TABLE F3.  REPORTED INDUCED TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCY
AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY MEDICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND RACE
PROCEDURES PERFORMED IN MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                             
                                       NUMBER                   PERCENT      
                                             NON-  UNK.                  NON-
MEDICAL CHARACTERISTICS       TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE  RACE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE
 
TOTAL                         4,206  1,340  2,859     7   100.0  100.0  100.0
 
COMPLETED WEEKS OF                                                           
GESTATION*                                                                   
  UNDER 9                     1,918    633  1,282     3    45.6   47.2   44.8
  9, 10                       1,208    377    828     3    28.7   28.1   29.0
  11, 12                        633    192    440     1    15.0   14.3   15.4
  13-15                         337     94    243     0     8.0    7.0    8.5
  16-20                          41     14     27     0     1.0    1.0    0.9
  21 OR MORE                     13      5      8     0     0.3    0.4    0.3
  UNKNOWN                        56     25     31     0     1.3    1.9    1.1
 
PRIMARY PROCEDURE                                                            
  SUCTION CURRETTAGE          2,602    915  1,683     4    61.9   68.3   58.9
  SHARP CURRETTAGE                1      1      0     0      **    0.1      -
  DILATION & EVACUATION       1,553    402  1,148     3    36.9   30.0   40.2
  INTRA-UTERINE SALINE                                                       
    INSTILLATION                  0      0      0     0       -      -      -
  INTRA-UTERINE PROSTA-                                                      
    GLANDIN INSTILLATION         21     11     10     0     0.5    0.8    0.4
  HYSTEROTOMY                     1      0      1     0      **      -     **
  HYSTERECTOMY                    0      0      0     0       -      -      -
  OTHER                          28     11     17     0     0.7    0.8    0.6
 
COMPLICATIONS                                                                
  NO KNOWN COMPLICATIONS      4,200  1,340  2,853     7    99.8  100.0   99.8
  SOME COMPLICATIONS              4      0      4     0     0.1      -    0.1
    HEMORRHAGE                    1#     0      1#    0      **      -     **
    UTERINE PERFORATION           1      0      1     0      **      -     **
    OTHER                         3#     0      3#    0     0.1      -    0.1
  UNKNOWN                         2      0      2     0      **      -    0.1
 
 * CALCULATED BY SUBTRACTING DATE OF LAST NORMAL MENSTRUAL PERIOD PRIOR TO   
   TERMINATION FROM DATE OF TERMINATION.                                     
 
** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.                                                   
 
 # ONE PATIENT HAD BOTH HEMORRHAGE AND AN "OTHER" COMPLICATION.