(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: LAUDERDALE
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 76,143 5,674 2,617 3,057 1,187
WHITE 47,452 2,974 1,415 1,559 617
NONWHITE 28,691 2,700 1,202 1,498 570
-------- 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 210 16 79 115 59 0 19 40 151 16 60 75
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 26 2 8 16 6 0 2 4 20 2 6 12
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 47 4 21 22 11 0 4 7 36 4 17 15
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 186 16 72 98 41 0 12 29 145 16 60 69
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 56 0 17 39 11 0 1 10 45 0 16 29
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 67 0 21 46 17 0 3 14 50 0 18 32
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 15 1 8 6 2 0 2 0 13 1 6 6
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.0 6.1 63.5 (15-19) 19.8 - 37.8 (15-19) 55.9 13.3 90.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 8 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 8 0 5 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 38.1 - 63.3 26.1 - - - - 53.0 - 83.3 40.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 42 4 17 21 18 1 10 7 24 3 7 14
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 200.0 250.0 215.2 182.6 305.1 - 526.3 175.0 158.9 187.5 116.7 186.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 260 20 101 139 77 1 29 47 183 19 72 92
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 45.8 7.6 78.5 (15-19) 25.9 0.7 48.7 (15-19) 67.8 15.8 109.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 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
