(HSVSTEEND) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
DISTRICT: IV
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 244,919 19,532 8,690 10,842 3,610
WHITE 145,307 9,758 4,249 5,509 1,813
NONWHITE 99,612 9,774 4,441 5,333 1,797
-------- 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 689 22 258 409 223 2 70 151 466 20 188 258
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 84 4 39 41 12 0 5 7 72 4 34 34
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 114 8 49 57 17 0 7 10 97 8 42 47
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 555 22 232 301 112 2 52 58 443 20 180 243
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 158 0 29 129 45 0 7 38 113 0 22 91
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 191 0 36 155 60 0 9 51 131 0 27 104
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 71 4 19 48 10 0 3 7 61 4 16 41
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 35.3 2.5 61.5 (15-19) 22.8 0.5 40.1 (15-19) 47.7 4.5 83.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 5.8 - 11.6 2.4 9.0 - 14.3 6.6 4.3 - 10.6 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 119 9 35 75 43 0 10 33 76 9 25 42
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 172.7 409.1 135.6 183.4 192.8 - 142.8 218.5 163.1 450.0 133.0 162.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 812 31 296 485 268 2 81 185 544 29 215 300
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.6 3.6 72.0 (15-19) 27.5 0.5 48.3 (15-19) 55.6 6.5 96.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 9 0 3 6 2 0 1 1 7 0 2 5
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 13.1 - 11.6 14.7 9.0 - 14.3 6.6 15.0 - 10.6 19.4
* 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
INFANT MORTALITY RATE=INFANT DEATHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
