(HSVSTEEND) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
DISTRICT: I
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 252,948 20,534 9,895 10,639 4,240
WHITE 155,951 10,572 5,160 5,412 2,328
NONWHITE 96,997 9,962 4,735 5,227 1,912
-------- 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 879 31 347 501 293 1 114 178 586 30 233 323
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 110 3 44 63 20 0 7 13 90 3 37 50
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 156 8 61 87 35 1 16 18 121 7 45 69
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 743 31 317 395 171 1 86 84 572 30 231 311
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 235 0 49 186 49 0 10 39 186 0 39 147
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 272 0 59 213 66 0 15 51 206 0 44 162
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 73 3 33 37 13 0 6 7 60 3 27 30
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 42.8 3.1 79.7 (15-19) 27.7 0.2 54.0 (15-19) 58.8 6.3 106.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 4.6 - - 8.0 3.4 - - 5.6 5.1 - - 9.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 23 2 8 13 10 0 2 8 13 2 6 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 26.2 64.5 23.0 25.9 34.1 - 17.5 44.9 22.2 66.7 25.8 15.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 906 33 355 518 304 1 116 187 602 32 239 331
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.1 3.3 82.0 (15-19) 28.8 0.2 56.0 (15-19) 60.4 6.8 109.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 13 2 6 5 2 0 1 1 11 2 5 4
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 14.8 64.5 17.3 10.0 6.8 - 8.8 5.6 18.8 66.7 21.5 12.4
* 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
