(HSVSTEEN)
TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: LEAKE
TOTAL FEMALES FEMALES FEMALES TOTAL
POPULATION AGES AGES AGES LIVE
RACE ALL AGES 10-19 10-14 15-19 BIRTHS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL 18,578 1,441 726 715 329
WHITE 10,907 695 361 334 163
NONWHITE 7,671 746 365 381 166
-------- 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
--------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
TEENAGE BIRTHS 62 4 22 36 28 1 9 18 34 3 13 18
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 11 0 5 6 5 0 1 4 6 0 4 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 39 3 18 18 11 0 5 6 28 3 13 12
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 12 0 1 11 6 0 0 6 6 0 1 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 13 0 2 11 7 0 1 6 6 0 1 5
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 43.0 5.5 81.1 (15-19) 40.3 2.8 80.8 (15-19) 45.6 8.2 81.4 (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# 8 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 7 1 1 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 129.0 250.0 90.9 138.9 35.7 0.0 111.1 0.0 205.9 333.3 76.9 277.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 70 5 24 41 29 1 10 18 41 4 14 23
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 48.6 6.9 90.9 (15-19) 41.7 2.8 83.8 (15-19) 55.0 11.0 97.1 (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
