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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
DISTRICT: VII
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 176,959 13,754 6,620 7,134 2,564
WHITE 93,395 5,968 2,836 3,132 1,099
NONWHITE 83,564 7,786 3,784 4,002 1,465
-------- 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 516 12 195 309 150 0 51 99 366 12 144 210
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 71 1 26 44 11 0 5 6 60 1 21 38
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 114 2 46 66 24 0 10 14 90 2 36 52
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 423 12 174 237 73 0 32 41 350 12 142 196
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 100 1 23 76 21 0 7 14 79 1 16 62
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 128 1 29 98 34 0 9 25 94 1 20 73
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 39 4 15 20 3 0 0 3 36 4 15 17
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.5 1.8 70.6 (15-19) 25.1 - 47.9 (15-19) 47.0 3.2 88.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 5 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 4
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 9.7 - - 16.2 6.7 - - 10.1 10.9 - - 19.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 66 2 27 37 21 0 10 11 45 2 17 26
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 127.9 166.7 138.5 119.7 140.0 - 196.1 111.1 123.0 166.7 118.1 123.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 587 14 222 351 172 0 61 111 415 14 161 240
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.7 2.1 80.3 (15-19) 28.8 - 54.9 (15-19) 53.3 3.7 100.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 7.8 - 10.3 6.5 13.3 - - 20.2 5.5 - 13.9 -
* 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
