TABLE 26
REPORTED INDUCED TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCY
AND INDUCED TERMINATION RATIOS, BY YEAR AND RACE,
PROCEDURES PERFORMED IN MISSISSIPPI, 1976-1995
 
                                                                          
                        Number                            Ratio*          
                               Non-     Unk.                          Non-
Year      Total     White     white     Race     Total     White     white
 
1976      1,510       976       515       19      35.1      43.2      25.3
1977      2,446     1,531       907        8      53.7      65.5      40.9
1978      3,280     1,998     1,270       12      73.9      88.3      58.4
1979      4,411     2,765     1,636       10      96.1     117.7      72.9
 
1980      5,543     3,283     2,250       10     115.9     133.0      97.2
1981      5,561     3,236     2,263       62     120.3     136.1     100.8
1982      5,145     2,954     2,174       17     112.0     122.9      99.3
1983      4,560     2,473     2,084        3     103.6     109.1      97.7
1984      4,585     2,633     1,945        7     104.8     116.1      92.3
1985      5,288     2,922     2,359        7     121.8     127.4     115.1
1986      4,521     2,505     2,013        3     108.0     113.6     101.6
1987      5,469     2,950     2,517        2     132.5     136.7     127.7
1988      5,170     2,561     2,588       21     123.0     118.1     127.1
1989      5,490     2,674     2,802       14     127.6     121.2     133.7
 
1990      6,842     3,334     3,485       23     157.1     149.6     163.9
1991      8,184     3,910     4,244       30     189.5     178.5     199.5
1992      7,555     3,425     4,127        3     177.0     157.8     196.7
1993      6,002     2,425     3,551       26     142.4     114.1     170.0
1994      3,979     1,414     2,558        7      94.9      65.6     125.4
1995      3,563     1,288     2,274        1      86.2      59.7     115.1
 
* INDUCED TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCY PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.