TABLE F2. REPORTED INDUCED TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCY
AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENT AND RACE
PROCEDURES PERFORMED IN MISSISSIPPI, 1997
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- UNK. NON-
CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENT TOTAL WHITE WHITE RACE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 4,325 1,418 2,906 1 100.0 100.0 100.0
MISSISSIPPI RESIDENT 4,099 1,296 2,802 1 94.8 91.4 96.4
NONRESIDENT 226 122 104 0 5.2 8.6 3.6
BORDER STATE 215 114 101 0 5.0 8.0 3.5
OTHER STATE 11 8 3 0 0.2 0.6 0.1
MARITAL STATUS
MARRIED 562 274 288 0 13.0 19.3 9.9
NOT MARRIED 3,760 1,142 2,617 1 86.9 80.5 90.0
UNKNOWN 3 2 1 0 0.1 0.1 *
EDUCATION (COMPLETED YEARS)
0-6 YEARS 18 4 14 0 0.4 0.3 0.5
7-9 YEARS 158 65 93 0 3.6 4.6 3.2
10, 11 YEARS 368 167 201 0 8.5 11.8 6.9
12 YEARS 1,468 494 974 0 33.9 34.8 33.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 1,523 438 1,084 1 35.2 30.9 37.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 673 217 456 0 15.6 15.3 15.7
UNKNOWN 117 33 84 0 2.7 2.3 2.9
NUMBER OF LIVING CHILDREN
NONE 1,768 746 1,021 1 40.9 52.6 35.1
ONE 1,337 364 973 0 30.9 25.7 33.5
TWO 819 224 595 0 18.9 15.8 20.5
THREE 272 66 206 0 6.3 4.6 7.1
FOUR 94 15 79 0 2.2 1.0 2.7
FIVE OR MORE 35 3 32 0 0.8 0.2 1.1
NUMBER OF PREVIOUS
INDUCED TERMINATIONS
NONE 3,314 1,111 2,202 1 76.6 78.4 75.8
ONE 753 236 517 0 17.4 16.6 17.8
TWO 211 60 151 0 4.9 4.2 5.2
THREE OR MORE 40 9 31 0 0.9 0.6 1.1
UNKNOWN 7 2 5 0 0.2 0.1 0.2
* LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
