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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: LINCOLN
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 31,911 2,555 1,246 1,309 453
WHITE 22,041 1,575 786 789 294
NONWHITE 9,870 980 460 520 159
-------- 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 87 2 36 49 40 1 15 24 47 1 21 25
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 11 0 4 7 5 0 1 4 6 0 3 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 20 0 11 9 5 0 3 2 15 0 8 7
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 63 2 30 31 19 1 9 9 44 1 21 22
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 0 15 4 0 0 4 11 0 0 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 19 0 1 18 5 0 0 5 14 0 1 13
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 1 3 2 4 0 3 1 2 1 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 34.0 1.6 64.9 (15-19) 25.4 1.3 49.4 (15-19) 48.0 2.2 88.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 34.5 0.0 83.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 63.8 0.0 142.8 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 14 0 8 6 6 0 4 2 8 0 4 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 160.9 0.0 222.2 122.4 150.0 0.0 266.7 83.3 170.2 0.0 190.5 160.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 104 2 47 55 46 1 19 26 58 1 28 29
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.7 1.6 77.9 (15-19) 29.2 1.3 57.0 (15-19) 59.2 2.2 109.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 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
