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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
DISTRICT: IX
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 445,375 32,839 16,434 16,405 6,711
WHITE 345,994 23,813 11,990 11,823 4,968
NONWHITE 99,381 9,026 4,444 4,582 1,743
-------- 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 1,197 9 417 771 779 2 251 526 418 7 166 245
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 110 2 45 63 59 0 22 37 51 2 23 26
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 159 1 60 98 92 0 31 61 67 1 29 37
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 896 9 355 532 495 2 192 301 401 7 163 231
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 266 0 40 226 158 0 20 138 108 0 20 88
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 333 0 60 273 207 0 35 172 126 0 25 101
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 143 3 45 95 76 1 19 56 67 2 26 39
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.5 0.5 72.4 (15-19) 32.7 0.2 65.7 (15-19) 46.3 1.6 89.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 13 1 7 5 8 0 4 4 5 1 3 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 10.9 111.1 16.8 6.5 10.3 - 15.9 7.6 12.0 142.9 18.1 4.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 126 8 49 69 79 3 33 43 47 5 16 26
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 105.3 888.9 117.5 89.5 101.4 1500.0 131.5 81.7 112.4 714.3 96.4 106.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,336 18 473 845 866 5 288 573 470 13 185 272
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.7 1.1 80.3 (15-19) 36.4 0.4 72.8 (15-19) 52.1 2.9 99.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 15 0 6 9 10 0 5 5 5 0 1 4
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 12.5 - 14.4 11.7 12.8 - 19.9 9.5 12.0 - 6.0 16.3
* 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
