(HSVSTEEND) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
DISTRICT: STATE TOTAL
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 2,752,092 215,664 101,693 113,971 42,917
WHITE 1,719,483 114,160 54,425 59,735 22,950
NONWHITE 1,032,609 101,504 47,268 54,236 19,967
-------- 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 8,598 285 3,183 5,130 3,235 28 1,084 2,123 5,363 257 2,099 3,007
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 1,024 50 394 580 247 1 94 152 777 49 300 428
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 1,457 77 561 819 398 3 149 246 1,059 74 412 573
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 6,978 284 2,830 3,864 1,790 27 763 1,000 5,188 257 2,067 2,864
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 2,095 4 440 1,651 616 0 103 513 1,479 4 337 1,138
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 2,572 5 549 2,018 831 0 148 683 1,741 5 401 1,335
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 798 52 312 434 157 1 59 97 641 51 253 337
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.9 2.8 72.9 (15-19) 28.3 0.5 53.7 (15-19) 52.8 5.4 94.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 86 6 33 47 15 2 4 9 71 4 29 38
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 10.0 21.0 10.4 9.2 4.6 71.4 3.7 4.2 13.2 15.6 13.8 12.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1,207 60 393 754 498 11 173 314 709 49 220 440
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 140.4 210.5 123.5 147.0 153.9 392.8 159.6 147.9 132.2 190.7 104.8 146.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 9,891 351 3,609 5,931 3,748 41 1,261 2,446 6,143 310 2,348 3,485
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 45.9 3.4 83.7 (15-19) 32.8 0.8 62.0 (15-19) 60.5 6.6 107.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 90 7 40 43 21 0 8 13 69 7 32 30
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 10.5 24.6 12.6 8.4 6.5 - 7.4 6.1 12.9 27.2 15.2 10.0
* 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