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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
DISTRICT: VI
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 240,785 18,277 8,901 9,376 3,687
WHITE 144,420 9,213 4,478 4,735 1,904
NONWHITE 96,365 9,064 4,423 4,641 1,783
-------- 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 661 24 226 411 269 3 79 187 392 21 147 224
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 88 6 28 54 33 1 10 22 55 5 18 32
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 117 12 41 64 33 2 11 20 84 10 30 44
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 506 24 189 293 123 3 43 77 383 21 146 216
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 137 0 18 119 53 0 7 46 84 0 11 73
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 170 2 30 138 66 1 12 53 104 1 18 85
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 46 7 21 18 16 2 6 8 30 5 15 10
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.2 2.7 67.9 (15-19) 29.2 0.7 56.2 (15-19) 43.2 4.7 79.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 10 0 7 3 4 0 3 1 6 0 4 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 15.1 - 31.0 7.3 14.9 - 38.0 5.3 15.3 - 27.2 8.9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 77 4 30 43 32 0 15 17 45 4 15 26
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 116.5 166.7 132.7 104.6 119.0 - 189.9 90.9 114.8 190.5 102.0 116.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 748 28 263 457 305 3 97 205 443 25 166 252
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.9 3.1 76.8 (15-19) 33.1 0.7 63.8 (15-19) 48.9 5.7 90.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 9 1 2 6 3 0 1 2 6 1 1 4
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 13.6 41.7 8.8 14.6 11.2 - 12.7 10.7 15.3 47.6 6.8 17.9
* 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
