TABLE B2. REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS AND FETAL DEATH RATIOS,
BY AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
NUMBER RATIO**
AGE OF NON- NON-
MOTHER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 526 163 363 12.7 7.4 18.6
UNDER 15 11 3 8 40.7 # 36.2
15-19 139 30 109 16.7 9.8 20.7
20-24 149 46 103 11.2 7.2 15.0
25-29 110 42 68 10.5 6.3 18.0
30-34 69 24 45 11.2 6.0 21.1
35-39 31 11 20 12.2 7.2 20.1
40-44 13 6 7 27.5 25.0 30.0
45-49 1 0 1 # - #
UNKNOWN 3 1 2 # # #
* SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE
GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350 GRAMS OR MORE.
** REPORTABLE FETAL DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO
MOTHERS IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
# RATIO NOT CALCULATED ON LESS THAN 100 LIVE BIRTHS.
TABLE B3. PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF LIVE BIRTHS
AND REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS,
BY WHETHER MOTHER RECEIVED PRENATAL CARE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
LIVE BIRTHS REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS
NON- NON-
PRENATAL CARE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
NO CARE 1.3 0.5 2.3 12.4 8.0 14.3
SOME CARE 98.1 99.2 96.9 80.6 85.3 78.5
UNKNOWN WHETHER ANY CARE 0.5 0.3 0.8 7.0 6.7 7.2
* SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350
GRAMS OR MORE.
