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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
DISTRICT: IX
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 412,246 31,511 15,672 15,839 6,146
WHITE 326,850 23,012 11,535 11,477 4,577
NONWHITE 85,396 8,499 4,137 4,362 1,569
-------- 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 1,150 17 425 708 742 7 265 470 408 10 160 238
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 120 3 48 69 72 1 29 42 48 2 19 27
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 183 5 67 111 95 2 30 63 88 3 37 48
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 837 17 351 469 453 7 193 253 384 10 158 216
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 258 0 43 215 140 0 15 125 118 0 28 90
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 329 0 64 265 188 0 28 160 141 0 36 105
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 133 2 58 73 57 0 26 31 76 2 32 42
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.5 1.1 71.5 (15-19) 32.2 0.6 64.0 (15-19) 48.0 2.4 91.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 13 0 7 6 9 0 7 2 4 0 0 4
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 11.3 0.0 16.5 8.5 12.1 0.0 26.4 4.2 9.8 0.0 0.0 16.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 211 2 77 132 142 2 54 86 68 0 23 45
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 183.5 117.6 181.2 186.4 191.4 285.7 203.8 183.0 166.7 0.0 143.8 189.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,374 19 509 846 893 9 326 558 480 10 183 287
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.6 1.2 85.5 (15-19) 38.8 0.8 77.0 (15-19) 56.5 2.4 107.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 10 0 8 2 3 0 3 0 7 0 5 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 8.7 0.0 18.8 2.8 4.0 0.0 11.3 0.0 17.2 0.0 31.3 8.4
* 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
