(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: LAFAYETTE
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 38,744 3,261 1,005 2,256 448
WHITE 27,838 2,268 617 1,651 261
NONWHITE 10,906 993 388 605 187
-------- 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 54 2 19 33 16 0 7 9 38 2 12 24
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 5 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 2 6 2 0 1 1 6 0 1 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 48 2 17 29 11 0 5 6 37 2 12 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 12 0 2 10 2 0 0 2 10 0 2 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 13 0 2 11 2 0 0 2 11 0 2 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 16.6 2.0 23.0 (15-19) 7.0 - 9.7 (15-19) 38.3 5.2 59.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 55.6 - 52.6 60.6 187.5 - 142.8 222.2 - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 57 2 20 35 19 0 8 11 38 2 12 24
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 17.5 2.0 24.4 (15-19) 8.4 - 11.5 (15-19) 38.3 5.2 59.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS - - - - - - - - - - - -
* 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.
