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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
DISTRICT: IX
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 434,847 31,806 15,597 16,209 6,716
WHITE 340,488 22,719 11,198 11,521 5,003
NONWHITE 94,359 9,087 4,399 4,688 1,713
-------- 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 1,163 19 355 789 770 8 221 541 393 11 134 248
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 122 4 45 73 73 1 29 43 49 3 16 30
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 176 3 74 99 109 2 49 58 67 1 25 41
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 891 19 300 572 524 8 170 346 367 11 130 226
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 271 0 57 214 157 0 26 131 114 0 31 83
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 349 1 73 275 214 1 39 174 135 0 34 101
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 94 2 36 56 48 0 16 32 46 2 20 24
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.6 1.2 70.6 (15-19) 33.9 0.7 66.1 (15-19) 43.2 2.5 81.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 5 0 0 5 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 4.3 - - 6.3 3.9 - - 5.5 5.1 - - 8.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 158 6 54 98 87 4 30 53 71 2 24 45
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 135.9 315.8 152.1 124.2 113.0 500.0 135.7 98.0 180.7 181.8 179.1 181.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,326 25 409 892 860 12 251 597 466 13 158 295
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.7 1.6 80.3 (15-19) 37.9 1.1 73.6 (15-19) 51.3 3.0 96.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 11 1 5 5 6 1 1 4 5 0 4 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 9.5 52.6 14.1 6.3 7.8 125.0 4.5 7.4 12.7 - 29.9 4.0
* 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
