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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: LAMAR
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 31,458 2,562 1,331 1,231 579
WHITE 27,373 2,153 1,120 1,033 477
NONWHITE 4,085 409 211 198 102
-------- 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 85 1 32 52 64 0 26 38 21 1 6 14
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 5 2 3 0 3 0 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 13 1 6 6 6 0 3 3 7 1 3 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 54 1 22 31 33 0 16 17 21 1 6 14
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 18 0 4 14 12 0 3 9 6 0 1 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 21 0 6 15 15 0 5 10 6 0 1 5
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 4 1 1 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.2 0.8 68.2 (15-19) 29.7 0.0 62.0 (15-19) 51.3 4.7 101.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 23.5 0.0 62.5 0.0 31.2 0.0 76.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 10 1 2 7 9 1 2 6 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 117.6 1000 62.5 134.6 140.6 . 76.9 157.9 47.6 0.0 0.0 71.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 97 2 36 59 75 1 30 44 22 1 6 15
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 37.9 1.5 77.2 (15-19) 34.8 0.9 71.6 (15-19) 53.8 4.7 106.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
