(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: LEE
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 75,755 5,527 2,828 2,699 1,225
WHITE 55,800 3,615 1,845 1,770 834
NONWHITE 19,955 1,912 983 929 391
-------- 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 189 5 70 114 107 2 34 71 82 3 36 43
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 19 1 7 11 10 0 2 8 9 1 5 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 69 2 23 44 39 1 11 27 30 1 12 17
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 150 4 62 84 69 1 26 42 81 3 36 42
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 44 0 5 39 26 0 4 22 18 0 1 17
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 50 0 7 43 30 0 5 25 20 0 2 18
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 0 3 6 5 0 2 3 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 34.2 1.8 68.2 (15-19) 29.6 1.1 59.3 (15-19) 42.9 3.0 85.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 15.9 - 14.3 17.5 - - - - 36.6 - 27.8 46.5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 6 0 2 4 4 0 1 3 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 31.7 - 28.6 35.1 37.4 - 29.4 42.2 24.4 - 27.8 23.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 198 5 73 120 111 2 35 74 87 3 38 46
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 35.8 1.8 71.5 (15-19) 30.7 1.1 61.6 (15-19) 45.5 3.0 90.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 5.3 - - 8.8 9.3 - - 14.1 - - - -
* 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.
