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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: LAFAYETTE
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 34,388 2,686 976 1,710 430
WHITE 24,927 1,805 567 1,238 260
NONWHITE 9,461 881 409 472 170
-------- 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 60 1 21 38 28 1 10 17 32 0 11 21
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 6 4 5 0 2 3 5 0 4 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 13 1 5 7 5 1 1 3 8 0 4 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 48 1 18 29 16 1 7 8 32 0 11 21
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 11 0 3 8 5 0 1 4 6 0 2 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 14 0 4 10 7 0 2 5 7 0 2 5
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 22.3 1.0 34.5 (15-19) 15.5 1.8 21.8 (15-19) 36.3 0.0 67.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 4 0 0 4 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 66.7 0.0 0.0 105.3 107.1 0.0 0.0 176.5 31.2 . 0.0 47.6
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 64 1 21 42 31 1 10 20 33 0 11 22
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 23.8 1.0 36.8 (15-19) 17.2 1.8 24.2 (15-19) 37.4 0.0 69.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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
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
