(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: LAUDERDALE
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 75,978 5,605 2,589 3,016 1,173
WHITE 47,129 2,921 1,396 1,525 569
NONWHITE 28,849 2,684 1,193 1,491 604
-------- 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 4 66 120 48 1 14 33 142 3 52 87
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 21 1 7 13 6 0 0 6 15 1 7 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 27 1 14 12 6 0 3 3 21 1 11 9
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 165 4 63 98 27 1 12 14 138 3 51 84
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 48 0 8 40 7 0 1 6 41 0 7 34
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 56 0 9 47 8 0 1 7 48 0 8 40
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 14 0 4 10 0 0 0 0 14 0 4 10
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.9 1.5 61.7 (15-19) 16.4 0.7 30.8 (15-19) 52.9 2.5 93.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 47 4 18 25 17 1 6 10 30 3 12 15
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 247.4 1000.0 272.7 208.3 354.2 1000.0 428.6 303.0 211.3 1000.0 230.8 172.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 237 8 84 145 65 2 20 43 172 6 64 102
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.3 3.1 75.9 (15-19) 22.2 1.4 41.3 (15-19) 64.1 5.0 111.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 10.5 - 30.3 - - - - - 14.1 - 38.5 -
* 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
