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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
DISTRICT: IV
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 251,750 20,044 9,421 10,623 3,694
WHITE 146,326 9,612 4,335 5,277 1,775
NONWHITE 105,424 10,432 5,086 5,346 1,919
-------- 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 703 33 259 411 217 4 83 130 486 29 176 281
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 101 5 45 51 19 1 5 13 82 4 40 38
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 140 8 59 73 27 0 7 20 113 8 52 53
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 605 31 237 337 131 4 62 65 474 27 175 272
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 169 3 34 132 43 0 10 33 126 3 24 99
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 204 3 46 155 53 0 11 42 151 3 35 113
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 75 2 33 40 14 0 8 6 61 2 25 34
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 35.1 3.5 63.1 (15-19) 22.6 0.9 40.4 (15-19) 46.6 5.7 85.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 6 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 5 0 4 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 8.5 - 15.4 4.9 4.6 - - 7.7 10.3 - 22.7 3.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 115 3 40 72 43 0 11 32 71 3 29 39
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 163.6 90.9 154.4 175.2 198.2 - 132.5 246.2 146.1 103.4 164.8 138.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 824 36 303 485 261 4 94 163 562 32 209 321
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.1 3.8 74.2 (15-19) 27.2 0.9 48.7 (15-19) 53.9 6.3 99.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 8 0 3 5 1 0 0 1 7 0 3 4
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 11.4 - 11.6 12.2 4.6 - - 7.7 14.4 - 17.0 14.2
* 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
