TABLE F3.  REPORTED INDUCED TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCY
AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY MEDICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND RACE
PROCEDURES PERFORMED IN MISSISSIPPI, 1999

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

TOTAL                         3,878  1,060  2,810     8   100.0  100.0  100.0

COMPLETED WEEKS OF                                                           
GESTATION*                                                                   
  UNDER 9                     2,034    593  1,436     5    52.4   55.9   51.1
  9, 10                         902    236    664     2    23.2   22.3   23.6
  11, 12                        502    118    383     1    12.9   11.1   13.6
  13-15                         350     75    275     0     9.0    7.1    9.8
  16-20                          33     13     20     0     0.8    1.2    0.7
  21 OR MORE                     17     11      6     0     0.4    1.0    0.2
  UNKNOWN                        40     14     26     0     1.0    1.3    0.9

PRIMARY PROCEDURE                                                            
  SUCTION CURRETTAGE          2,591    657  1,930     4    66.8   62.0   68.7
  MEDICAL (NONSURGICAL)           2      0      2     0      **      -    0.1
  DILATION AND EVACUATION     1,256    388    864     4    32.4   36.6   30.7
  INTRA-UTERINE                                                              
    INSTILLATION                 18     11      7     0     0.5    1.0    0.2
  SHARP CURRETAGE                 0      0      0     0       -      -      -
  HYSTEROTOMY OR                                                             
    HYSTERECTOMY                  1      0      1     0      **      -     **
  OTHER                          10      4      6     0     0.2    0.4    0.2

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

** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.