(HSVSTEEND) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
DISTRICT: VI
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 231,459 18,034 8,519 9,515 3,685
WHITE 141,503 9,096 4,383 4,713 1,844
NONWHITE 89,956 8,938 4,136 4,802 1,841
-------- 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 735 30 268 437 280 3 96 181 455 27 172 256
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 91 4 33 54 25 0 11 14 66 4 22 40
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 128 9 50 69 39 0 15 24 89 9 35 45
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 569 30 225 314 136 3 56 77 433 27 169 237
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 160 0 38 122 53 0 8 45 107 0 30 77
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 208 0 50 158 75 0 15 60 133 0 35 98
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 48 5 19 24 11 1 7 3 37 4 12 21
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 40.8 3.5 74.1 (15-19) 30.8 0.7 58.8 (15-19) 50.9 6.5 89.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 14 3 7 4 1 1 0 0 13 2 7 4
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 19.0 100.0 26.1 9.2 3.6 333.3 - - 28.6 74.1 40.7 15.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 105 6 40 59 44 2 24 18 61 4 16 41
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 142.8 200.0 149.2 135.0 157.1 666.7 250.0 99.4 134.1 148.1 93.0 160.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 854 39 315 500 325 6 120 199 529 33 195 301
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 47.4 4.6 85.6 (15-19) 35.7 1.4 67.7 (15-19) 59.2 8.0 103.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 5 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 8.2 33.3 18.7 - - - - - 13.2 37.0 29.1 -
* 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
