(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: LAWRENCE
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 13,053 1,053 516 537 185
WHITE 8,412 574 284 290 115
NONWHITE 4,641 479 232 247 70
-------- 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 39 0 10 29 20 0 5 15 19 0 5 14
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 2 5 2 0 1 1 5 0 1 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 23 0 8 15 6 0 3 3 17 0 5 12
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 11 0 1 10 4 0 0 4 7 0 1 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 15 0 1 14 7 0 0 7 8 0 1 7
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.0 - 72.6 (15-19) 34.8 - 69.0 (15-19) 39.7 - 76.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 51.3 - 100.0 34.5 - - - - 105.3 - 200.0 71.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 6 0 3 3 3 0 1 2 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 153.8 - 300.0 103.4 150.0 - 200.0 133.3 157.9 - 400.0 71.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 47 0 14 33 23 0 6 17 24 0 8 16
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.6 - 87.5 (15-19) 40.1 - 79.3 (15-19) 50.1 - 97.2 (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
