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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
DISTRICT: II
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 318,818 23,697 10,801 12,896 4,640
WHITE 247,503 16,947 7,613 9,334 3,303
NONWHITE 71,315 6,750 3,188 3,562 1,337
-------- 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 890 15 320 555 545 7 178 360 345 8 142 195
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 97 1 37 59 52 1 19 32 45 0 18 27
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 144 3 58 83 78 2 28 48 66 1 30 35
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 623 14 252 357 291 6 113 172 332 8 139 185
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 192 0 30 162 113 0 14 99 79 0 16 63
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 237 0 40 197 141 0 21 120 96 0 19 77
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 66 2 25 39 31 1 10 20 35 1 15 19
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.6 1.4 67.9 (15-19) 32.2 0.9 57.6 (15-19) 51.1 2.5 94.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 11 0 2 9 7 0 1 6 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 12.4 - 6.3 16.2 12.8 - 5.6 16.7 11.6 - 7.0 15.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 26 2 9 15 12 1 3 8 13 1 5 7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 29.2 133.3 28.1 27.0 22.0 142.9 16.9 22.2 37.7 125.0 35.2 35.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 927 17 331 579 564 8 182 374 362 9 148 205
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.1 1.6 70.6 (15-19) 33.3 1.1 59.6 (15-19) 53.6 2.8 99.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 10 0 5 5 6 0 2 4 4 0 3 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 11.2 - 15.6 9.0 11.0 - 11.2 11.1 11.6 - 21.1 5.1
* 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.
## RATE/RATIO NOT CALCULATED BECAUSE THERE WERE NO LIVE BIRTHS TO MOTHERS IN THIS AGE/RACE GROUP.
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
