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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
DISTRICT: MISSISSIPPI
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 2,844,658 221,603 107,143 114,460 44,075
WHITE 1,746,099 116,276 56,218 60,058 23,540
NONWHITE 1,098,559 105,327 50,925 54,402 20,535
-------- 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 8,266 236 2,929 5,101 3,189 30 1,020 2,139 5,077 206 1,909 2,962
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 1,081 44 379 658 302 2 97 203 779 42 282 455
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 1,499 67 556 876 416 4 137 275 1,083 63 419 601
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 6,787 233 2,611 3,943 1,853 30 725 1,098 4,934 203 1,886 2,845
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 2,065 7 379 1,679 648 0 100 548 1,417 7 279 1,131
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 2,506 11 492 2,003 844 1 146 697 1,662 10 346 1,306
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 865 43 337 485 228 5 75 148 637 38 262 337
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.3 2.2 70.2 (15-19) 27.4 0.5 52.6 (15-19) 48.2 4.0 89.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 103 6 38 59 29 1 9 19 74 5 29 40
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 12.5 25.4 13.0 11.6 9.1 33.3 8.8 8.9 14.6 24.3 15.2 13.5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1,139 70 380 689 400 9 130 261 738 61 250 427
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 137.8 296.6 129.7 135.1 125.4 300.0 127.5 122.0 145.4 296.1 131.0 144.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 9,508 312 3,347 5,849 3,618 40 1,159 2,419 5,889 272 2,188 3,429
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.9 2.9 80.3 (15-19) 31.1 0.7 59.6 (15-19) 55.9 5.3 103.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 107 5 37 65 26 0 10 16 81 5 27 49
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 12.9 21.2 12.6 12.7 8.2 - 9.8 7.5 16.0 24.3 14.1 16.5
* 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