TABLE A3.  LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, BY PLACE OF DELIVERY, ATTENDANT, AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                       
                                        NUMBER                                            PERCENT                      
                                   CERTI-                                             CERTI-                           
PLACE OF                             FIED            OTHER                              FIED             OTHER         
DELIVERY                  PHYSI-    NURSE   GRANNY   NAMED    UN-            PHYSI-    NURSE   GRANNY    NAMED      UN-
AND RACE           TOTAL    CIAN  MIDWIFE  MIDWIFE  PERSON  KNOWN    TOTAL     CIAN  MIDWIFE  MIDWIFE   PERSON    KNOWN

TOTAL             42,917  42,063      652       21     151     30    100.0     98.0      1.5        *      0.4      0.1

HOSPITAL          42,758  42,049      647        0      45     17     99.6     98.0      1.5        -      0.1        *
CLINIC/DOCTOR'S                                                                                                        
  OFFICE               2       1        1        0       0      0        *        *        *        -        -        -
HOME                 134       5        4       21      98      6      0.3        *        *        *      0.2        *
OTHER PLACE           22       8        0        0       8      6        *        *        -        -        *        *
UNKNOWN PLACE          1       0        0        0       0      1        *        -        -        -        -        *

WHITE             22,950  22,668      190       18      64     10    100.0     98.8      0.8      0.1      0.3        *

HOSPITAL          22,874  22,666      185        0      15      8     99.7     98.8      0.8        -      0.1        *
CLINIC/DOCTOR'S                                                                                                        
  OFFICE               2       1        1        0       0      0        *        *        *        -        -        -
HOME                  70       1        4       18      47      0      0.3        *        *      0.1      0.2        -
OTHER PLACE            3       0        0        0       2      1        *        -        -        -        *        *
UNKNOWN PLACE          1       0        0        0       0      1        *        -        -        -        -        *

NONWHITE          19,967  19,395      462        3      87     20    100.0     97.1      2.3        *      0.4      0.1

HOSPITAL          19,884  19,383      462        0      30      9     99.6     97.1      2.3        -      0.2        *
CLINIC/DOCTOR'S                                                                                                        
  OFFICE               0       0        0        0       0      0        -        -        -        -        -        -
HOME                  64       4        0        3      51      6      0.3        *        -        *      0.2        *
OTHER PLACE           19       8        0        0       6      5      0.1        *        -        -        *        *
UNKNOWN PLACE          0       0        0        0       0      0        -        -        -        -        -        -

* LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.