(HSVSTEEND) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
DISTRICT: V
TOTAL FEMALES FEMALES FEMALES TOTAL
POPULATION AGES AGES AGES LIVE
RACE ALL AGES 10-19 10-14 15-19 BIRTHS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL 578,751 44,630 20,994 23,636 9,281
WHITE 315,700 19,490 9,653 9,837 4,040
NONWHITE 263,051 25,140 11,341 13,799 5,241
-------- 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
--------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
TEENAGE BIRTHS 1,735 90 668 977 425 7 158 260 1,310 83 510 717
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 252 24 94 134 39 0 21 18 213 24 73 116
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 331 27 123 181 60 0 23 37 271 27 100 144
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,549 90 628 831 268 7 122 139 1,281 83 506 692
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 438 2 106 330 65 0 15 50 373 2 91 280
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 553 2 133 418 98 0 20 78 455 2 113 340
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 184 18 74 92 24 0 12 12 160 18 62 80
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.9 4.3 69.6 (15-19) 21.8 0.7 42.5 (15-19) 52.1 7.3 88.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 20 3 3 14 3 1 0 2 17 2 3 12
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 11.5 33.3 4.5 14.3 7.0 142.8 - 7.7 13.0 24.1 5.9 16.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 477 18 142 317 158 2 52 104 319 16 90 213
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 274.9 200.0 212.6 324.5 371.8 285.7 329.1 400.0 243.5 192.8 176.5 297.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 2,232 111 813 1,308 586 10 210 366 1,646 101 603 942
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.0 5.3 89.7 (15-19) 30.1 1.0 58.6 (15-19) 65.5 8.9 112.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 19 1 9 9 2 0 2 0 17 1 7 9
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 11.0 11.1 13.5 9.2 4.7 - 12.7 - 13.0 12.0 13.7 12.6
* 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
