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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: LEFLORE
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 36,970 3,572 1,698 1,874 670
WHITE 13,470 905 454 451 142
NONWHITE 23,500 2,667 1,244 1,423 528
-------- 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 192 9 85 98 18 0 3 15 174 9 82 83
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 15 2 3 10 3 0 0 3 12 2 3 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 31 1 7 23 5 0 0 5 26 1 7 18
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 183 9 84 90 10 0 2 8 173 9 82 82
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 72 0 18 54 4 0 0 4 68 0 18 50
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 84 0 24 60 6 0 1 5 78 0 23 55
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 34 0 13 21 2 0 0 2 32 0 13 19
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 53.8 5.3 97.6 (15-19) 19.9 0.0 39.9 (15-19) 65.2 7.2 116.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 10.4 0.0 11.8 10.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.5 0.0 12.2 12.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 22 1 6 15 3 0 0 3 19 1 6 12
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 114.6 111.1 70.6 153.1 166.7 . 0.0 200.0 109.2 111.1 73.2 144.6
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 216 10 92 114 21 0 3 18 195 10 89 96
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 60.5 5.9 109.9 (15-19) 23.2 0.0 46.6 (15-19) 73.1 8.0 130.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
* 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
