TABLE B4.  REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS AND FETAL DEATH RATIOS,
BY COMPLETED WEEKS OF GESTATION AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1993-1995

                                                                              
COMPLETED WEEKS         TOTAL                WHITE               NONWHITE     
OF GESTATION**    1993   1994   1995   1993   1994   1995   1993   1994   1995

REPORTABLE*                                                                   
FETAL DEATHS                                                                  

TOTAL              487    501    470    156    138    141    331    363    329

UNDER 20            26     27     20      3      4      6     23     23     14

20 AND OVER        407    394    371    137    116    116    270    278    255
  20-22            101     99     84     26     29     25     75     70     59
  23-27            100     96    100     28     25     29     72     71     71
  28-36            126    121    108     51     34     32     75     87     76
  37 AND OVER       80     78     79     32     28     30     48     50     49

UNKNOWN             54     80     79     16     18     19     38     62     60

FETAL DEATH                                                                   
RATIOS#                                                                       

TOTAL             11.6   11.9   11.4    7.3    6.4    6.5   15.8   17.8   16.6

UNDER 20           0.6    0.6    0.5    0.1    0.2    0.3    1.1    1.1    0.7

20 AND OVER        9.7    9.4    9.0    6.4    5.4    5.4   12.9   13.6   12.9
  20-22            2.4    2.4    2.0    1.2    1.3    1.2    3.6    3.4    3.0
  23-27            2.4    2.3    2.4    1.3    1.2    1.3    3.4    3.5    3.6
  28-36            3.0    2.9    2.6    2.4    1.6    1.5    3.6    4.3    3.8
  37 AND OVER      1.9    1.9    1.9    1.5    1.3    1.4    2.3    2.4    2.5

UNKNOWN            1.3    1.9    1.9    0.8    0.8    0.9    1.8    3.0    3.0

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

** CALCULATED BY SUBTRACTING THE DATE OF THE LAST NORMAL MENSTRUAL PERIOD     
   PRIOR TO DELIVERY FROM THE DATE OF DELIVERY.                               

 # REPORTABLE FETAL DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.