TABLE B4.  REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS AND FETAL DEATH RATIOS,
BY COMPLETED WEEKS OF GESTATION AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1994-1996

 
                                                                              
COMPLETED WEEKS         TOTAL                WHITE               NONWHITE     
OF GESTATION**    1994   1995   1996   1994   1995   1996   1994   1995   1996
 
REPORTABLE*                                                                   
FETAL DEATHS                                                                  
 
TOTAL              501    470    453    138    141    148    363    329    305
 
UNDER 20            27     20     19      4      6      0     23     14     19
 
20 AND OVER        394    371    359    116    116    129    278    255    230
  20-22             99     84     84     29     25     22     70     59     62
  23-27             96    100     99     25     29     36     71     71     63
  28-36            121    108    115     34     32     41     87     76     74
  37 AND OVER       78     79     61     28     30     30     50     49     31
 
UNKNOWN             80     79     75     18     19     19     62     60     56
 
FETAL DEATH                                                                   
RATIOS#                                                                       
 
TOTAL             11.9   11.4   11.0    6.4    6.5    6.9   17.8   16.6   15.6
 
UNDER 20           0.6    0.5    0.5    0.2    0.3    0.0    1.1    0.7    1.0
 
20 AND OVER        9.4    9.0    8.8    5.4    5.4    6.0   13.6   12.9   11.8
  20-22            2.4    2.0    2.0    1.3    1.2    1.0    3.4    3.0    3.2
  23-27            2.3    2.4    2.4    1.2    1.3    1.7    3.5    3.6    3.2
  28-36            2.9    2.6    2.8    1.6    1.5    1.9    4.3    3.8    3.8
  37 AND OVER      1.9    1.9    1.5    1.3    1.4    1.4    2.4    2.5    1.6
 
UNKNOWN            1.9    1.9    1.8    0.8    0.9    0.9    3.0    3.0    2.9
 
 * 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.