(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: HINDS
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 247,144 18,787 8,459 10,328 4,027
WHITE 113,778 6,581 2,992 3,589 1,130
NONWHITE 133,366 12,206 5,467 6,739 2,897
-------- 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 799 38 307 454 108 2 40 66 691 36 267 388
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 126 9 46 71 9 0 6 3 117 9 40 68
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 169 14 61 94 15 0 5 10 154 14 56 84
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 750 38 296 416 72 2 31 39 678 36 265 377
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 222 1 63 158 16 0 4 12 206 1 59 146
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 280 1 77 202 26 0 5 21 254 1 72 181
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 94 9 34 51 4 0 1 3 90 9 33 48
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 42.5 4.5 73.7 (15-19) 16.4 0.7 29.5 (15-19) 56.6 6.6 97.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 5.0 26.3 6.5 2.2 - - - - 5.8 27.8 7.5 2.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 255 10 70 175 54 1 11 42 201 9 59 133
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 319.1 263.2 228.0 385.5 500.0 500.0 275.0 636.4 290.9 250.0 221.0 342.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,058 49 379 630 162 3 51 108 896 46 328 522
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 56.3 5.8 97.7 (15-19) 24.6 1.0 44.3 (15-19) 73.4 8.4 126.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 8 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 7 0 3 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
