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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
DISTRICT: STATE TOTAL
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 2,693,053 216,145 105,390 110,755 41,527
WHITE 1,692,681 115,520 56,438 59,082 22,021
NONWHITE 1,000,372 100,625 48,952 51,673 19,506
-------- 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 8,575 270 3,390 4,915 3,098 49 1,073 1,976 5,477 221 2,317 2,939
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 1,040 54 417 569 263 11 90 162 777 43 327 407
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 1,516 72 642 802 389 12 145 232 1,127 60 497 570
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 6,932 265 2,992 3,675 1,628 44 698 886 5,304 221 2,294 2,789
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 2,162 6 465 1,691 583 0 88 495 1,579 6 377 1,196
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 2,577 6 590 1,981 785 0 146 639 1,792 6 444 1,342
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 793 37 351 405 154 3 66 85 639 34 285 320
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.7 2.6 75.0 (15-19) 26.8 0.9 51.6 (15-19) 54.4 4.5 101.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 150 11 54 85 33 3 15 15 117 8 39 70
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 17.5 40.7 15.9 17.3 10.6 61.2 14.0 7.6 21.4 36.2 16.8 23.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1,264 75 426 763 550 17 203 330 711 58 221 432
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 147.4 277.8 125.7 155.2 177.5 346.9 189.2 167.0 129.8 262.4 95.4 147.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 9,989 356 3,870 5,763 3,681 69 1,291 2,321 6,305 287 2,577 3,441
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 46.2 3.4 87.0 (15-19) 31.9 1.2 61.1 (15-19) 62.6 5.9 116.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 107 3 56 48 19 0 7 12 88 3 49 36
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 12.5 11.1 16.5 9.8 6.1 0.0 6.5 6.1 16.1 13.6 21.1 12.2
* 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