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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
DISTRICT: VI
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 227,735 17,734 8,747 8,987 3,449
WHITE 141,369 9,243 4,562 4,681 1,796
NONWHITE 86,366 8,491 4,185 4,306 1,653
-------- 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 680 22 259 399 269 5 92 172 411 17 167 227
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 78 3 28 47 20 1 6 13 58 2 22 34
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 120 5 59 56 36 2 14 20 84 3 45 36
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 517 21 222 274 132 4 57 71 385 17 165 203
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 155 0 33 122 53 0 8 45 102 0 25 77
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 184 0 39 145 65 0 11 54 119 0 28 91
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 38 3 19 16 8 1 3 4 30 2 16 12
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.3 2.5 73.2 (15-19) 29.1 1.1 56.4 (15-19) 48.4 4.1 91.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 12 1 2 9 3 1 0 2 9 0 2 7
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 17.6 45.4 7.7 22.6 11.2 200.0 0.0 11.6 21.9 0.0 12.0 30.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 95 12 31 52 43 2 18 23 52 10 13 29
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 139.7 545.4 119.7 130.3 159.8 400.0 195.6 133.7 126.5 588.2 77.8 127.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 787 35 292 460 315 8 110 197 472 27 182 263
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.4 4.0 83.7 (15-19) 34.1 1.8 65.6 (15-19) 55.6 6.4 103.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 6 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 4 0 3 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 8.8 0.0 15.4 5.0 7.4 0.0 10.9 5.8 9.7 0.0 18.0 4.4
* 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
