TABLE F3.  REPORTED INDUCED TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCY
AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY MEDICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND RACE
PROCEDURES PERFORMED IN MISSISSIPPI, 1997

                                                                             
                                       NUMBER                   PERCENT      
                                             NON-  UNK.                  NON-
MEDICAL CHARACTERISTICS       TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE  RACE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE

TOTAL                         4,325  1,418  2,906     1   100.0  100.0  100.0

COMPLETED WEEKS OF                                                           
GESTATION*                                                                   
  UNDER 9                     2,065    722  1,343     0    47.7   50.9   46.2
  9, 10                       1,064    333    731     0    24.6   23.5   25.2
  11, 12                        698    199    498     1    16.1   14.0   17.1
  13-15                         372    115    257     0     8.6    8.1    8.8
  16-20                          48     18     30     0     1.1    1.3    1.0
  21 OR MORE                     15      8      7     0     0.3    0.6    0.2
  UNKNOWN                        63     23     40     0     1.4    1.6    1.4

PRIMARY PROCEDURE                                                            
  SUCTION CURRETTAGE          2,494    877  1,616     1    57.7   61.8   55.6
  SHARP CURRETTAGE                1      1      0     0      **    0.1      -
  DILATION & EVACUATION       1,788    520  1,268     0    41.3   36.7   43.6
  INTRA-UTERINE SALINE                                                       
    INSTILLATION                  0      0      0     0       -      -      -
  INTRA-UTERINE PROSTA-                                                      
    GLANDIN INSTILLATION         23     15      8     0     0.5    1.0    0.3
  HYSTEROTOMY                     0      0      0     0       -      -      -
  HYSTERECTOMY                    0      0      0     0       -      -      -
  OTHER                          19      5     14     0     0.4    0.4    0.5

COMPLICATIONS                                                                
  NO KNOWN COMPLICATIONS      4,317  1,416  2,900     1    99.8   99.8   99.8
  SOME COMPLICATIONS              7      2      5     0     0.2    0.1    0.2
    HEMORRHAGE                    2#     0      2#    0      **      -    0.1
    INFECTION                     2#     1      1#    0      **    0.1     **
    RETAINED PRODUCTS             1      0      1     0      **      -     **
    OTHER                         3      1      2     0     0.1    0.1    0.1
  UNKNOWN                         1      0      1     0      **      -     **

 * 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 INFECTION.