TABLE 28
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES AND PREGNANCY RATES,
BY YEAR AND RACE, RESIDENCE DATA,
MISSISSIPPI, 1979-2001
NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON-
YEAR TOTAL** WHITE WHITE TOTAL** WHITE WHITE
1979 13,347 5,401 7,895 55.9 40.4 75.2
1980 13,544 5,712 7,808 56.8 42.7 74.4
1981 12,804 5,399 7,365 53.7 40.4 70.2
1982 12,217 5,125 7,080 51.2 38.4 67.4
1983 11,435 4,708 6,727 52.6 38.1 71.4
1984 11,091 4,382 6,709 51.0 35.5 71.3
1985 10,998 4,455 6,543 50.5 36.1 69.5
1986 10,231 4,077 6,154 47.0 33.0 65.4
1987 10,244 4,057 6,187 47.6 33.2 66.4
1988 10,565 4,174 6,391 49.3 34.3 69.0
1989# 11,267 4,403 6,855 52.9 36.4 74.4
1990# 11,379 4,457 6,916 53.1 39.0 69.3
1991# 11,545 4,485 7,056 53.9 39.2 70.7
1992# 11,089 4,119 6,969 51.8 36.0 69.8
1993# 10,962 3,911 7,046 51.2 34.2 70.6
1994# 10,802 3,889 6,911 50.4 34.0 69.3
1995# 10,778 3,984 6,789 49.9 34.5 67.5
1996# 10,401 3,787 6,612 48.1 32.8 65.7
1997# 9,989 3,681 6,305 46.2 31.9 62.7
1998# 9,891 3,748 6,143 45.9 32.8 60.5
1999# 9,675 3,646 6,027 45.2 32.1 59.8
2000# 9,508 3,618 5,889 42.9 31.1 55.9
2001# 8,624 3,309 5,314 38.9 28.4 50.4
* NUMBER OF LIVE BIRTHS PLUS REPORTABLE SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS
PLUS INDUCED TERMINATIONS PER 1,000 FEMALES AGES 10-19 IN
SPECIFIED RACE GROUP.
** TOTAL FIGURES INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH THE RACE WAS UNKNOWN.
# FIGURES SHOWN ARE BY RACE OF MOTHER; FIGURES FOR YEARS PRIOR
TO 1989 ARE BY RACE OF CHILD.
