(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: LINCOLN
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 31,771 2,535 1,212 1,323 510
WHITE 21,467 1,464 716 748 309
NONWHITE 10,304 1,071 496 575 201
-------- 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 115 4 33 78 50 1 14 35 65 3 19 43
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 1 7 3 0 1 2 5 0 0 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 20 1 5 14 5 0 1 4 15 1 4 10
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 85 4 27 54 22 1 8 13 63 3 19 41
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 17 0 2 15 6 0 0 6 11 0 2 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 26 0 4 22 11 0 2 9 15 0 2 13
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 8 1 3 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 45.4 3.3 83.9 (15-19) 34.2 1.4 65.5 (15-19) 60.7 6.0 107.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 12 1 4 7 7 0 2 5 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 104.3 250.0 121.2 89.7 140.0 - 142.8 142.8 76.9 333.3 105.3 46.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 127 5 37 85 57 1 16 40 70 4 21 45
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.1 4.1 92.2 (15-19) 38.9 1.4 74.9 (15-19) 65.4 8.1 114.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 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
