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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
DISTRICT: I
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 268,026 21,199 11,032 10,167 4,555
WHITE 168,321 11,256 6,027 5,229 2,548
NONWHITE 99,705 9,943 5,005 4,938 2,007
-------- 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 879 27 322 530 312 6 90 216 567 21 232 314
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 97 2 37 58 21 0 7 14 76 2 30 44
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 139 8 59 72 32 1 11 20 107 7 48 52
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 751 27 299 425 197 6 67 124 554 21 232 301
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 234 0 50 184 69 0 8 61 165 0 42 123
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 276 0 59 217 91 0 11 80 185 0 48 137
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 80 3 34 43 19 0 6 13 61 3 28 30
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 41.5 2.4 83.8 (15-19) 27.7 1.0 58.5 (15-19) 57.0 4.2 110.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 12 1 3 8 1 0 0 1 11 1 3 7
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 13.7 37.0 9.3 15.1 3.2 - - 4.6 19.4 47.6 12.9 22.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 20 2 9 9 10 0 5 5 10 2 4 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 22.8 74.1 28.0 17.0 32.1 - 55.6 23.1 17.6 95.2 17.2 12.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 911 30 334 547 323 6 95 222 588 24 239 325
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.0 2.7 86.7 (15-19) 28.7 1.0 60.6 (15-19) 59.1 4.8 114.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 9 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 8 0 5 3
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 10.2 - 15.5 7.5 3.2 - - 4.6 14.1 - 21.6 9.6
* 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
