(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: LAUDERDALE
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 78,161 5,759 2,812 2,947 1,149
WHITE 47,013 2,854 1,421 1,433 613
NONWHITE 31,148 2,905 1,391 1,514 536
-------- 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 186 6 65 115 62 1 14 47 124 5 51 68
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 29 2 10 17 7 1 2 4 22 1 8 13
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 41 4 12 25 5 1 0 4 36 3 12 21
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 163 6 63 94 40 1 12 27 123 5 51 67
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 31 0 6 25 8 0 1 7 23 0 5 18
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 40 1 8 31 11 1 1 9 29 0 7 22
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 32.3 2.1 61.1 (15-19) 21.7 0.7 42.6 (15-19) 42.7 3.6 78.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 16.1 - 30.8 8.7 - - - - 24.2 - 39.2 14.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 32 1 13 18 13 0 6 7 19 1 7 11
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 172.0 166.7 200.0 156.5 209.7 - 428.6 148.9 153.2 200.0 137.2 161.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 221 7 80 134 75 1 20 54 146 6 60 80
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.4 2.5 72.6 (15-19) 26.3 0.7 51.6 (15-19) 50.2 4.3 92.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 16.1 166.7 - 17.4 - - - - 24.2 200.0 - 29.4
* 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
