(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: LAUDERDALE
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 78,161 5,759 2,812 2,947 1,218
WHITE 47,013 2,854 1,421 1,433 602
NONWHITE 31,148 2,905 1,391 1,514 616
-------- 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 207 3 68 136 62 0 9 53 145 3 59 83
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 29 0 16 13 5 0 1 4 24 0 15 9
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 34 0 14 20 9 0 1 8 25 0 13 12
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 170 3 64 103 28 0 5 23 142 3 59 80
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 38 0 6 32 9 0 0 9 29 0 6 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 52 0 9 43 16 0 1 15 36 0 8 28
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 0 4 5 2 0 0 2 7 0 4 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 35.9 1.1 69.2 (15-19) 21.7 - 43.3 (15-19) 49.9 2.2 93.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 4.8 - - 7.4 - - - - 6.9 - - 12.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 40 4 11 25 12 0 5 7 28 4 6 18
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 193.2 1333.3 161.8 183.8 193.5 - 555.6 132.1 193.1 1333.3 101.7 216.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 248 7 79 162 74 0 14 60 174 7 65 102
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.1 2.5 81.8 (15-19) 25.9 - 51.6 (15-19) 59.9 5.0 110.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 3 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 19.3 - 44.1 7.4 16.1 - - 18.9 20.7 - 50.8 -
* 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.
