(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: LEFLORE
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 36,816 3,021 1,474 1,547 607
WHITE 13,330 749 406 343 107
NONWHITE 23,486 2,272 1,068 1,204 500
-------- 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 165 4 66 95 21 0 6 15 144 4 60 80
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 22 1 9 12 3 0 0 3 19 1 9 9
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 25 1 17 7 2 0 1 1 23 1 16 6
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 156 4 66 86 13 0 6 7 143 4 60 79
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 63 0 17 46 2 0 0 2 61 0 17 44
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 69 0 18 51 3 0 1 2 66 0 17 49
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 32 2 20 10 1 0 1 0 31 2 19 10
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 54.6 2.7 104.1 (15-19) 28.0 - 61.2 (15-19) 63.4 3.7 116.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 12.1 - - 21.0 - - - - 13.9 - - 25.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 25 2 7 16 5 1 1 3 20 1 6 13
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 151.5 500.0 106.1 168.4 238.1 ## 166.7 200.0 138.9 250.0 100.0 162.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 192 6 73 113 26 1 7 18 166 5 66 95
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 63.6 4.1 120.2 (15-19) 34.7 2.5 72.9 (15-19) 73.1 4.7 133.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 12.1 - 30.3 - - - - - 13.9 - 33.3 -
* 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
