(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: LEE
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 75,211 5,216 2,589 2,627 1,222
WHITE 57,291 3,648 1,804 1,844 811
NONWHITE 17,920 1,568 785 783 411
-------- 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 207 7 93 107 113 3 46 64 94 4 47 43
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 21 1 10 10 11 1 5 5 10 0 5 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 40 2 21 17 16 1 9 6 24 1 12 11
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 156 7 78 71 64 3 31 30 92 4 47 41
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 47 0 10 37 24 0 4 20 23 0 6 17
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 57 0 12 45 31 0 5 26 26 0 7 19
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 18 1 10 7 7 0 5 2 11 1 5 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.7 2.7 76.1 (15-19) 31.0 1.7 59.6 (15-19) 59.9 5.1 114.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 0 0 4 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 19.3 - - 37.4 26.5 - - 46.9 10.6 - - 23.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 8 0 3 5 2 0 1 1 6 0 2 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 38.6 - 32.2 46.7 17.7 - 21.7 15.6 63.8 - 42.6 93.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 219 7 96 116 118 3 47 68 101 4 49 48
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.0 2.7 80.7 (15-19) 32.3 1.7 62.4 (15-19) 64.4 5.1 123.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS - - - - - - - - - - - -
* 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
