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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
DISTRICT: VIII
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 262,501 21,128 10,339 10,789 4,172
WHITE 184,414 12,980 6,435 6,545 2,549
NONWHITE 78,087 8,148 3,904 4,244 1,623
-------- 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 812 26 310 476 409 5 142 262 403 21 168 214
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 87 7 40 40 32 0 11 21 55 7 29 19
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 113 6 48 59 50 0 23 27 63 6 25 32
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 576 26 249 301 186 5 86 95 390 21 163 206
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 197 2 43 152 75 0 12 63 122 2 31 89
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 238 2 54 182 99 0 19 80 139 2 35 102
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 68 3 33 32 16 0 6 10 52 3 27 22
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.4 2.5 72.8 (15-19) 31.5 0.8 61.7 (15-19) 49.5 5.4 90.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 20 2 7 11 4 0 3 1 16 2 4 10
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 24.6 76.9 22.6 23.1 9.8 0.0 21.1 3.8 39.7 95.2 23.8 46.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 104 7 34 63 62 2 18 42 42 5 16 21
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 128.1 269.2 109.7 132.4 151.6 400.0 126.8 160.3 104.2 238.1 95.2 98.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 936 35 351 550 475 7 163 305 461 28 188 245
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.3 3.4 83.5 (15-19) 36.6 1.1 71.5 (15-19) 56.6 7.2 102.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 10 0 6 4 3 0 0 3 7 0 6 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 12.3 0.0 19.4 8.4 7.3 0.0 0.0 11.5 17.4 0.0 35.7 4.7
* 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
