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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
DISTRICT: VIII
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 282,249 22,189 10,182 12,007 4,133
WHITE 193,442 13,558 6,134 7,424 2,604
NONWHITE 88,807 8,631 4,048 4,583 1,529
-------- 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 749 13 233 503 400 2 108 290 349 11 125 213
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 83 5 24 54 35 1 10 24 48 4 14 30
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 119 6 45 68 54 1 20 33 65 5 25 35
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 550 13 186 351 216 2 64 150 334 11 122 201
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 176 1 24 151 93 0 14 79 83 1 10 72
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 209 1 29 179 110 0 15 95 99 1 14 84
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 47 1 14 32 18 0 6 12 29 1 8 20
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.8 1.3 61.3 (15-19) 29.5 0.3 53.6 (15-19) 40.4 2.7 73.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 7 0 4 3 3 0 2 1 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 9.3 - 17.2 6.0 7.5 - 18.5 3.4 11.5 - 16.0 9.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 91 7 21 63 39 3 7 29 52 4 14 34
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 121.5 538.5 90.1 125.2 97.5 1500.0 64.8 100.0 149.0 363.6 112.0 159.6
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 847 20 258 569 442 5 117 320 405 15 141 249
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.2 2.0 68.9 (15-19) 32.6 0.8 58.9 (15-19) 46.9 3.7 85.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 12 0 3 9 4 0 2 2 8 0 1 7
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 16.0 - 12.9 17.9 10.0 - 18.5 6.9 22.9 - 8.0 32.9
* 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.
