FETAL DEATHS




TABLE B1.  REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS 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                427     413        5        0       5      4    100.0     96.7      1.2        -      1.2      0.9

HOSPITAL             419     409        5        0       3      2     98.1     95.8      1.2        -      0.7      0.5
CLINIC/DOCTOR'S                                                                                                        
  OFFICE               0       0        0        0       0      0        -        -        -        -        -        -
HOME                   7       4        0        0       2      1      1.6      0.9        -        -      0.5      0.2
OTHER PLACE            1       0        0        0       0      1      0.2        -        -        -        -      0.2

WHITE                147     146        1        0       0      0    100.0     99.3      0.7        -        -        -

HOSPITAL             146     145        1        0       0      0     99.3     98.6      0.7        -        -        -
CLINIC/DOCTOR'S                                                                                                        
  OFFICE               0       0        0        0       0      0        -        -        -        -        -        -
HOME                   1       1        0        0       0      0      0.7      0.7        -        -        -        -
OTHER PLACE            0       0        0        0       0      0        -        -        -        -        -        -

NONWHITE             280     267        4        0       5      4    100.0     95.4      1.4        -      1.8      1.4

HOSPITAL             273     264        4        0       3      2     97.5     94.3      1.4        -      1.1      0.7
CLINIC/DOCTOR'S                                                                                                        
  OFFICE               0       0        0        0       0      0        -        -        -        -        -        -
HOME                   6       3        0        0       2      1      2.1      1.1        -        -      0.7      0.4
OTHER PLACE            1       0        0        0       0      1      0.4        -        -        -        -      0.4

* SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350 GRAMS OR MORE.