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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
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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