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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
DISTRICT: II
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 332,479 24,449 11,577 12,872 4,607
WHITE 257,656 17,521 8,302 9,219 3,344
NONWHITE 74,823 6,928 3,275 3,653 1,263
-------- 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 754 18 253 483 456 7 141 308 298 11 112 175
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 102 3 35 64 53 1 15 37 49 2 20 27
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 178 3 66 109 105 1 36 68 73 2 30 41
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 544 16 211 317 260 5 100 155 284 11 111 162
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 179 0 28 151 105 0 16 89 74 0 12 62
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 210 0 35 175 128 0 21 107 82 0 14 68
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 42 3 20 19 17 1 9 7 25 2 11 12
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 30.8 1.6 57.2 (15-19) 26.0 0.8 48.7 (15-19) 43.0 3.4 78.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 7 0 2 5 3 0 1 2 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 9.3 - 7.9 10.4 6.6 - 7.1 6.5 13.4 - 8.9 17.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 17 1 4 12 11 0 2 9 6 1 2 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 22.5 55.6 15.8 24.8 24.1 - 14.2 29.2 20.1 90.9 17.8 17.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 778 19 259 500 470 7 144 319 308 12 115 181
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 31.8 1.6 59.0 (15-19) 26.8 0.8 50.2 (15-19) 44.4 3.7 81.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 10 0 3 7 7 0 1 6 3 0 2 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 13.3 - 11.8 14.5 15.4 - 7.1 19.5 10.1 - 17.8 5.7
* 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.
