(HSWWTNDS)
                                                  TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
                                             BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
                                                        MISSISSIPPI, 1999



DISTRICT: MISSISSIPPI

                  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         2,768,619     214,252     101,217     113,035     42,678
WHITE         1,728,520     113,428      54,129      59,299     22,652
NONWHITE      1,040,099     100,824      47,088      53,736     20,026



                                           -------- 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
                                           ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------

TEENAGE BIRTHS                             8,405     209  2,964  5,232   3,193      36    956  2,201   5,212     173  2,008  3,031
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS                    1,021      37    395    589     283       5     94    184     738      32    301    405
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS                   1,491      59    615    817     403      11    143    249   1,088      48    472    568
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS                6,845     203  2,637  4,005   1,804      31    653  1,120   5,041     172  1,984  2,885
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS         2,089       2    421  1,666     612       0     90    522   1,477       2    331  1,144
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES         2,554       4    525  2,025     837       1    133    703   1,717       3    392  1,322
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE         782      40    324    418     159       1     60     98     623      39    264    320

TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE                      39.2     2.1   72.5 (15-19)   28.2     0.7   53.2 (15-19)   51.7     3.7   93.8 (15-19)

TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS**                        90       3     35     52      20       1      4     15      70       2     31     37
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO                   10.7    14.4   11.8    9.9     6.3    27.8    4.2    6.8    13.4    11.6   15.4   12.2

TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS#              1,180      63    395    722     433      16    150    267     745      47    244    454
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO          140.4   301.4  133.3  138.0   135.6   444.4  156.9  121.3   142.9   271.7  121.5  149.8

TEENAGE PREGNANCIES#                       9,675     275  3,394  6,006   3,646      53  1,110  2,483   6,027     222  2,283  3,522
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE                      45.2     2.7   83.2 (15-19)   32.1     1.0   60.6 (15-19)   59.8     4.7  108.0 (15-19)

INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS             102       5     51     46      27       2      7     18      75       3     44     28
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS            12.1    23.9   17.2    8.8     8.5    55.6    7.3    8.2    14.4    17.3   21.9    9.2



 * 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