TABLE 26
REPORTED INDUCED TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCY
AND INDUCED TERMINATION RATIOS, BY YEAR AND RACE,
PROCEDURES PERFORMED IN MISSISSIPPI, 1976-1998
NUMBER RATIO*
NON- UNK. NON-
YEAR TOTAL WHITE WHITE RACE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
1976 1,510 976 515 19 35.1 43.2 25.3
1977 2,446 1,531 907 8 53.7 65.5 40.9
1978 3,280 1,998 1,270 12 73.9 88.3 58.4
1979 4,411 2,765 1,636 10 96.1 117.7 72.9
1980 5,543 3,283 2,250 10 115.9 133.0 97.2
1981 5,561 3,236 2,263 62 120.3 136.1 100.8
1982 5,145 2,954 2,174 17 112.0 122.9 99.3
1983 4,560 2,473 2,084 3 103.6 109.1 97.7
1984 4,585 2,633 1,945 7 104.8 116.1 92.3
1985 5,288 2,922 2,359 7 121.8 127.4 115.1
1986 4,521 2,505 2,013 3 108.0 113.6 101.6
1987 5,469 2,950 2,517 2 132.5 136.7 127.7
1988 5,170 2,561 2,588 21 123.0 118.1 127.1
1989 5,490 2,674 2,802 14 127.6 121.2 133.7
1990 6,842 3,334 3,485 23 157.1 149.6 163.9
1991 8,184 3,910 4,244 30 189.5 178.5 199.5
1992 7,555 3,425 4,127 3 177.0 157.8 196.7
1993 6,002 2,425 3,551 26 142.4 114.1 170.0
1994 3,979 1,414 2,558 7 94.9 65.6 125.4
1995 3,563 1,288 2,274 1 86.2 59.7 115.1
1996 4,206 1,340 2,859 7 102.6 62.5 146.4
1997 4,325 1,418 2,906 1 104.1 64.4 149.0
1998 3,955 1,215 2,737 3 92.2 52.9 137.1
* INDUCED TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCY PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
