(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: LEE
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 75,755 5,527 2,828 2,699 1,289
WHITE 55,800 3,615 1,845 1,770 865
NONWHITE 19,955 1,912 983 929 424
-------- 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 240 4 94 142 136 0 46 90 104 4 48 52
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 32 1 12 19 13 0 5 8 19 1 7 11
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 36 0 15 21 18 0 6 12 18 0 9 9
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 184 4 82 98 81 0 34 47 103 4 48 51
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 68 0 14 54 33 0 5 28 35 0 9 26
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 75 0 17 58 36 0 5 31 39 0 12 27
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 35 0 12 23 21 0 6 15 14 0 6 8
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 43.4 1.4 87.4 (15-19) 37.6 - 76.8 (15-19) 54.4 4.1 107.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 12.5 250.0 21.3 - 7.4 & - - 19.2 - 41.7 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 8 0 3 5 5 0 1 4 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 33.3 - 31.9 35.2 36.8 - 21.7 44.4 28.8 - 41.7 19.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 251 5 99 147 142 1 47 94 109 4 52 53
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 45.4 1.8 91.1 (15-19) 39.3 0.5 79.7 (15-19) 57.0 4.1 113.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 12.5 - - 21.1 7.4 - - 11.1 19.2 - - 38.5
* 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
