(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: LAMAR
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 38,127 2,853 1,458 1,395 594
WHITE 32,787 2,366 1,214 1,152 506
NONWHITE 5,340 487 244 243 88
-------- 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 79 2 28 49 58 0 22 36 21 2 6 13
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 4 6 8 0 4 4 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 0 2 12 6 0 1 5 8 0 1 7
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 49 2 18 29 30 0 13 17 19 2 5 12
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 19 0 3 16 14 0 2 12 5 0 1 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 24 0 3 21 18 0 2 16 6 0 1 5
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 1 4 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 27.7 1.4 55.2 (15-19) 24.5 - 50.3 (15-19) 43.1 8.2 78.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 8 1 1 6 4 0 0 4 4 1 1 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 101.3 500.0 35.7 122.4 69.0 - - 111.1 190.5 500.0 166.7 153.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 87 3 29 55 62 0 22 40 25 3 7 15
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 30.5 2.0 60.2 (15-19) 26.2 - 53.8 (15-19) 51.3 12.3 90.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 12.7 - 35.7 - - - - - 47.6 - 166.7 -
* 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.
## RATE/RATIO NOT CALCULATED BECAUSE THERE WERE NO LIVE BIRTHS TO MOTHERS IN THIS AGE/RACE GROUP.
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
INFANT MORTALITY RATE=INFANT DEATHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
