(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: LAFAYETTE
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 34,555 3,021 956 2,065 419
WHITE 24,097 2,062 553 1,509 240
NONWHITE 10,458 959 403 556 179
-------- 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 68 4 24 40 24 0 6 18 44 4 18 22
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 10 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 10 1 5 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 57 4 23 30 14 0 5 9 43 4 18 21
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 14 0 3 11 6 0 1 5 8 0 2 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 16 0 4 12 7 0 1 6 9 0 3 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 22.5 4.2 31.0 (15-19) 11.6 - 15.9 (15-19) 45.9 9.9 71.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 4 0 2 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 58.8 - 83.3 50.0 166.7 - 333.3 111.1 - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 72 4 26 42 28 0 8 20 44 4 18 22
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 23.8 4.2 32.9 (15-19) 13.6 - 18.6 (15-19) 45.9 9.9 71.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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
