INDUCED TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCY







TABLE F1.  REPORTED INDUCED TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCY,
PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND INDUCED TERMINATION RATIOS,
BY AGE AND RACE OF PATIENT
PROCEDURES PERFORMED IN MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                          
                                                                      INDUCED TERMINATION 
                       NUMBER                      PERCENT                   RATIO*       
AGE OF                       NON-   UNK.                     NON-                     NON-
PATIENT     TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   RACE    TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE    TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL       3,955   1,215   2,737      3    100.0   100.0   100.0     92.2    52.9   137.1

UNDER 15       37       4      33      0      0.9     0.3     1.2    129.8   142.8   128.4
15-19         783     286     497      0     19.8    23.5    18.2     94.2    89.2    97.3
20-24       1,468     407   1,061      0     37.1    33.5    38.8    103.7    59.5   145.2
25-29         892     224     666      2     22.6    18.4    24.3     81.3    32.5   163.3
30-34         423     146     276      1     10.7    12.0    10.1     68.3    35.5   132.5
35-39         277     117     160      0      7.0     9.6     5.8    108.6    72.2   171.8
40-44          69      30      39      0      1.7     2.5     1.4    158.6   126.6   197.0
45-49           3       1       2      0      0.1     0.1     0.1    214.3    90.9   666.7
UNKNOWN         3       0       3      0      0.1       -     0.1                         

* INDUCED TERMINATIONS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS IN SPECIFIED GROUP.