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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
DISTRICT: IV
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 251,750 20,044 9,421 10,623 3,580
WHITE 146,326 9,612 4,335 5,277 1,771
NONWHITE 105,424 10,432 5,086 5,346 1,809
-------- 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 661 18 231 412 224 1 81 142 437 17 150 270
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 94 4 32 58 21 0 8 13 73 4 24 45
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 141 7 55 79 37 0 17 20 104 7 38 59
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 544 17 200 327 133 0 53 80 411 17 147 247
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 142 0 22 120 38 0 5 33 104 0 17 87
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 177 0 31 146 54 0 10 44 123 0 21 102
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 52 3 21 28 9 0 5 4 43 3 16 24
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.0 1.9 60.5 (15-19) 23.3 0.2 42.2 (15-19) 41.9 3.3 78.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 11 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 9 2 3 4
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 16.6 111.1 13.0 14.6 8.9 - - 14.1 20.6 117.6 20.0 14.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 120 7 38 75 43 1 14 28 77 6 24 47
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 181.5 388.9 164.5 182.0 192.0 1000.0 172.8 197.2 176.2 352.9 160.0 174.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 792 27 272 493 269 2 95 172 523 25 177 321
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.5 2.9 72.0 (15-19) 28.0 0.5 50.6 (15-19) 50.1 4.9 93.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 14 1 7 6 0 0 0 0 14 1 7 6
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 21.2 55.6 30.3 14.6 - - - - 32.0 58.8 46.7 22.2
* 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.
