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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: LEE
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 73,739 5,507 2,807 2,700 1,153
WHITE 57,121 3,911 2,010 1,901 774
NONWHITE 16,618 1,596 797 799 379
-------- 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 240 7 96 137 122 3 44 75 118 4 52 62
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 21 1 6 14 3 0 0 3 18 1 6 11
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 37 2 13 22 8 0 2 6 29 2 11 16
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 179 6 77 96 63 2 25 36 116 4 52 60
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 64 0 14 50 27 0 4 23 37 0 10 27
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 78 0 19 59 34 0 7 27 44 0 12 32
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 20 0 14 6 4 0 2 2 16 0 12 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 43.6 2.5 86.3 (15-19) 31.2 1.5 62.6 (15-19) 73.9 5.0 142.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 5 0 1 4 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 20.8 0.0 10.4 29.2 24.6 0.0 22.7 26.7 16.9 0.0 0.0 32.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 13 2 6 5 7 0 4 3 6 2 2 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 54.2 285.7 62.5 36.5 57.4 0.0 90.9 40.0 50.8 500.0 38.5 32.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 258 9 103 146 132 3 49 80 126 6 54 66
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 46.8 3.2 92.2 (15-19) 33.8 1.5 67.8 (15-19) 78.9 7.5 150.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
* 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
