(HSVSTEEND) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
DISTRICT: III
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 250,800 21,766 10,296 11,470 4,260
WHITE 96,042 6,211 3,003 3,208 1,121
NONWHITE 154,758 15,555 7,293 8,262 3,139
-------- 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 1,176 49 468 659 158 0 55 103 1,018 49 413 556
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 141 8 68 65 13 0 4 9 128 8 64 56
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 198 11 81 106 18 0 6 12 180 11 75 94
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,100 49 454 597 96 0 43 53 1,004 49 411 544
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 325 1 77 247 27 0 4 23 298 1 73 224
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 375 1 88 286 31 0 4 27 344 1 84 259
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 135 11 58 66 4 0 1 3 131 11 57 63
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 54.0 4.8 98.2 (15-19) 25.4 - 49.2 (15-19) 65.4 6.7 117.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 12 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 12 0 7 5
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 10.2 - 15.0 7.6 - - - - 11.8 - 16.9 9.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 96 7 35 54 26 0 8 18 70 7 27 36
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 81.6 142.8 74.8 81.9 164.6 . 145.4 174.8 68.8 142.8 65.4 64.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,284 56 510 718 184 0 63 121 1,100 56 447 597
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 59.0 5.4 107.1 (15-19) 29.6 - 57.4 (15-19) 70.7 7.7 126.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 16 2 9 5 2 0 1 1 14 2 8 4
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 13.6 40.8 19.2 7.6 12.7 . 18.2 9.7 13.8 40.8 19.4 7.2
* 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
