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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
DISTRICT: VII
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 170,442 13,456 6,638 6,818 2,567
WHITE 89,769 5,763 2,871 2,892 1,095
NONWHITE 80,673 7,693 3,767 3,926 1,472
-------- 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 521 16 169 336 142 1 35 106 379 15 134 230
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 67 5 26 36 12 0 4 8 55 5 22 28
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 80 9 28 43 9 0 2 7 71 9 26 36
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 424 15 155 254 62 1 23 38 362 14 132 216
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 109 0 19 90 18 0 2 16 91 0 17 74
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 135 0 24 111 25 0 2 23 110 0 22 88
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 44 2 16 26 1 0 0 1 43 2 16 25
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.7 2.4 74.1 (15-19) 24.6 0.3 48.8 (15-19) 49.3 4.0 92.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 7 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 5
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 13.4 62.5 5.9 14.9 7.0 1000.0 - - 15.8 - 7.5 21.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 62 4 21 37 20 0 5 15 42 4 16 22
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 119.0 250.0 124.3 110.1 140.8 - 142.9 141.5 110.8 266.7 119.4 95.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 590 21 191 378 163 2 40 121 427 19 151 257
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.8 3.2 83.5 (15-19) 28.3 0.7 55.7 (15-19) 55.5 5.0 103.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 5.8 - 5.9 6.0 - - - - 7.9 - 7.5 8.7
* 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
