TABLE 8
REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS, BY COUNTY OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
ALSO REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS AND FETAL DEATH RATIOS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATIO**
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 532 164 368 526 163 363 12.7 7.4 18.6
ADAMS 14 7 7 8 4 4 16.7 21.6 13.6
ALCORN 2 1 1 5 3 2 11.2 7.9 29.8
AMITE 0 0 0 1 0 1 6.0 - 13.5
ATTALA 0 0 0 5 2 3 19.9 17.2 22.2
BENTON 0 0 0 2 1 1 18.0 15.9 20.8
BOLIVAR 9 0 9 14 3 11 20.5 18.9 21.0
CALHOUN 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.4 - 10.0
CARROLL 0 0 0 1 0 1 11.0 - 21.7
CHICKASAW 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.2 - 6.2
CHOCTAW 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
CLAIBORNE 2 0 2 5 1 4 24.4 52.6 21.5
CLARKE 1 0 1 5 2 3 21.8 15.7 29.4
CLAY 5 1 4 3 0 3 8.7 - 12.9
COAHOMA 10 0 10 5 0 5 8.2 - 10.1
COPIAH 2 0 2 7 2 5 18.1 14.1 20.5
COVINGTON 2 0 2 4 1 3 13.9 6.6 22.2
DESOTO 9 5 4 11 6 5 7.5 4.8 23.0
FORREST 38 22 16 17 5 12 15.2 7.9 24.4
FRANKLIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
GEORGE 0 0 0 4 3 1 11.6 10.0 22.2
GREENE 1 1 0 3 3 0 24.4 31.9 -
GRENADA 11 5 6 6 2 4 19.2 13.3 24.7
HANCOCK 1 1 0 2 2 0 4.4 5.0 -
HARRISON 23 13 10 19 9 10 6.9 4.6 12.5
HINDS 144 25 119 66 6 60 16.3 5.3 20.4
HOLMES 2 0 2 8 0 8 22.0 - 25.5
HUMPHREYS 2 0 2 5 1 4 27.8 27.0 28.0
ISSAQUENA 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
ITAWAMBA 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.8 4.4 -
JACKSON 14 5 9 18 9 9 10.2 7.3 16.9
JASPER 0 0 0 3 0 3 10.3 - 15.9
JEFFERSON 0 0 0 1 0 1 7.0 - 7.3
JEFF DAVIS 0 0 0 2 1 1 10.7 16.4 7.9
JONES 16 2 14 20 7 13 20.7 11.4 37.0
KEMPER 0 0 0 2 0 2 17.1 - 22.5
LAFAYETTE 9 2 7 4 1 3 9.3 3.8 17.6
LAMAR 9 5 4 6 6 0 10.4 12.6 -
LAUDERDALE 20 7 13 10 3 7 8.8 4.9 13.4
LAWRENCE 0 0 0 2 1 1 12.8 13.0 12.6
LEAKE 0 0 0 2 1 1 6.1 6.1 6.0
LEE 30 19 11 20 11 9 17.3 14.2 23.7
LEFLORE 15 2 13 9 1 8 13.4 7.0 15.2
TABLE 8 - PAGE 2
FETAL DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1997
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATIO**
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 8 3 5 7 2 5 15.4 6.8 31.4
LOWNDES 17 5 12 14 3 11 13.4 6.0 20.4
MADISON 1 0 1 9 1 8 7.9 1.6 14.9
MARION 0 0 0 3 0 3 7.6 - 18.5
MARSHALL 0 0 0 5 2 3 9.4 8.9 9.8
MONROE 8 6 2 9 7 2 19.7 24.0 12.2
MONTGOMERY 0 0 0 5 2 3 27.0 24.1 29.4
NESHOBA 1 0 1 6 0 6 14.2 - 31.6
NEWTON 0 0 0 3 1 2 9.5 5.6 14.3
NOXUBEE 1 0 1 5 0 5 21.3 - 27.3
OKTIBBEHA 10 3 7 7 3 4 13.1 12.5 13.5
PANOLA 2 0 2 7 1 6 12.8 4.8 17.5
PEARL RIVER 2 1 1 3 2 1 4.9 3.9 10.1
PERRY 0 0 0 3 3 0 15.0 21.6 -
PIKE 12 1 11 8 0 8 13.8 - 24.3
PONTOTOC 0 0 0 6 4 2 17.3 14.2 30.8
PRENTISS 0 0 0 2 2 0 6.2 7.3 -
QUITMAN 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.8 - 7.3
RANKIN 19 8 11 13 6 7 8.5 4.8 23.7
SCOTT 0 0 0 7 4 3 16.6 17.8 15.3
SHARKEY 0 0 0 2 0 2 16.4 - 20.6
SIMPSON 2 0 2 8 2 6 23.9 9.8 45.4
SMITH 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
STONE 0 0 0 3 1 2 14.4 6.1 43.5
SUNFLOWER 1 0 1 3 0 3 5.7 - 6.9
TALLAHATCHIE 0 0 0 3 1 2 13.5 15.6 12.6
TATE 1 0 1 1 0 1 2.9 - 7.1
TIPPAH 0 0 0 3 2 1 9.8 8.3 15.2
TISHOMINGO 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
TUNICA 0 0 0 2 0 2 12.8 - 16.5
UNION 11 5 6 2 1 1 5.6 3.5 13.5
WALTHALL 0 0 0 6 2 4 27.1 23.2 29.6
WARREN 13 4 9 7 2 5 8.3 4.8 11.7
WASHINGTON 26 4 22 31 5 26 26.7 19.4 28.8
WAYNE 4 0 4 5 1 4 16.0 6.8 24.2
WEBSTER 0 0 0 2 1 1 12.5 9.1 20.0
WILKINSON 1 0 1 2 0 2 18.2 - 23.2
WINSTON 0 0 0 6 3 3 24.9 26.5 23.4
YALOBUSHA 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.8 - 12.2
YAZOO 1 1 0 8 1 7 17.7 6.9 22.8
OUT OF STATE 16 8 8 22 9 13
* SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350
GRAMS OR MORE.
** REPORTABLE FETAL DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
