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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: LAWRENCE
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 12,143 1,023 504 519 156
WHITE 7,936 587 302 285 77
NONWHITE 4,207 436 202 234 79
-------- 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 37 0 7 30 10 0 2 8 27 0 5 22
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 0 5 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 1 6 4 0 0 4 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 28 0 5 23 3 0 0 3 25 0 5 20
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 11 0 0 11 2 0 0 2 9 0 0 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 12 0 0 12 2 0 0 2 10 0 0 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.2 0.0 71.3 (15-19) 17.0 0.0 35.1 (15-19) 61.9 0.0 115.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 27.0 0.0 0.0 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 37.0 0.0 0.0 45.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 5 0 2 3 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 135.1 . 285.7 100.0 200.0 . 500.0 125.0 111.1 . 200.0 90.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 43 0 9 34 12 0 3 9 31 0 6 25
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.0 0.0 82.8 (15-19) 20.4 0.0 42.1 (15-19) 71.1 0.0 132.5 (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
