(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: LEFLORE
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 37,947 3,249 1,534 1,715 635
WHITE 11,384 668 333 335 126
NONWHITE 26,563 2,581 1,201 1,380 509
-------- 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 160 7 55 98 11 0 4 7 149 7 51 91
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 30 4 10 16 1 0 0 1 29 4 10 15
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 32 3 8 21 1 0 0 1 31 3 8 20
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 151 7 53 91 4 0 2 2 147 7 51 89
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 45 0 7 38 1 0 0 1 44 0 7 37
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 56 0 9 47 2 0 1 1 54 0 8 46
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 36 1 14 21 2 0 0 2 34 1 14 19
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 49.2 4.6 89.2 (15-19) 16.5 - 32.8 (15-19) 57.7 5.8 102.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 22 3 9 10 0 0 0 0 22 3 9 10
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 137.5 428.6 163.6 102.0 - - - - 147.6 428.6 176.5 109.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 182 10 64 108 11 0 4 7 171 10 60 101
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 56.0 6.5 100.3 (15-19) 16.5 - 32.8 (15-19) 66.2 8.3 116.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 18.8 - - 30.6 - - - - 20.1 - - 33.0
* 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
