(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: LEFLORE
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 37,947 3,249 1,534 1,715 579
WHITE 11,384 668 333 335 133
NONWHITE 26,563 2,581 1,201 1,380 446
-------- 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 131 6 44 81 18 0 7 11 113 6 37 70
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 21 2 9 10 2 0 2 0 19 2 7 10
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 32 3 15 14 1 0 1 0 31 3 14 14
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 126 6 42 78 13 0 5 8 113 6 37 70
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 36 0 8 28 5 0 2 3 31 0 6 25
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 44 0 9 35 7 0 3 4 37 0 6 31
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 18 1 7 10 0 0 0 0 18 1 7 10
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 40.3 3.9 72.9 (15-19) 26.9 - 53.7 (15-19) 43.8 5.0 77.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 7.6 - - 12.3 - - - - 8.8 - - 14.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 13 1 5 7 2 0 1 1 11 1 4 6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 99.2 166.7 113.6 86.4 111.1 - 142.8 90.9 97.3 166.7 108.1 85.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 145 7 49 89 20 0 8 12 125 7 41 77
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.6 4.6 80.5 (15-19) 29.9 - 59.7 (15-19) 48.4 5.8 85.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 30.5 166.7 22.7 24.7 - - - - 35.4 166.7 27.0 28.6
* 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.
