(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: LOWNDES
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 61,586 4,879 2,411 2,468 926
WHITE 34,775 2,333 1,109 1,224 468
NONWHITE 26,811 2,546 1,302 1,244 458
-------- 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 166 5 55 106 51 0 18 33 115 5 37 73
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 26 0 12 14 8 0 4 4 18 0 8 10
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 48 1 22 25 13 0 8 5 35 1 14 20
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 139 5 52 82 34 0 15 19 105 5 37 63
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 39 0 6 33 9 0 1 8 30 0 5 25
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 49 0 8 41 13 0 3 10 36 0 5 31
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 14 0 5 9 3 0 1 2 11 0 4 7
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 34.0 2.1 65.2 (15-19) 21.9 - 41.7 (15-19) 45.2 3.8 88.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 6.0 - 18.2 - - - - - 8.7 - 27.0 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 46 4 15 27 18 0 6 12 28 4 9 15
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 277.1 800.0 272.7 254.7 352.9 - 333.3 363.6 243.5 800.0 243.2 205.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 213 9 71 133 69 0 24 45 144 9 47 88
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.6 3.7 82.6 (15-19) 29.6 - 56.4 (15-19) 56.6 6.9 108.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 30.1 200.0 54.5 9.4 - - - - 43.5 200.0 81.1 13.7
* 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.
