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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
DISTRICT: III
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 251,360 21,728 10,186 11,542 4,189
WHITE 88,512 5,462 2,433 3,029 1,034
NONWHITE 162,848 16,266 7,753 8,513 3,155
-------- 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 992 39 351 602 111 3 27 81 881 36 324 521
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 152 8 51 93 18 0 5 13 134 8 46 80
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 231 15 81 135 21 0 5 16 210 15 76 119
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 937 39 344 554 72 3 21 48 865 36 323 506
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 279 1 45 233 20 0 1 19 259 1 44 214
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 327 1 58 268 27 0 5 22 300 1 53 246
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 119 4 47 68 12 1 4 7 107 3 43 61
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 45.7 3.8 82.6 (15-19) 20.3 1.2 35.7 (15-19) 54.2 4.6 99.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 13 0 3 10 3 0 1 2 10 0 2 8
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 13.1 - 8.5 16.6 27.0 - 37.0 24.7 11.4 - 6.2 15.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 113 15 35 63 26 2 6 18 87 13 29 45
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 113.9 384.6 99.7 104.7 234.2 666.7 222.2 222.2 98.8 361.1 89.5 86.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,118 54 389 675 140 5 34 101 978 49 355 574
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 51.5 5.3 92.2 (15-19) 25.6 2.1 44.6 (15-19) 60.1 6.3 109.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 13 1 6 6 1 0 1 0 12 1 5 6
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 13.1 25.6 17.1 10.0 9.0 - 37.0 - 13.6 27.8 15.4 11.5
* 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
