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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
DISTRICT: III
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 256,349 23,461 11,566 11,895 4,110
WHITE 98,210 6,653 3,146 3,507 982
NONWHITE 158,139 16,808 8,420 8,388 3,128
-------- 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 1,176 42 509 625 133 3 45 85 1,043 39 464 540
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 139 9 60 70 13 2 6 5 126 7 54 65
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 223 12 102 109 21 1 8 12 202 11 94 97
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,111 41 498 572 85 2 36 47 1,026 39 462 525
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 364 2 91 271 21 0 5 16 343 2 86 255
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 402 2 109 291 31 0 11 20 371 2 98 271
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 112 5 48 59 6 0 2 4 106 5 46 55
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 50.1 3.6 95.3 (15-19) 20.0 1.0 37.1 (15-19) 62.0 4.6 119.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 22 1 6 15 3 0 1 2 19 1 5 13
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 18.7 23.8 11.8 24.0 22.6 0.0 22.2 23.5 18.2 25.6 10.8 24.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 119 8 34 77 36 3 8 25 83 5 26 52
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 101.2 190.5 66.8 123.2 270.7 1000.0 177.8 294.1 79.6 128.2 56.0 96.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,317 51 549 717 172 6 54 112 1,145 45 495 605
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 56.1 4.4 106.4 (15-19) 25.8 1.9 47.3 (15-19) 68.1 5.3 131.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 16 0 7 9 2 0 0 2 14 0 7 7
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 13.6 0.0 13.8 14.4 15.0 0.0 0.0 23.5 13.4 0.0 15.1 13.0
* 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
