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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
DISTRICT: II
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 332,479 24,449 11,577 12,872 4,904
WHITE 257,656 17,521 8,302 9,219 3,562
NONWHITE 74,823 6,928 3,275 3,653 1,342
-------- 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 881 17 292 572 574 7 184 383 307 10 108 189
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 127 2 36 89 66 0 16 50 61 2 20 39
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 129 3 44 82 74 1 24 49 55 2 20 33
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 608 16 234 358 314 7 131 176 294 9 103 182
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 218 0 37 181 127 0 19 108 91 0 18 73
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 265 0 44 221 157 0 22 135 108 0 22 86
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 85 2 32 51 48 1 17 30 37 1 15 21
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.0 1.5 67.1 (15-19) 32.8 0.8 61.5 (15-19) 44.3 3.1 81.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 11 1 3 7 7 1 1 5 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 12.5 58.8 10.3 12.2 12.2 142.9 5.4 13.1 13.0 - 18.5 10.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 32 1 11 20 20 0 6 14 12 1 5 6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 36.3 58.8 37.7 35.0 34.8 - 32.6 36.6 39.1 100.0 46.3 31.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 924 19 306 599 601 8 191 402 323 11 115 197
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 37.8 1.6 70.3 (15-19) 34.3 1.0 64.3 (15-19) 46.6 3.4 85.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 8 0 2 6 4 0 1 3 4 0 1 3
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 9.1 - 6.8 10.5 7.0 - 5.4 7.8 13.0 - 9.3 15.9
* 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
