TABLE B2.  REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS AND FETAL DEATH RATIOS,
BY AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                        
                  NUMBER                  RATIO**       
AGE OF                      NON-                    NON-
MOTHER     TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL        470     141     329    11.4     6.5    16.6

UNDER 15       2       0       2     5.9       -     6.9
15-19        124      27      97    14.0     8.3    17.3
20-24        134      35      99    10.0     5.3    14.6
25-29         90      33      57     9.2     5.4    15.6
30-34         75      26      49    12.0     6.5    21.8
35-39         40      18      22    17.1    13.2    22.6
40-44          4       1       3    10.2     4.9    15.9
45-49          1       1       0       #       #       -

 * SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE         
   GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350 GRAMS OR MORE.            

** REPORTABLE FETAL DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO     
   MOTHERS IN SPECIFIED GROUP.                          

 # RATIO NOT CALCULATED ON LESS THAN 100 LIVE BIRTHS.   

TABLE B3.  PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF LIVE BIRTHS
AND REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS,
BY WHETHER MOTHER RECEIVED PRENATAL CARE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                            
                                LIVE BIRTHS         REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS
                                            NON-                        NON-
PRENATAL CARE              TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE     TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE

TOTAL                      100.0   100.0   100.0     100.0    100.0    100.0

NO CARE                      1.4     0.6     2.3      11.9      7.1     14.0
SOME CARE                   97.9    99.1    96.6      81.1     87.9     78.1
UNKNOWN WHETHER ANY CARE     0.7     0.4     1.1       7.0      5.0      7.9

* SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350   
  GRAMS OR MORE.