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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
DISTRICT: VIII
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 279,611 21,827 10,157 11,670 4,241
WHITE 193,197 13,273 6,170 7,103 2,570
NONWHITE 86,414 8,554 3,987 4,567 1,671
-------- 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 862 20 291 551 439 5 141 293 423 15 150 258
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 73 1 25 47 36 0 10 26 37 1 15 21
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 120 5 37 78 36 1 8 27 84 4 29 51
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 621 19 233 369 214 4 84 126 407 15 149 243
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 215 0 36 179 90 0 14 76 125 0 22 103
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 247 0 41 206 116 0 18 98 131 0 23 108
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 58 3 23 32 21 0 9 12 37 3 14 20
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.5 2.0 72.2 (15-19) 33.1 0.8 61.1 (15-19) 49.5 3.8 89.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 4.6 50.0 3.4 3.6 2.3 - - 3.4 7.1 66.7 6.7 3.9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 111 7 41 63 52 1 17 34 59 6 24 29
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 128.8 350.0 140.9 114.3 118.5 200.0 120.6 116.0 139.5 400.0 160.0 112.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 977 28 333 616 492 6 158 328 485 22 175 288
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.8 2.8 81.3 (15-19) 37.1 1.0 68.4 (15-19) 56.7 5.5 101.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 2.3 - 3.4 1.8 2.3 - - 3.4 2.4 - 6.7 -
* 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
