(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: LOWNDES
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 61,208 4,766 2,188 2,578 983
WHITE 36,591 2,393 1,082 1,311 497
NONWHITE 24,617 2,373 1,106 1,267 486
-------- 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 173 6 62 105 50 0 15 35 123 6 47 70
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 25 1 11 13 4 0 2 2 21 1 9 11
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 26 2 7 17 2 0 1 1 24 2 6 16
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 141 6 57 78 26 0 12 14 115 6 45 64
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 43 0 6 37 10 0 3 7 33 0 3 30
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 50 0 8 42 15 0 4 11 35 0 4 31
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 17 0 3 14 2 0 0 2 15 0 3 12
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.3 2.7 64.8 (15-19) 20.9 - 38.1 (15-19) 51.8 5.4 92.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 46 2 18 26 17 0 4 13 29 2 14 13
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 265.9 333.3 290.3 247.6 340.0 - 266.7 371.4 235.8 333.3 297.9 185.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 219 8 80 131 67 0 19 48 152 8 61 83
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 46.0 3.6 81.8 (15-19) 28.0 - 51.1 (15-19) 64.0 7.2 113.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 2
* 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
