(HSWWTNDS)
TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
DISTRICT: V
TOTAL FEMALES FEMALES FEMALES TOTAL
POPULATION AGES AGES AGES LIVE
RACE ALL AGES 10-19 10-14 15-19 BIRTHS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL 595,675 47,124 22,790 24,334 9,065
WHITE 308,033 19,873 9,683 10,190 3,938
NONWHITE 287,642 27,251 13,107 14,144 5,127
-------- 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
--------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
TEENAGE BIRTHS 1,440 42 516 882 366 1 110 255 1,074 41 406 627
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 191 4 75 112 38 0 15 23 153 4 60 89
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 300 9 128 163 53 0 22 31 247 9 106 132
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,283 42 488 753 227 1 87 139 1,056 41 401 614
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 368 2 73 293 63 0 8 55 305 2 65 238
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 444 2 99 343 80 0 16 64 364 2 83 279
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 126 7 47 72 16 0 7 9 110 7 40 63
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 30.6 1.8 57.4 (15-19) 18.4 0.1 35.8 (15-19) 39.4 3.1 73.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 22 4 10 8 4 1 0 3 18 3 10 5
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 15.3 95.2 19.4 9.1 10.9 1000.0 - 11.8 16.8 73.2 24.6 8.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 419 22 140 257 124 0 49 75 294 22 91 181
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 291.0 523.8 271.3 291.4 338.8 - 445.4 294.1 273.7 536.6 224.1 288.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,881 68 666 1,147 494 2 159 333 1,386 66 507 813
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.9 3.0 74.5 (15-19) 24.8 0.2 48.3 (15-19) 50.9 5.0 93.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 20 0 9 11 5 0 2 3 15 0 7 8
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 13.9 - 17.4 12.5 13.7 - 18.2 11.8 14.0 - 17.2 12.8
* 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.
