What are the rates of teen pregnancy, diabetes, and infant mortality
in Friars Point, Mississippi and how do they compare to national
averages?

For Mississippi teen pregnancy rates by county based upon 1997 data,
check out the following:

http://www.teenpregnancy.org/america/states/ms2.asp 

http://www.mchirc.net/pdf%20docs/chusa01.pdf from US DHHS Health
Resources & Service Administration, Maternal & Child health Bureau,
page 68 (Infant and Neonatal fatality rates by race of mother by state
using 1998 data).

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/drh/up_adolpreg.htm for CDC's unintended
pregnancy adolescent pregnancy and birth data.

For Mississippi diabetes epidemiology:
http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/documents/epi.diabetes1998.pdf - see page
57 from the Mississippi Department of Health

For Mississippi infant mortality rates by county:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr50/nvsr50_12.pdf Overview of
infant mortality from CDC's 2000 Period Linked Birth/Death data set.
http://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/sr2000/states/ms.html another great
overview.

Also, the following individual is listed by American College of
Obstetrics and Gynecologists as a contact for the College's National
Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program - she may have excellent up
to date resources for you:

Beatrice Ezem, RN
Mississippi State Department of Health
Bureau of Women's Health
2423 North State St. 
PO Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215 
Phone: 601-576-7472 FAX: 601-354-6104
e-mail Bezem@msdh.state.ms.us

Additionally, this link explores the Perinatal Periods of Risk program
and provides some contacts for further detail:
http://www.citymatch.org/DUI/Year6/Jackson.htm

You might also want to examine Healthy People 2000 for info
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/ftpserv/hstatus/hstatus.htm as well as
Healthy People 2010.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr50/nvsr50_15.pdf page 11

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/missippi.htm

Hope you find these helpful, please let me know if you need further
info.

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