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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
DISTRICT: VII
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 176,959 13,754 6,620 7,134 2,517
WHITE 93,395 5,968 2,836 3,132 1,123
NONWHITE 83,564 7,786 3,784 4,002 1,394
-------- 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 447 7 156 284 135 2 42 91 312 5 114 193
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 63 2 25 36 16 0 3 13 47 2 22 23
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 73 3 31 39 15 0 5 10 58 3 26 29
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 377 7 139 231 73 2 25 46 304 5 114 185
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 93 0 22 71 20 0 5 15 73 0 17 56
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 122 0 28 94 29 0 8 21 93 0 20 73
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 37 0 15 22 7 0 2 5 30 0 13 17
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 32.5 1.0 61.7 (15-19) 22.6 0.7 42.5 (15-19) 40.1 1.3 76.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 6 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 13.4 142.8 12.8 10.6 - - - - 19.2 200.0 17.5 15.5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 53 3 18 32 11 0 1 10 42 3 17 22
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 118.6 428.6 115.4 112.7 81.5 - 23.8 109.9 134.6 600.0 149.1 114.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 506 11 176 319 146 2 43 101 360 9 133 218
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 36.8 1.7 69.4 (15-19) 24.5 0.7 46.0 (15-19) 46.2 2.4 87.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 6.7 - 6.4 7.0 7.4 - 23.8 - 6.4 - - 10.4
* 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.
