(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: LAFAYETTE
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 38,744 3,261 1,005 2,256 425
WHITE 27,838 2,268 617 1,651 244
NONWHITE 10,906 993 388 605 181
-------- 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 58 1 17 40 21 0 4 17 37 1 13 23
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 5 5 4 0 0 4 6 0 5 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 2 6 4 0 0 4 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 42 1 15 26 9 0 3 6 33 1 12 20
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 16 0 4 12 3 0 1 2 13 0 3 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 23 0 4 19 8 0 1 7 15 0 3 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 17.8 1.0 25.3 (15-19) 9.2 - 12.7 (15-19) 37.3 2.6 59.5 (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 0 1 7 6 0 0 6 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 137.9 - 58.8 175.0 285.7 - - 352.9 54.0 - 76.9 43.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 66 1 18 47 27 0 4 23 39 1 14 24
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 20.2 1.0 28.8 (15-19) 11.9 - 16.4 (15-19) 39.3 2.6 62.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 17.2 - 58.8 - - - - - 27.0 - 76.9 -
* 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
