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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
DISTRICT: VII
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 170,590 14,433 7,140 7,293 2,417
WHITE 91,175 6,339 3,155 3,184 1,068
NONWHITE 79,415 8,094 3,985 4,109 1,349
-------- 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 519 13 191 315 158 3 54 101 361 10 137 214
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 65 1 25 39 15 0 6 9 50 1 19 30
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 88 3 41 44 18 0 11 7 70 3 30 37
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 416 12 169 235 74 2 34 38 342 10 135 197
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 114 0 14 100 23 0 2 21 91 0 12 79
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 143 0 19 124 29 0 2 27 114 0 17 97
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 56 4 21 31 7 0 5 2 49 4 16 29
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.0 1.8 69.4 (15-19) 24.9 1.0 48.7 (15-19) 44.6 2.5 85.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 11 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 11 0 5 6
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 21.2 0.0 26.2 19.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.5 0.0 36.5 28.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 66 3 30 33 17 0 9 8 49 3 21 25
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 127.2 230.8 157.1 104.8 107.6 0.0 166.7 79.2 135.7 300.0 153.3 116.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 596 16 226 354 175 3 63 109 421 13 163 245
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.3 2.2 79.5 (15-19) 27.6 1.0 54.0 (15-19) 52.0 3.3 99.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 7 0 1 6 1 0 0 1 6 0 1 5
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 13.5 0.0 5.2 19.0 6.3 0.0 0.0 9.9 16.6 0.0 7.3 23.4
* 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
