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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
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 2,844,658 221,603 107,143 114,460 42,277
WHITE 1,746,099 116,276 56,218 60,058 22,798
NONWHITE 1,098,559 105,327 50,925 54,402 19,479
-------- 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 7,536 196 2,542 4,798 2,926 26 893 2,007 4,610 170 1,649 2,791
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 982 33 363 586 286 4 100 182 696 29 263 404
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 1,448 58 542 848 450 5 151 294 998 53 391 554
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 6,231 193 2,263 3,775 1,759 23 631 1,105 4,472 170 1,632 2,670
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 1,773 5 310 1,458 580 0 89 491 1,193 5 221 967
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 2,171 5 408 1,758 763 0 136 627 1,408 5 272 1,131
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 575 33 229 313 146 5 59 82 429 28 170 231
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 34.0 1.8 64.1 (15-19) 25.2 0.5 48.3 (15-19) 43.8 3.3 81.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 80 7 29 44 18 1 4 13 62 6 25 31
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 10.6 35.7 11.4 9.2 6.2 38.5 4.5 6.5 13.4 35.3 15.2 11.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1,008 58 310 640 365 8 118 239 642 50 192 400
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 133.8 295.9 122.0 133.4 124.7 307.7 132.1 119.1 139.3 294.1 116.4 143.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 8,624 261 2,881 5,482 3,309 35 1,015 2,259 5,314 226 1,866 3,222
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.9 2.4 73.1 (15-19) 28.4 0.6 54.5 (15-19) 50.4 4.4 93.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 98 3 36 59 25 0 6 19 73 3 30 40
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 13.0 15.3 14.2 12.3 8.5 - 6.7 9.5 15.8 17.6 18.2 14.3
* 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.