(HSVSTEEND) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
DISTRICT: VII
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 171,010 13,710 6,733 6,977 2,642
WHITE 90,342 5,900 2,928 2,972 1,171
NONWHITE 80,668 7,810 3,805 4,005 1,471
-------- 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 560 18 201 341 154 1 44 109 406 17 157 232
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 70 2 24 44 10 0 5 5 60 2 19 39
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 107 4 33 70 20 0 6 14 87 4 27 56
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 457 18 181 258 66 1 27 38 391 17 154 220
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 109 0 19 90 23 0 2 21 86 0 17 69
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 150 0 28 122 39 0 6 33 111 0 22 89
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 44 3 19 22 5 0 1 4 39 3 18 18
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 40.8 2.7 77.7 (15-19) 26.1 0.3 51.5 (15-19) 52.0 4.5 97.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 9 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 9 0 4 5
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 16.1 - 19.9 14.7 - - - - 22.2 - 25.5 21.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 66 4 22 40 22 0 6 16 44 4 16 24
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 117.8 222.2 109.4 117.3 142.8 - 136.4 146.8 108.4 235.3 101.9 103.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 635 22 227 386 176 1 50 125 459 21 177 261
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 46.3 3.3 87.9 (15-19) 29.8 0.3 58.9 (15-19) 58.8 5.5 109.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 7.1 - 5.0 8.8 6.5 - - 9.2 7.4 - 6.4 8.6
* 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
