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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
DISTRICT: VIII
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 282,249 22,189 10,182 12,007 4,282
WHITE 193,442 13,558 6,134 7,424 2,625
NONWHITE 88,807 8,631 4,048 4,583 1,657
-------- 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 818 28 272 518 394 4 126 264 424 24 146 254
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 105 7 33 65 35 0 12 23 70 7 21 42
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 127 8 40 79 49 0 15 34 78 8 25 45
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 616 28 223 365 209 4 81 124 407 24 142 241
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 207 1 37 169 88 0 11 77 119 1 26 92
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 248 2 48 198 113 0 19 94 135 2 29 104
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 56 5 24 27 13 0 5 8 43 5 19 19
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.9 2.7 65.8 (15-19) 29.1 0.7 52.5 (15-19) 49.1 5.9 87.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 6 2 1 3 2 0 0 2 4 2 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 7.3 71.4 3.7 5.8 5.1 - - 7.6 9.4 83.3 6.8 3.9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 112 6 27 79 53 2 12 39 59 4 15 40
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 136.9 214.3 99.3 152.5 134.5 500.0 95.2 147.7 139.2 166.7 102.7 157.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 936 36 300 600 449 6 138 305 487 30 162 295
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.2 3.5 75.0 (15-19) 33.1 1.0 59.7 (15-19) 56.4 7.4 99.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 13 1 6 6 1 0 1 0 12 1 5 6
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 15.9 35.7 22.1 11.6 2.5 - 7.9 - 28.3 41.7 34.2 23.6
* 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
