(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: LINCOLN
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 33,166 2,437 1,167 1,270 462
WHITE 23,010 1,528 729 799 283
NONWHITE 10,156 909 438 471 179
-------- 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 79 4 29 46 36 0 13 23 43 4 16 23
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 5 5 2 0 1 1 8 0 4 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 11 0 5 6 1 0 1 0 10 0 4 6
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 59 4 25 30 19 0 10 9 40 4 15 21
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 13 0 3 10 3 0 0 3 10 0 3 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 19 0 5 14 6 0 1 5 13 0 4 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 8 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 7 2 2 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 32.4 3.4 59.0 (15-19) 23.6 - 45.0 (15-19) 47.3 9.1 82.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 38.0 - - 65.2 27.8 - - 43.5 46.5 - - 87.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 11 0 5 6 6 0 2 4 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 139.2 - 172.4 130.4 166.7 - 153.8 173.9 116.3 - 187.5 87.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 93 4 34 55 43 0 15 28 50 4 19 27
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.2 3.4 70.1 (15-19) 28.1 - 53.8 (15-19) 55.0 9.1 97.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 12.7 - - 21.7 27.8 - - 43.5 - - - -
* 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
