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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
DISTRICT: IX
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 445,375 32,839 16,434 16,405 6,410
WHITE 345,994 23,813 11,990 11,823 4,704
NONWHITE 99,381 9,026 4,444 4,582 1,706
-------- 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 1,042 17 317 708 680 6 216 458 362 11 101 250
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 125 3 42 80 66 2 24 40 59 1 18 40
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 159 1 43 115 94 1 24 69 65 0 19 46
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 792 17 269 506 454 6 170 278 338 11 99 228
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 225 1 30 194 127 0 22 105 98 1 8 89
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 297 1 48 248 180 0 38 142 117 1 10 106
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 84 3 30 51 47 1 19 27 37 2 11 24
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 31.7 1.0 62.5 (15-19) 28.6 0.5 57.0 (15-19) 40.1 2.5 76.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 8 0 2 6 3 0 0 3 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 7.7 - 6.3 8.5 4.4 - - 6.6 13.8 - 19.8 12.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 140 6 39 95 90 3 29 58 50 3 10 37
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 134.4 352.9 123.0 134.2 132.4 500.0 134.2 126.6 138.1 272.7 99.0 148.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,190 23 358 809 773 9 245 519 417 14 113 290
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 36.2 1.4 71.1 (15-19) 32.5 0.8 64.6 (15-19) 46.2 3.2 88.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 8 1 2 5 2 0 0 2 6 1 2 3
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 7.7 58.8 6.3 7.1 2.9 - - 4.4 16.6 90.9 19.8 12.0
* 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.
