2 272.7 13.7 20.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 918 27 351 540 547 13 202 332 371 14 149 208
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.3 2.5 74.1 (15-19) 33.5 1.7 62.2 (15-19) 57.5 4.6 104.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 9 0 4 5 3 0 1 2 6 0 3 3
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 10.2 0.0 11.8 9.6 5.7 0.0 5.2 6.2 16.8 0.0 20.5 15.0
* 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
