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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
DISTRICT: V
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 581,044 44,212 20,849 23,363 9,000
WHITE 316,475 19,296 9,568 9,728 3,817
NONWHITE 264,569 24,916 11,281 13,635 5,183
-------- 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 1,683 51 599 1,033 400 2 117 281 1,283 49 482 752
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 251 6 87 158 34 0 10 24 217 6 77 134
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 370 14 142 214 50 1 16 33 320 13 126 181
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,476 51 558 867 230 2 83 145 1,246 49 475 722
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 446 1 93 352 72 0 8 64 374 1 85 288
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 562 2 125 435 110 0 15 95 452 2 110 340
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 207 17 71 119 25 0 9 16 182 17 62 103
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.1 2.4 69.9 (15-19) 20.7 0.2 40.9 (15-19) 51.5 4.3 90.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 24 1 11 12 3 0 1 2 21 1 10 10
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.3 19.6 18.4 11.6 7.5 - 8.5 7.1 16.4 20.4 20.7 13.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 441 23 130 288 146 5 41 100 295 18 89 188
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 262.0 451.0 217.0 278.8 365.0 2500.0 350.4 355.9 229.9 367.3 184.6 250.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 2,148 75 740 1,333 549 7 159 383 1,599 68 581 950
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 48.6 3.6 88.7 (15-19) 28.5 0.7 55.7 (15-19) 64.2 6.0 112.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 32 1 16 15 5 0 3 2 27 1 13 13
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 19.0 19.6 26.7 14.5 12.5 - 25.6 7.1 21.0 20.4 27.0 17.3
* 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
