TABLE B4.  REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS AND FETAL DEATH RATIOS,
BY COMPLETED WEEKS OF GESTATION AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1997-1999

                                                                              
COMPLETED WEEKS         TOTAL                WHITE               NONWHITE     
OF GESTATION**    1997   1998   1999   1997   1998   1999   1997   1998   1999



TOTAL              526    427    440    163    147    149    363    280    291

UNDER 20            38     33     22     11     12      7     27     21     15

20 AND OVER        404    331    353    132    120    124    272    211    229
  20-22             97     83    100     30     21     23     67     62     77
  23-27            109     80     81     29     26     27     80     54     54
  28-36            123    104    124     45     44     52     78     60     72
  37 AND OVER       75     64     48     28     29     22     47     35     26

UNKNOWN             84     63     65     20     15     18     64     48     47



TOTAL             12.7    9.9   10.3    7.4    6.4    6.6   18.6   14.0   14.5

UNDER 20           0.9    0.8    0.5    0.5    0.5    0.3    1.4    1.0    0.7

20 AND OVER        9.7    7.7    8.3    6.0    5.2    5.5   13.9   10.6   11.4
  20-22            2.3    1.9    2.3    1.4    0.9    1.0    3.4    3.1    3.8
  23-27            2.6    1.9    1.9    1.3    1.1    1.2    4.1    2.7    2.7
  28-36            3.0    2.4    2.9    2.0    1.9    2.3    4.0    3.0    3.6
  37 AND OVER      1.8    1.5    1.1    1.3    1.3    1.0    2.4    1.8    1.3

UNKNOWN            2.0    1.5    1.5    0.9    0.6    0.8    3.3    2.4    2.3

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

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

 # REPORTABLE FETAL DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.