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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
DISTRICT: VI
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 232,344 17,928 8,484 9,444 3,565
WHITE 141,402 8,999 4,345 4,654 1,769
NONWHITE 90,942 8,929 4,139 4,790 1,796
-------- 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 634 12 213 409 237 3 63 171 397 9 150 238
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 76 3 31 42 25 0 6 19 51 3 25 23
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 85 1 35 49 26 0 8 18 59 1 27 31
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 498 12 188 298 119 3 43 73 379 9 145 225
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 148 0 25 123 45 0 5 40 103 0 20 83
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 179 0 31 148 59 0 7 52 120 0 24 96
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 43 1 20 22 4 0 2 2 39 1 18 20
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 35.4 1.4 65.9 (15-19) 26.3 0.7 50.3 (15-19) 44.5 2.2 81.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 6 0 5 1 3 0 2 1 3 0 3 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 9.5 - 23.5 2.4 12.7 - 31.7 5.8 7.6 - 20.0 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 108 8 40 60 47 3 20 24 60 5 20 35
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 170.3 666.7 187.8 146.7 198.3 1000.0 317.5 140.4 151.1 555.6 133.3 147.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 748 20 258 470 287 6 85 196 460 14 173 273
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.7 2.4 77.1 (15-19) 31.9 1.4 60.4 (15-19) 51.5 3.4 93.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 6 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 5 0 4 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 9.5 - 18.8 4.9 4.2 - - 5.8 12.6 - 26.7 4.2
* 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
