(HSVSTEEND) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
DISTRICT: II
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 316,621 23,807 10,845 12,962 4,572
WHITE 246,255 17,049 7,667 9,382 3,361
NONWHITE 70,366 6,758 3,178 3,580 1,211
-------- 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 819 15 280 524 528 6 166 356 291 9 114 168
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 92 1 34 57 48 1 16 31 44 0 18 26
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 141 3 60 78 75 1 30 44 66 2 30 34
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 536 15 219 302 260 6 108 146 276 9 111 156
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 194 0 35 159 106 0 17 89 88 0 18 70
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 231 0 43 188 136 0 23 113 95 0 20 75
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 44 2 20 22 17 0 7 10 27 2 13 12
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 34.4 1.4 62.0 (15-19) 31.0 0.8 55.6 (15-19) 43.1 2.8 78.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 4.9 - 7.1 3.8 1.9 - 6.0 - 10.3 - 8.8 11.9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 25 2 10 13 20 1 9 10 5 1 1 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 30.5 133.3 35.7 24.8 37.9 166.7 54.2 28.1 17.2 111.1 8.8 17.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 848 17 292 539 549 7 176 366 299 10 116 173
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 35.6 1.6 64.1 (15-19) 32.2 0.9 57.8 (15-19) 44.2 3.1 80.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 8 0 5 3 5 0 3 2 3 0 2 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 9.8 - 17.9 5.7 9.5 - 18.1 5.6 10.3 - 17.5 6.0
* 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
