TABLE F3.  REPORTED INDUCED TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCY
AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY MEDICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND RACE
PROCEDURES PERFORMED IN MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                             
                                       NUMBER                   PERCENT      
                                             NON-  UNK.                  NON-
MEDICAL CHARACTERISTICS       TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE  RACE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE

TOTAL                         3,955  1,215  2,737     3   100.0  100.0  100.0

COMPLETED WEEKS OF                                                           
GESTATION*                                                                   
  UNDER 9                     1,922    616  1,304     2    48.6   50.7   47.6
  9, 10                         986    308    678     0    24.9   25.4   24.8
  11, 12                        575    143    432     0    14.5   11.8   15.8
  13-15                         326    103    223     0     8.2    8.5    8.1
  16-20                          56     10     46     0     1.4    0.8    1.7
  21 OR MORE                     23     11     12     0     0.6    0.9    0.4
  UNKNOWN                        67     24     42     1     1.7    2.0    1.5

PRIMARY PROCEDURE                                                            
  SUCTION CURRETTAGE          2,622    795  1,827     0    66.3   65.4   66.8
  SHARP CURRETTAGE                0      0      0     0       -      -      -
  DILATION & EVACUATION       1,287    401    883     3    32.5   33.0   32.3
  INTRA-UTERINE SALINE                                                       
    INSTILLATION                  1      0      1     0      **      -     **
  INTRA-UTERINE PROSTA-                                                      
    GLANDIN INSTILLATION         31     13     18     0     0.8    1.1    0.6
  HYSTEROTOMY                     0      0      0     0       -      -      -
  HYSTERECTOMY                    0      0      0     0       -      -      -
  OTHER                          13      5      8     0     0.3    0.4    0.3
  UNKNOWN                         1      1      0     0      **    0.1      -

COMPLICATIONS                                                                
  NO KNOWN COMPLICATIONS      3,947  1,210  2,734     3    99.8   99.6   99.9
  SOME COMPLICATIONS              5      2      3     0     0.1    0.2    0.1
    HEMORRHAGE                    1      0      1     0      **      -     **
    RETAINED PRODUCTS             4      2      2     0     0.1    0.2    0.1
  UNKNOWN                         3      3      0     0     0.1    0.2      -

 * CALCULATED BY SUBTRACTING DATE OF LAST NORMAL MENSTRUAL PERIOD PRIOR TO   
   TERMINATION FROM DATE OF TERMINATION.                                     

** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.