(HSVSTEEND) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
DISTRICT: IX
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 428,891 31,704 15,544 16,160 6,371
WHITE 336,333 22,683 11,178 11,505 4,689
NONWHITE 92,558 9,021 4,366 4,655 1,682
-------- 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 1,145 15 366 764 770 4 239 527 375 11 127 237
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 86 2 22 62 43 0 11 32 43 2 11 30
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 146 5 51 90 86 0 29 57 60 5 22 33
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 831 15 306 510 480 4 183 293 351 11 123 217
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 268 0 44 224 168 0 28 140 100 0 16 84
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 341 1 55 285 217 0 34 183 124 1 21 102
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 128 3 44 81 57 0 18 39 71 3 26 42
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.1 1.0 69.9 (15-19) 33.9 0.4 66.6 (15-19) 41.6 2.5 78.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 11 0 4 7 6 0 2 4 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 9.6 - 10.9 9.2 7.8 - 8.4 7.6 13.3 - 15.7 12.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 167 5 62 100 100 4 38 58 67 1 24 42
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 145.8 333.3 169.4 130.9 129.9 1000.0 159.0 110.0 178.7 90.9 189.0 177.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,323 20 432 871 876 8 279 589 447 12 153 282
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.7 1.3 80.6 (15-19) 38.6 0.7 75.4 (15-19) 49.6 2.7 93.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 11 0 2 9 6 0 0 6 5 0 2 3
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 9.6 - 5.5 11.8 7.8 - - 11.4 13.3 - 15.7 12.7
* 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
