(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: LAMAR
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 36,888 2,788 1,419 1,369 635
WHITE 31,809 2,323 1,188 1,135 540
NONWHITE 5,079 465 231 234 95
-------- 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 67 1 25 41 58 1 21 36 9 0 4 5
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 1 5 1 7 1 5 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 36 1 17 18 27 1 13 13 9 0 4 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 16 0 3 13 12 0 3 9 4 0 0 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 22 0 4 18 18 0 4 14 4 0 0 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 1 4 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 24.0 0.7 48.2 (15-19) 25.0 0.8 50.2 (15-19) 19.4 - 38.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 9 1 5 3 7 0 4 3 2 1 1 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 134.3 1000.0 200.0 73.2 120.7 - 190.5 83.3 222.2 - 250.0 -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 76 2 30 44 65 1 25 39 11 1 5 5
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 27.3 1.4 54.0 (15-19) 28.0 0.8 56.4 (15-19) 23.6 4.3 42.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
