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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
DISTRICT: I
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 243,891 20,228 9,959 10,269 3,996
WHITE 148,301 10,340 5,124 5,216 2,139
NONWHITE 95,590 9,888 4,835 5,053 1,857
-------- 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 844 32 312 500 248 3 84 161 596 29 228 339
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 107 5 44 58 17 0 7 10 90 5 37 48
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 151 12 59 80 29 1 13 15 122 11 46 65
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 708 32 274 402 127 3 48 76 581 29 226 326
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 230 1 48 181 56 0 12 44 174 1 36 137
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 270 1 63 206 75 0 18 57 195 1 45 149
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 65 7 24 34 16 0 8 8 49 7 16 26
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 41.7 3.2 79.1 (15-19) 24.0 0.6 47.0 (15-19) 60.3 6.0 112.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 15 0 8 7 2 0 1 1 13 0 7 6
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 17.8 0.0 25.6 14.0 8.1 0.0 11.9 6.2 21.8 0.0 30.7 17.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 25 2 9 14 16 0 7 9 9 2 2 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 29.6 62.5 28.8 28.0 64.5 0.0 83.3 55.9 15.1 69.0 8.8 14.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 884 34 329 521 266 3 92 171 618 31 237 350
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.7 3.4 82.8 (15-19) 25.7 0.6 50.4 (15-19) 62.5 6.4 116.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 17 1 9 7 2 0 0 2 15 1 9 5
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 20.1 31.3 28.8 14.0 8.1 0.0 0.0 12.4 25.2 34.5 39.5 14.7
* 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
