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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
DISTRICT: V
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 570,535 45,838 22,282 23,556 9,094
WHITE 314,256 20,880 10,395 10,485 3,923
NONWHITE 256,279 24,958 11,887 13,071 5,171
-------- 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 1,825 68 758 999 396 8 133 255 1,429 60 625 744
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 255 12 100 143 36 2 7 27 219 10 93 116
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 346 14 152 180 40 2 14 24 306 12 138 156
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,612 68 713 831 220 8 94 118 1,392 60 619 713
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 493 0 121 372 76 0 14 62 417 0 107 310
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 590 0 149 441 117 0 24 93 473 0 125 348
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 179 8 77 94 18 2 6 10 161 6 71 84
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.8 3.0 74.6 (15-19) 19.0 0.8 37.0 (15-19) 57.2 5.0 104.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 39 6 14 19 5 2 1 2 34 4 13 17
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 21.4 88.2 18.5 19.0 12.6 250.0 7.5 7.8 23.8 66.7 20.8 22.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 511 31 163 317 163 6 61 96 348 25 102 221
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 280.0 455.9 215.0 317.3 411.6 750.0 458.6 376.5 243.5 416.7 163.2 297.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 2,375 105 935 1,335 564 16 195 353 1,811 89 740 982
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 51.8 4.7 96.4 (15-19) 27.0 1.5 52.3 (15-19) 72.6 7.5 131.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 24 1 15 8 3 0 2 1 21 1 13 7
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 13.2 14.7 19.8 8.0 7.6 0.0 15.0 3.9 14.7 16.7 20.8 9.4
* 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
