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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
DISTRICT: I
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 268,026 21,199 11,032 10,167 4,347
WHITE 168,321 11,256 6,027 5,229 2,410
NONWHITE 99,705 9,943 5,005 4,938 1,937
-------- 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 852 21 298 533 289 1 96 192 563 20 202 341
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 109 0 39 70 25 0 11 14 84 0 28 56
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 155 10 53 92 35 0 12 23 120 10 41 69
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 748 21 274 453 195 1 72 122 553 20 202 331
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 218 0 39 179 60 0 8 52 158 0 31 127
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 266 0 51 215 82 0 13 69 184 0 38 146
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 65 5 27 33 17 1 7 9 48 4 20 24
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 40.2 1.9 81.7 (15-19) 25.7 0.2 55.1 (15-19) 56.6 4.0 110.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 5 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 5.9 - 3.4 7.5 3.5 - - 5.2 7.1 - 5.0 8.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 4 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 4.7 47.6 - 5.6 3.5 - - 5.2 5.3 50.0 - 5.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 861 22 299 540 291 1 96 194 570 21 203 346
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.6 2.0 82.5 (15-19) 25.8 0.2 55.5 (15-19) 57.3 4.2 111.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 8 0 2 6 3 0 0 3 5 0 2 3
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 9.4 - 6.7 11.2 10.4 - - 15.6 8.9 - 9.9 8.8
* 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.
