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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
DISTRICT: VI
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 240,785 18,277 8,901 9,376 3,683
WHITE 144,420 9,213 4,478 4,735 1,927
NONWHITE 96,365 9,064 4,423 4,641 1,756
-------- 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 651 17 216 418 266 5 67 194 385 12 149 224
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 80 1 38 41 20 0 8 12 60 1 30 29
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 108 2 39 67 37 1 8 28 71 1 31 39
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 501 17 187 297 132 5 40 87 369 12 147 210
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 135 0 29 106 52 0 9 43 83 0 20 63
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 172 0 38 134 70 0 12 58 102 0 26 76
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 38 5 16 17 12 2 3 7 26 3 13 10
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 35.6 1.9 67.6 (15-19) 28.9 1.1 55.1 (15-19) 42.5 2.7 80.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 5 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 7.7 - 13.9 4.8 3.8 - 14.9 - 10.4 - 13.4 8.9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 89 7 29 53 34 1 14 19 55 6 15 34
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 136.7 411.8 134.2 126.8 127.8 200.0 209.0 97.9 142.8 500.0 100.7 151.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 745 24 248 473 301 6 82 213 444 18 166 260
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.8 2.7 76.9 (15-19) 32.7 1.3 62.3 (15-19) 49.0 4.1 91.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 12 0 4 8 3 0 0 3 9 0 4 5
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 18.4 - 18.5 19.1 11.3 - - 15.5 23.4 - 26.8 22.3
* 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.
