FETAL DEATHS




TABLE B1.  REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY PLACE OF DELIVERY, ATTENDANT, AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997

                                                                                                                   
                                        NUMBER                                           PERCENT                   
                                   CERTI-                                            CERTI-                        
PLACE OF                             FIED            OTHER                             FIED            OTHER       
DELIVERY                  PHYSI-    NURSE   GRANNY   NAMED    UN-           PHYSI-    NURSE   GRANNY   NAMED    UN-
AND RACE           TOTAL    CIAN  MIDWIFE  MIDWIFE  PERSON  KNOWN    TOTAL    CIAN  MIDWIFE  MIDWIFE  PERSON  KNOWN

TOTAL                526     501        4        0      16      5    100.0    95.2      0.8        -     3.0    1.0

HOSPITAL             509     500        4        0       5      0     96.8    95.0      0.8        -     1.0      -
CLINIC/DOCTOR'S                                                                                                    
  OFFICE               1       1        0        0       0      0      0.2     0.2        -        -       -      -
HOME                  16       0        0        0      11      5      3.0       -        -        -     2.1    1.0

WHITE                163     158        0        0       3      2    100.0    96.9        -        -     1.8    1.2

HOSPITAL             158     158        0        0       0      0     96.9    96.9        -        -       -      -
CLINIC/DOCTOR'S                                                                                                    
  OFFICE               0       0        0        0       0      0        -       -        -        -       -      -
HOME                   5       0        0        0       3      2      3.1       -        -        -     1.8    1.2

NONWHITE             363     343        4        0      13      3    100.0    94.5      1.1        -     3.6    0.8

HOSPITAL             351     342        4        0       5      0     96.7    94.2      1.1        -     1.4      -
CLINIC/DOCTOR'S                                                                                                    
  OFFICE               1       1        0        0       0      0      0.3     0.3        -        -       -      -
HOME                  11       0        0        0       8      3      3.0       -        -        -     2.2    0.8

* SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350 GRAMS OR MORE.