TABLE B2.  REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS AND FETAL DEATH RATIOS,
BY AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                        
                   NUMBER                 RATIO**       
AGE OF                      NON-                    NON-
MOTHER     TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL        427     147     280     9.9     6.4    14.0

UNDER 15       6       2       4    21.0       #    15.6
15-19         80      13      67     9.6     4.0    13.1
20-24        139      45      94     9.8     6.6    12.9
25-29        114      55      59    10.4     8.0    14.5
30-34         55      22      33     8.9     5.3    15.8
35-39         24       7      17     9.4     4.3    18.3
40-44          7       3       4    16.1    12.6    20.2
45-49          2       0       2       #       -       #

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

** REPORTABLE FETAL DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO     
   MOTHERS IN SPECIFIED GROUP.                          

 # RATIO NOT CALCULATED ON LESS THAN 100 LIVE BIRTHS.   










TABLE B3.  PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF LIVE BIRTHS
AND REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS,
BY WHETHER MOTHER RECEIVED PRENATAL CARE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                               
                                   LIVE BIRTHS         REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS
                                                NON-                       NON-
PRENATAL CARE                TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE    TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE

TOTAL                        100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0

NO CARE                        1.2      0.4      2.0     11.0      6.8     13.2
SOME CARE                     98.0     99.0     96.8     81.3     83.7     80.0
UNKNOWN WHETHER ANY CARE       0.8      0.5      1.1      7.7      9.5      6.8

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