TABLE F2.  REPORTED INDUCED TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCY
AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENT AND RACE
PROCEDURES PERFORMED IN MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                             
                                       NUMBER                   PERCENT      
                                             NON-  UNK.                  NON-
CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENT    TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE  RACE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE
 
TOTAL                         4,206  1,340  2,859     7   100.0  100.0  100.0
 
MISSISSIPPI RESIDENT          3,981  1,208  2,766     7    94.6   90.1   96.7
NONRESIDENT                     225    132     93     0     5.4    9.8    3.2
  BORDER STATE                  210    125     85     0     5.0    9.3    3.0
  OTHER STATE                    15      7      8     0     0.4    0.5    0.3
 
MARITAL STATUS                                                               
  MARRIED                       609    284    323     2    14.5   21.2   11.3
  NOT MARRIED                 3,580  1,056  2,519     5    85.1   78.8   88.1
  UNKNOWN                        17      0     17     0     0.4      -    0.6
 
EDUCATION (COMPLETED YEARS)                                                  
  0-6 YEARS                      14      4     10     0     0.3    0.3    0.4
  7-9 YEARS                     158     65     93     0     3.8    4.8    3.2
  10, 11 YEARS                  348    144    204     0     8.3   10.7    7.1
  12 YEARS                    1,198    396    801     1    28.5   29.6   28.0
  1-3 YEARS COLLEGE           1,534    425  1,107     2    36.5   31.7   38.7
  4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE       744    243    501     0    17.7   18.1   17.5
  UNKNOWN                       210     63    143     4     5.0    4.7    5.0
 
NUMBER OF LIVING CHILDREN                                                    
  NONE                        1,771    699  1,069     3    42.1   52.2   37.4
  ONE                         1,284    356    926     2    30.5   26.6   32.4
  TWO                           760    209    549     2    18.1   15.6   19.2
  THREE                         272     61    211     0     6.5    4.6    7.4
  FOUR                           84     12     72     0     2.0    0.9    2.5
  FIVE OR MORE                   33      3     30     0     0.8    0.2    1.0
  UNKNOWN                         2      0      2     0       *      -    0.1
 
NUMBER OF PREVIOUS                                                           
INDUCED TERMINATIONS                                                         
  NONE                        3,082  1,023  2,055     4    73.3   76.3   71.9
  ONE                           847    236    609     2    20.1   17.6   21.3
  TWO                           204     59    145     0     4.8    4.4    5.1
  THREE OR MORE                  71     22     48     1     1.7    1.6    1.7
  UNKNOWN                         2      0      2     0       *      -    0.1
 
* LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.