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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
DISTRICT: I
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 258,934 20,725 10,009 10,716 4,165
WHITE 160,458 10,757 5,257 5,500 2,303
NONWHITE 98,476 9,968 4,752 5,216 1,862
-------- 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 860 24 319 517 305 5 104 196 555 19 215 321
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 90 5 41 44 20 2 8 10 70 3 33 34
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 161 10 72 79 46 3 18 25 115 7 54 54
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 719 23 287 409 179 4 72 103 540 19 215 306
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 216 1 45 170 48 0 11 37 168 1 34 133
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 267 1 59 207 79 0 18 61 188 1 41 146
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 80 2 40 38 13 0 7 6 67 2 33 32
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 41.5 2.4 78.0 (15-19) 28.4 1.0 54.5 (15-19) 55.7 4.0 102.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 3.5 - - 5.8 - - - - 5.4 - - 9.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 15 1 8 6 8 0 6 2 7 1 2 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 17.4 41.7 25.1 11.6 26.2 - 57.7 10.2 12.6 52.6 9.3 12.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 878 25 327 526 313 5 110 198 565 20 217 328
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.4 2.5 79.6 (15-19) 29.1 1.0 56.0 (15-19) 56.7 4.2 104.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 12 2 6 4 4 1 1 2 8 1 5 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 14.0 83.3 18.8 7.7 13.1 200.0 9.6 10.2 14.4 52.6 23.3 6.2
* 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
