(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: LAMAR
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 39,070 3,114 1,511 1,603 600
WHITE 33,342 2,556 1,232 1,324 489
NONWHITE 5,728 558 279 279 111
-------- 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 70 2 22 46 51 0 17 34 19 2 5 12
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 1 4 1 4 0 3 1 2 1 1 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 12 1 3 8 8 0 2 6 4 1 1 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 38 2 13 23 20 0 9 11 18 2 4 12
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 13 0 3 10 10 0 1 9 3 0 2 1
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 21 0 5 16 16 0 3 13 5 0 2 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 22.5 1.3 42.4 (15-19) 20.0 - 38.5 (15-19) 34.0 7.2 60.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 13 0 1 12 7 0 0 7 6 0 1 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 185.7 - 45.4 260.9 137.2 - - 205.9 315.8 - 200.0 416.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 83 2 23 58 58 0 17 41 25 2 6 17
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 26.6 1.3 50.5 (15-19) 22.7 - 43.8 (15-19) 44.8 7.2 82.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 14.3 - 45.5 - - - - - 52.6 - 200.0 -
* 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
