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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
DISTRICT: V
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 595,675 47,124 22,790 24,334 9,489
WHITE 308,033 19,873 9,683 10,190 4,025
NONWHITE 287,642 27,251 13,107 14,144 5,464
-------- 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 1,619 47 595 977 383 1 129 253 1,236 46 466 724
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 230 11 78 141 40 0 15 25 190 11 63 116
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 343 10 126 207 64 0 23 41 279 10 103 166
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,445 47 556 842 239 1 96 142 1,206 46 460 700
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 455 1 95 359 69 0 17 52 386 1 78 307
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 555 2 118 435 96 0 22 74 459 2 96 361
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 222 13 86 123 27 0 10 17 195 13 76 106
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 34.4 2.1 64.6 (15-19) 19.3 0.1 37.5 (15-19) 45.4 3.5 84.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 27 1 10 16 2 0 0 2 25 1 10 14
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 16.7 21.3 16.8 16.4 5.2 - - 7.9 20.2 21.7 21.5 19.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 478 29 152 297 116 2 32 82 362 27 120 215
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 295.2 617.0 255.5 304.0 302.9 2000.0 248.1 324.1 292.9 587.0 257.5 297.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 2,124 77 757 1,290 501 3 161 337 1,623 74 596 953
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 45.1 3.4 84.1 (15-19) 25.2 0.3 48.9 (15-19) 59.6 5.6 109.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 28 2 5 21 3 0 1 2 25 2 4 19
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 17.3 42.6 8.4 21.5 7.8 - 7.8 7.9 20.2 43.5 8.6 26.2
* 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
