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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
DISTRICT: III
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 251,360 21,728 10,186 11,542 3,935
WHITE 88,512 5,462 2,433 3,029 977
NONWHITE 162,848 16,266 7,753 8,513 2,958
-------- 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 940 43 322 575 110 1 32 77 830 42 290 498
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 135 11 53 71 12 0 6 6 123 11 47 65
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 215 17 82 116 20 1 7 12 195 16 75 104
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 892 43 309 540 69 1 20 48 823 42 289 492
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 237 1 43 193 22 0 2 20 215 1 41 173
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 274 1 49 224 30 0 3 27 244 1 46 197
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 84 6 39 39 3 0 1 2 81 6 38 37
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 43.3 4.2 77.7 (15-19) 20.1 0.4 36.0 (15-19) 51.0 5.4 92.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 9 0 2 7 1 0 0 1 8 0 2 6
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 9.6 - 6.2 12.2 9.1 - - 13.0 9.6 - 6.9 12.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 75 4 21 50 12 0 2 10 63 4 19 40
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 79.8 93.0 65.2 87.0 109.1 - 62.5 129.9 75.9 95.2 65.5 80.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,024 47 345 632 123 1 34 88 901 46 311 544
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 47.1 4.6 84.6 (15-19) 22.5 0.4 40.3 (15-19) 55.4 5.9 100.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 11 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 11 1 5 5
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 11.7 23.2 15.5 8.7 - - - - 13.2 23.8 17.2 10.0
* 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.
