TABLE F2. REPORTED INDUCED TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCY
AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENT AND RACE
PROCEDURES PERFORMED IN MISSISSIPPI, 1998
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- UNK. NON-
CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENT TOTAL WHITE WHITE RACE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 3,955 1,215 2,737 3 100.0 100.0 100.0
MISSISSIPPI RESIDENT 3,789 1,138 2,648 3 95.8 93.7 96.7
NONRESIDENT 166 77 89 0 4.2 6.3 3.2
BORDER STATE 160 76 84 0 4.0 6.2 3.1
OTHER STATE 6 1 5 0 0.2 0.1 0.2
MARITAL STATUS
MARRIED 581 259 320 2 14.7 21.3 11.7
NOT MARRIED 3,358 952 2,406 0 84.9 78.4 87.9
UNKNOWN 16 4 11 1 0.4 0.3 0.4
EDUCATION (COMPLETED YEARS)
0-6 YEARS 8 3 5 0 0.2 0.2 0.2
7-9 YEARS 132 44 88 0 3.3 3.6 3.2
10, 11 YEARS 391 149 242 0 9.9 12.3 8.8
12 YEARS 1,322 394 928 0 33.4 32.4 33.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 1,521 456 1,065 0 38.4 37.5 38.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 510 155 355 0 12.9 12.8 13.0
UNKNOWN 71 14 54 3 1.8 1.2 2.0
NUMBER OF LIVING CHILDREN
NONE 1,533 612 921 0 38.8 50.4 33.6
ONE 1,195 338 855 2 30.2 27.8 31.2
TWO 811 201 609 1 20.5 16.5 22.2
THREE 294 47 247 0 7.4 3.9 9.0
FOUR 87 12 75 0 2.2 1.0 2.7
FIVE OR MORE 34 4 30 0 0.9 0.3 1.1
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0 * 0.1 -
NUMBER OF PREVIOUS
INDUCED TERMINATIONS
NONE 2,841 911 1,929 1 71.8 75.0 70.5
ONE 839 234 604 1 21.2 19.2 22.1
TWO 214 56 158 0 5.4 4.6 5.8
THREE OR MORE 58 13 45 0 1.5 1.1 1.6
UNKNOWN 3 1 1 1 0.1 0.1 *
* LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
