(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: LAMAR
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 39,070 3,114 1,511 1,603 624
WHITE 33,342 2,556 1,232 1,324 515
NONWHITE 5,728 558 279 279 109
-------- 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 84 1 23 60 68 0 16 52 16 1 7 8
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 4 5 8 0 3 5 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 1 5 8 9 0 3 6 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 46 1 14 31 30 0 7 23 16 1 7 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 21 0 1 20 19 0 0 19 2 0 1 1
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 24 0 2 22 22 0 1 21 2 0 1 1
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 8 0 2 6 5 0 1 4 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 27.0 0.7 51.8 (15-19) 26.6 - 51.4 (15-19) 28.7 3.6 53.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 23.8 - 43.5 16.7 - - - - 125.0 - 142.8 125.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 7 1 0 6 4 0 0 4 3 1 0 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 83.3 1000.0 - 100.0 58.8 - - 76.9 187.5 1000.0 - 250.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 93 2 24 67 72 0 16 56 21 2 8 11
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 29.9 1.3 56.8 (15-19) 28.2 - 54.4 (15-19) 37.6 7.2 68.1 (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.
