(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
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 60,527 4,670 2,145 2,525 979
WHITE 36,037 2,336 1,053 1,283 490
NONWHITE 24,490 2,334 1,092 1,242 489
-------- 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 8 63 119 51 1 9 41 139 7 54 78
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 32 3 13 16 7 1 1 5 25 2 12 11
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 43 2 18 23 10 0 1 9 33 2 17 14
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 167 7 62 98 32 0 9 23 135 7 53 75
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 34 0 5 29 13 0 1 12 21 0 4 17
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 51 0 8 43 17 0 1 16 34 0 7 27
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 11 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 10 1 6 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 40.7 3.7 72.1 (15-19) 21.8 1.0 39.0 (15-19) 59.6 6.4 106.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 5.3 - 15.9 - - - - - 7.2 - 18.5 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 45 1 23 21 10 0 7 3 35 1 16 18
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 236.8 125.0 365.1 176.5 196.1 - 777.8 73.2 251.8 142.8 296.3 230.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 236 9 87 140 61 1 16 44 175 8 71 96
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.5 4.2 89.9 (15-19) 26.1 1.0 46.8 (15-19) 75.0 7.3 134.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 5.3 - 15.9 - - - - - 7.2 - 18.5 -
* 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
