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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
DISTRICT: IV
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 244,940 19,366 8,595 10,771 3,692
WHITE 144,833 9,653 4,180 5,473 1,818
NONWHITE 100,107 9,713 4,415 5,298 1,874
-------- 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 721 24 275 422 221 5 63 153 500 19 212 269
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 110 4 49 57 22 1 6 15 88 3 43 42
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 151 7 67 77 32 2 8 22 119 5 59 55
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 593 22 254 317 110 3 43 64 483 19 211 253
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 166 0 39 127 43 0 7 36 123 0 32 91
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 209 0 45 164 59 0 9 50 150 0 36 114
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 74 3 36 35 9 0 3 6 65 3 33 29
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.2 2.8 64.7 (15-19) 22.9 1.2 39.5 (15-19) 51.5 4.3 90.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 11 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 11 0 7 4
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 15.3 - 25.5 9.5 - - - - 22.0 - 33.0 14.9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 135 6 55 74 38 0 20 18 97 6 35 56
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 187.2 250.0 200.0 175.4 171.9 - 317.5 117.6 194.0 315.8 165.1 208.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 867 30 337 500 259 5 83 171 608 25 254 329
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.8 3.5 77.7 (15-19) 26.8 1.2 46.4 (15-19) 62.6 5.7 110.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 11 0 4 7 3 0 0 3 8 0 4 4
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 15.3 - 14.5 16.6 13.6 - - 19.6 16.0 - 18.9 14.9
* 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
