TABLE 8
REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS, BY COUNTY OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
ALSO REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS AND FETAL DEATH RATIOS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATIO**
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 446 151 295 427 147 280 9.9 6.4 14.0
ADAMS 14 2 12 8 1 7 15.0 5.0 20.8
ALCORN 2 2 0 3 3 0 6.5 7.7 -
AMITE 0 0 0 3 0 3 18.2 - 34.9
ATTALA 2 1 1 2 1 1 7.7 6.9 8.7
BENTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
BOLIVAR 8 0 8 8 0 8 11.6 - 15.2
CALHOUN 0 0 0 4 3 1 19.8 22.6 14.5
CARROLL 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
CHICKASAW 0 0 0 4 1 3 12.9 5.4 24.2
CHOCTAW 0 0 0 1 1 0 7.8 12.0 -
CLAIBORNE 0 0 0 2 0 2 12.3 - 13.3
CLARKE 0 0 0 2 0 2 9.0 - 20.0
CLAY 6 0 6 6 1 5 16.9 9.4 20.1
COAHOMA 9 1 8 6 1 5 9.5 8.7 9.7
COPIAH 2 0 2 4 0 4 9.2 - 15.5
COVINGTON 3 0 3 2 0 2 6.2 - 14.0
DESOTO 6 4 2 6 5 1 3.8 3.7 4.7
FORREST 28 12 16 13 1 12 12.1 1.7 24.1
FRANKLIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
GEORGE 2 2 0 5 5 0 13.7 15.7 -
GREENE 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
GRENADA 9 1 8 7 1 6 20.4 5.7 35.5
HANCOCK 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
HARRISON 27 16 11 21 10 11 7.3 5.0 12.6
HINDS 96 23 73 42 10 32 10.4 8.8 11.0
HOLMES 1 0 1 6 1 5 14.7 20.4 13.9
HUMPHREYS 0 0 0 2 0 2 9.5 - 12.3
ISSAQUENA 0 0 0 1 0 1 41.7 - 50.0
ITAWAMBA 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.1 4.4 -
JACKSON 14 10 4 17 12 5 9.1 9.2 9.0
JASPER 0 0 0 5 1 4 16.2 9.4 19.7
JEFFERSON 0 0 0 3 0 3 26.3 - 29.4
JEFF DAVIS 0 0 0 2 1 1 9.0 14.5 6.5
JONES 11 2 9 9 4 5 10.0 7.4 13.7
KEMPER 0 0 0 3 0 3 20.1 - 25.6
LAFAYETTE 12 3 9 6 1 5 14.3 4.2 27.9
LAMAR 3 0 3 4 4 0 6.3 7.4 -
LAUDERDALE 35 11 24 19 4 15 16.0 6.5 26.3
LAWRENCE 0 0 0 4 1 3 21.6 8.7 42.8
LEAKE 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.9 6.4 -
LEE 21 12 9 10 4 6 8.3 4.9 15.6
LEFLORE 7 1 6 5 0 5 7.8 - 10.1
TABLE 8 - PAGE 2
FETAL DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1998
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATIO**
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 4 1 3 2 1 1 3.9 3.2 5.0
LOWNDES 7 0 7 9 0 9 9.2 - 18.5
MADISON 5 0 5 12 4 8 9.6 6.0 13.7
MARION 0 0 0 5 1 4 13.4 4.4 27.6
MARSHALL 0 0 0 5 3 2 10.0 13.2 7.4
MONROE 10 6 4 3 2 1 5.5 5.9 4.8
MONTGOMERY 1 1 0 2 2 0 10.5 27.8 -
NESHOBA 1 0 1 11 7 4 24.6 31.8 17.6
NEWTON 0 0 0 4 0 4 11.6 - 25.6
NOXUBEE 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.8 - 6.4
OKTIBBEHA 11 5 6 7 2 5 13.9 8.6 18.5
PANOLA 2 0 2 7 1 6 12.6 4.6 18.0
PEARL RIVER 2 1 1 1 1 0 1.6 1.9 -
PERRY 0 0 0 2 2 0 10.2 14.1 -
PIKE 8 1 7 6 1 5 9.5 4.1 13.0
PONTOTOC 0 0 0 2 1 1 5.4 3.1 20.0
PRENTISS 0 0 0 2 2 0 5.7 6.5 -
QUITMAN 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.7 - 6.8
RANKIN 24 17 7 17 15 2 10.8 12.0 6.4
SCOTT 0 0 0 3 1 2 6.8 4.2 9.8
SHARKEY 0 0 0 1 0 1 7.9 - 9.8
SIMPSON 0 0 0 4 1 3 9.4 4.4 15.2
SMITH 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.1 - 12.8
STONE 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.4 - 17.5
SUNFLOWER 5 1 4 11 0 11 20.8 - 26.5
TALLAHATCHIE 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.6 - 6.9
TATE 1 1 0 0 0 0 - - -
TIPPAH 0 0 0 3 3 0 9.5 11.4 -
TISHOMINGO 0 0 0 2 2 0 8.1 8.3 -
TUNICA 0 0 0 3 0 3 17.3 - 20.7
UNION 7 5 2 3 0 3 8.4 - 34.5
WALTHALL 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.4 - 7.8
WARREN 20 2 18 12 3 9 15.4 8.1 22.0
WASHINGTON 12 3 9 10 4 6 8.2 12.5 6.6
WAYNE 7 4 3 9 6 3 24.4 32.4 16.4
WEBSTER 0 0 0 1 1 0 7.6 11.1 -
WILKINSON 0 0 0 1 0 1 6.9 - 9.2
WINSTON 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.1 - 6.7
YALOBUSHA 0 0 0 5 2 3 26.0 19.8 33.0
YAZOO 1 0 1 8 0 8 16.4 - 25.7
OUT OF STATE 11 7 4 30 11 19
* SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350
GRAMS OR MORE.
** REPORTABLE FETAL DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
