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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
DISTRICT: III
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 247,639 21,235 10,087 11,148 4,092
WHITE 94,395 6,021 2,927 3,094 974
NONWHITE 153,244 15,214 7,160 8,054 3,118
-------- 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 1,071 28 423 620 134 0 34 100 937 28 389 520
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 135 8 54 73 9 0 2 7 126 8 52 66
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 204 7 102 95 17 0 6 11 187 7 96 84
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,000 28 410 562 75 0 22 53 925 28 388 509
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 326 0 77 249 26 0 3 23 300 0 74 226
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 369 0 87 282 34 0 4 30 335 0 83 252
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 116 8 57 51 7 0 4 3 109 8 53 48
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 50.4 2.8 93.6 (15-19) 22.3 - 43.3 (15-19) 61.6 3.9 112.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 19 0 8 11 2 0 0 2 17 0 8 9
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 17.7 - 18.9 17.7 14.9 - - 20.0 18.1 - 20.6 17.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 124 6 37 81 23 2 8 13 101 4 29 68
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 115.8 214.3 87.5 130.6 171.6 ## 235.3 130.0 107.8 142.9 74.6 130.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,214 34 468 712 159 2 42 115 1,055 32 426 597
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 57.2 3.4 105.8 (15-19) 26.4 0.7 50.7 (15-19) 69.3 4.5 127.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 15 1 9 5 1 0 0 1 14 1 9 4
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 14.0 35.7 21.3 8.1 7.5 - - 10.0 14.9 35.7 23.1 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.
## 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
