(HSVSTEEND) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
DISTRICT: VIII
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 276,693 21,947 10,177 11,770 4,256
WHITE 192,050 13,401 6,204 7,197 2,583
NONWHITE 84,643 8,546 3,973 4,573 1,673
-------- 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 860 15 327 518 404 4 142 258 456 11 185 260
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 98 2 36 60 37 0 14 23 61 2 22 37
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 136 2 53 81 48 1 17 30 88 1 36 51
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 638 14 268 356 201 3 86 112 437 11 182 244
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 208 1 43 164 80 0 12 68 128 1 31 96
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 251 1 57 193 109 0 22 87 142 1 35 106
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 71 3 26 42 16 0 4 12 55 3 22 30
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.2 1.5 71.8 (15-19) 30.1 0.6 55.6 (15-19) 53.4 2.8 97.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 8 0 3 5 1 0 0 1 7 0 3 4
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 9.3 - 9.2 9.6 2.5 - - 3.9 15.4 - 16.2 15.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 129 7 39 83 75 2 24 49 54 5 15 34
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 150.0 466.7 119.3 160.2 185.6 500.0 169.0 189.9 118.4 454.5 81.1 130.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 997 22 369 606 480 6 166 308 517 16 203 298
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 45.4 2.2 82.8 (15-19) 35.8 1.0 65.9 (15-19) 60.5 4.0 109.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 4.7 66.7 - 5.8 2.5 - - 3.9 6.6 90.9 - 7.7
* 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
