(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: LEFLORE
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 36,951 3,127 1,512 1,615 645
WHITE 13,530 778 420 358 151
NONWHITE 23,421 2,349 1,092 1,257 494
-------- 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 190 9 76 105 23 0 7 16 167 9 69 89
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 17 1 11 5 1 0 0 1 16 1 11 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 31 2 14 15 3 0 0 3 28 2 14 12
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 180 9 75 96 16 0 7 9 164 9 68 87
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 56 0 16 40 4 0 0 4 52 0 16 36
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 64 0 20 44 4 0 0 4 60 0 20 40
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 38 1 17 20 2 0 1 1 36 1 16 19
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 60.8 6.0 112.1 (15-19) 29.6 - 64.2 (15-19) 71.1 8.2 125.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 5.3 - - 9.5 - - - - 6.0 - - 11.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 21 2 7 12 4 0 1 3 17 2 6 9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 110.5 222.2 92.1 114.3 173.9 - 142.8 187.5 101.8 222.2 87.0 101.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 212 11 83 118 27 0 8 19 185 11 75 99
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 67.8 7.3 124.4 (15-19) 34.7 - 75.4 (15-19) 78.8 10.1 138.4 (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
