(HSVSTEEN)
TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: LOWNDES
TOTAL FEMALES FEMALES FEMALES TOTAL
POPULATION AGES AGES AGES LIVE
RACE ALL AGES 10-19 10-14 15-19 BIRTHS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL 61,480 4,774 2,343 2,431 1,042
WHITE 37,591 2,487 1,242 1,245 503
NONWHITE 23,889 2,287 1,101 1,186 539
-------- 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 161 9 55 97 53 0 16 37 108 9 39 60
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 25 3 9 13 5 0 1 4 20 3 8 9
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 30 3 10 17 5 0 2 3 25 3 8 14
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 127 9 50 68 28 0 11 17 99 9 39 51
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 42 1 6 35 10 0 0 10 32 1 6 25
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 46 1 6 39 13 0 0 13 33 1 6 26
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 13 1 3 9 1 0 0 1 12 1 3 8
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.7 3.8 62.5 (15-19) 21.3 0.0 42.6 (15-19) 47.2 8.2 83.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 18.6 111.1 18.2 10.3 18.9 0.0 62.5 0.0 18.5 111.1 0.0 16.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 29 2 10 17 19 0 6 13 9 2 3 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 180.1 222.2 181.8 175.2 358.5 . 375.0 351.4 83.3 222.2 76.9 66.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 193 12 66 115 73 0 23 50 119 12 42 65
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.4 5.1 74.4 (15-19) 29.4 0.0 58.6 (15-19) 52.0 10.9 90.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 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
