TABLE F2.  REPORTED INDUCED TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCY
AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENT AND RACE
PROCEDURES PERFORMED IN MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                             
                                       NUMBER                   PERCENT      
                                             NON-  UNK.                  NON-
CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENT    TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE  RACE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE

TOTAL                         3,563  1,288  2,274     1   100.0  100.0  100.0

MISSISSIPPI RESIDENT          3,440  1,220  2,219     1    96.5   94.7   97.6
NONRESIDENT                     123     68     55     0     3.4    5.3    2.4
  BORDER STATE                  118     67     51     0     3.3    5.2    2.2
  OTHER STATE                     5      1      4     0     0.1    0.1    0.2

MARITAL STATUS                                                               
  MARRIED                       592    306    286     0    16.6   23.8   12.6
  NOT MARRIED                 2,967    982  1,985     0    83.3   76.2   87.3
  UNKNOWN                         4      0      3     1     0.1      -    0.1

EDUCATION (COMPLETED YEARS)                                                  
  0-6 YEARS                      14      1     13     0     0.4    0.1    0.6
  7-9 YEARS                     156     66     90     0     4.4    5.1    4.0
  10, 11 YEARS                  340    149    191     0     9.5   11.6    8.4
  12 YEARS                    1,059    391    667     1    29.7   30.4   29.3
  1-3 YEARS COLLEGE           1,231    413    818     0    34.6   32.1   36.0
  4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE       659    233    426     0    18.5   18.1   18.7
  UNKNOWN                       104     35     69     0     2.9    2.7    3.0

NUMBER OF LIVING CHILDREN                                                    
  NONE                        1,579    694    885     0    44.3   53.9   38.9
  ONE                         1,052    323    728     1    29.5   25.1   32.0
  TWO                           615    211    404     0    17.3   16.4   17.8
  THREE                         222     49    173     0     6.2    3.8    7.6
  FOUR                           60      9     51     0     1.7    0.7    2.2
  FIVE OR MORE                   34      2     32     0     1.0    0.2    1.4
  UNKNOWN                         1      0      1     0       *      -      *

NUMBER OF PREVIOUS                                                           
INDUCED TERMINATIONS                                                         
  NONE                        2,545    946  1,599     0    71.4   73.4   70.3
  ONE                           787    252    534     1    22.1   19.6   23.5
  TWO                           175     62    113     0     4.9    4.8    5.0
  THREE OR MORE                  55     28     27     0     1.5    2.2    1.2
  UNKNOWN                         1      0      1     0       *      -      *

* LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.