(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: LEAKE
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 19,372 1,457 692 765 344
WHITE 11,185 646 318 328 157
NONWHITE 8,187 811 374 437 187
-------- 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 74 0 32 42 28 0 16 12 46 0 16 30
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 13 0 6 7 4 0 3 1 9 0 3 6
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 4 6 4 0 2 2 6 0 2 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 58 0 24 34 14 0 8 6 44 0 16 28
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 16 0 7 9 6 0 2 4 10 0 5 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 20 0 7 13 8 0 2 6 12 0 5 7
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 50.8 - 96.7 (15-19) 43.3 - 85.4 (15-19) 56.7 - 105.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 13 1 6 6 4 0 3 1 9 1 3 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 175.7 - 187.5 142.8 142.8 - 187.5 83.3 195.6 - 187.5 166.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 87 1 38 48 32 0 19 13 55 1 19 35
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 59.7 1.4 112.4 (15-19) 49.5 - 97.6 (15-19) 67.8 2.7 123.6 (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
