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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
DISTRICT: IV
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 242,066 19,539 9,122 10,417 3,670
WHITE 145,308 9,955 4,449 5,506 1,775
NONWHITE 96,758 9,584 4,673 4,911 1,895
-------- 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 684 26 287 371 215 2 65 148 469 24 222 223
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 87 5 29 53 15 0 4 11 72 5 25 42
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 138 5 57 76 24 0 7 17 114 5 50 59
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 558 26 257 275 101 2 36 63 457 24 221 212
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 157 1 30 126 40 0 3 37 117 1 27 89
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 183 1 40 142 54 0 9 45 129 1 31 97
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 85 3 38 44 12 0 1 11 73 3 37 33
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 35.0 2.8 63.2 (15-19) 21.6 0.4 38.7 (15-19) 48.9 5.1 90.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 9 1 3 5 3 0 1 2 6 1 2 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 13.2 38.5 10.4 13.5 14.0 0.0 15.4 13.5 12.8 41.7 9.0 13.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 109 7 38 64 56 2 20 34 51 5 16 30
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 159.4 269.2 132.4 172.5 260.5 1000.0 307.7 229.7 108.7 208.3 72.1 134.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 802 34 328 440 274 4 86 184 526 30 240 256
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.0 3.7 73.7 (15-19) 27.5 0.9 49.0 (15-19) 54.9 6.4 101.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 8 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 8 1 2 5
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 11.7 38.5 7.0 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.1 41.7 9.0 22.4
* 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
