TABLE 8
REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS, BY COUNTY OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
ALSO REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS AND FETAL DEATH RATIOS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATIO**
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 437 143 294 440 149 291 10.3 6.6 14.5
ADAMS 5 2 3 3 1 2 6.4 6.9 6.2
ALCORN 7 7 0 6 5 1 14.4 14.2 15.9
AMITE 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.8 - 11.8
ATTALA 0 0 0 3 1 2 11.4 7.5 15.4
BENTON 0 0 0 1 1 0 7.8 15.2 -
BOLIVAR 8 0 8 7 0 7 10.6 - 13.9
CALHOUN 1 0 1 2 1 1 10.9 8.3 15.6
CARROLL 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
CHICKASAW 1 1 0 6 2 4 17.5 12.3 22.2
CHOCTAW 0 0 0 1 0 1 8.5 - 23.8
CLAIBORNE 1 0 1 2 0 2 12.4 - 13.8
CLARKE 0 0 0 5 2 3 20.7 16.7 24.6
CLAY 9 4 5 5 1 4 14.4 8.8 17.1
COAHOMA 10 0 10 5 0 5 8.9 - 10.6
COPIAH 0 0 0 6 0 6 14.5 - 23.5
COVINGTON 1 1 0 3 0 3 10.5 - 22.2
DESOTO 5 1 4 10 9 1 6.1 6.5 4.0
FORREST 24 11 13 10 7 3 9.2 11.7 6.2
FRANKLIN 0 0 0 1 1 0 7.5 13.9 -
GEORGE 1 0 1 2 1 1 5.5 3.0 28.6
GREENE 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
GRENADA 2 0 2 3 0 3 10.9 - 23.4
HANCOCK 3 2 1 4 3 1 7.3 6.1 17.2
HARRISON 24 17 7 16 11 5 5.3 5.1 5.6
HINDS 111 19 92 48 6 42 12.4 6.0 14.6
HOLMES 0 0 0 4 0 4 9.7 - 11.0
HUMPHREYS 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.9 - 5.8
ISSAQUENA 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
ITAWAMBA 0 0 0 2 1 1 7.7 4.2 40.0
JACKSON 10 4 6 15 8 7 8.1 6.1 12.9
JASPER 0 0 0 2 2 0 7.5 19.2 -
JEFFERSON 0 0 0 1 1 0 7.1 125 -
JEFF DAVIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
JONES 12 4 8 13 4 9 12.9 6.4 23.1
KEMPER 0 0 0 1 0 1 7.2 - 9.8
LAFAYETTE 6 2 4 4 1 3 8.9 3.9 15.5
LAMAR 3 0 3 3 1 2 5.0 2.0 22.7
LAUDERDALE 23 5 18 12 3 9 10.2 5.3 14.9
LAWRENCE 0 0 0 3 1 2 17.4 8.9 33.3
LEAKE 0 0 0 5 2 3 15.4 12.6 18.1
LEE 30 18 12 15 9 6 12.3 11.1 14.6
LEFLORE 7 0 7 8 1 7 13.2 9.3 14.0
TABLE 8 - PAGE 2
FETAL DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1999
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATIO**
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 7 5 2 10 5 5 21.4 16.2 31.4
LOWNDES 12 3 9 15 7 8 15.3 14.3 16.4
MADISON 3 0 3 4 0 4 3.4 - 7.1
MARION 1 0 1 4 1 3 10.5 4.5 18.9
MARSHALL 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.9 - 3.2
MONROE 5 2 3 3 1 2 6.0 3.3 10.1
MONTGOMERY 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
NESHOBA 0 0 0 4 1 3 8.1 3.8 13.0
NEWTON 0 0 0 5 0 5 16.6 - 35.7
NOXUBEE 0 0 0 2 0 2 8.0 - 10.4
OKTIBBEHA 10 0 10 7 0 7 13.1 - 25.4
PANOLA 3 0 3 5 1 4 8.5 4.2 11.3
PEARL RIVER 4 2 2 6 3 3 8.6 5.2 25.6
PERRY 0 0 0 2 0 2 10.1 - 31.7
PIKE 4 1 3 8 2 6 12.0 8.4 14.1
PONTOTOC 0 0 0 3 1 2 8.2 3.3 32.8
PRENTISS 1 0 1 6 5 1 18.5 18.4 18.5
QUITMAN 0 0 0 5 0 5 27.5 - 36.0
RANKIN 29 18 11 19 11 8 12.0 8.6 27.3
SCOTT 0 0 0 8 5 3 18.5 21.6 14.8
SHARKEY 0 0 0 2 0 2 17.7 - 20.4
SIMPSON 0 0 0 7 4 3 17.5 18.3 16.5
SMITH 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.2 - 14.5
STONE 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
SUNFLOWER 8 1 7 9 0 9 15.4 - 19.6
TALLAHATCHIE 0 0 0 2 1 1 9.7 17.5 6.7
TATE 0 0 0 3 0 3 8.1 - 21.3
TIPPAH 0 0 0 2 2 0 6.3 8.0 -
TISHOMINGO 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.2 4.2 -
TUNICA 0 0 0 2 0 2 12.3 - 14.6
UNION 5 5 0 2 2 0 5.2 6.5 -
WALTHALL 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.4 - 7.5
WARREN 16 3 13 18 5 13 21.3 13.2 27.8
WASHINGTON 18 3 15 20 2 18 18.1 8.1 21.0
WAYNE 6 2 4 4 1 3 12.6 6.9 17.4
WEBSTER 0 0 0 2 0 2 14.6 - 71.4
WILKINSON 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
WINSTON 1 0 1 3 0 3 10.2 - 17.6
YALOBUSHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
YAZOO 0 0 0 5 2 3 11.4 13.5 10.4
OUT OF STATE 18 13 5 15 7 8
* SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEEKS OR MORE GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350
GRAMS OR MORE.
** REPORTABLE FETAL DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
