(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: LOWNDES
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 61,586 4,879 2,411 2,468 945
WHITE 34,775 2,333 1,109 1,224 443
NONWHITE 26,811 2,546 1,302 1,244 502
-------- 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 163 6 62 95 46 0 22 24 117 6 40 71
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 17 1 7 9 4 0 1 3 13 1 6 6
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 37 3 16 18 9 0 3 6 28 3 13 12
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 142 4 53 85 29 0 13 16 113 4 40 69
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 40 1 9 30 7 0 1 6 33 1 8 24
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 48 1 12 35 10 0 2 8 38 1 10 27
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 11 0 4 7 1 0 1 0 10 0 3 7
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.4 2.5 63.6 (15-19) 19.7 - 37.6 (15-19) 46.0 4.6 89.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 45 1 15 29 20 0 7 13 24 1 8 15
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 276.1 166.7 241.9 305.3 434.8 - 318.2 541.7 205.1 166.7 200.0 211.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 208 7 77 124 66 0 29 37 141 7 48 86
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.6 2.9 81.4 (15-19) 28.3 - 53.9 (15-19) 55.4 5.4 107.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 6.1 - 16.1 - - - - - 8.5 - 25.0 -
* 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
