TABLE B2. REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS AND FETAL DEATH RATIOS,
BY AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NUMBER RATIO**
AGE OF NON- NON-
MOTHER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 465 141 324 10.6 6.0 15.8
UNDER 15 6 1 5 25.4 # 24.3
15-19 97 28 69 12.1 8.9 14.2
20-24 158 45 113 10.6 6.3 14.5
25-29 108 33 75 9.6 4.8 17.4
30-34 55 20 35 8.6 4.7 16.2
35-39 33 11 22 12.2 6.3 22.8
40-44 5 1 4 9.1 3.2 16.7
45-49 1 1 0 # # #
UNKNOWN 2 1 1 # # #
* SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE
GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350 GRAMS OR MORE.
** REPORTABLE FETAL DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO
MOTHERS IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
# RATIO NOT CALCULATED ON LESS THAN 100 LIVE BIRTHS.
TABLE B3. PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF LIVE BIRTHS
AND REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS,
BY WHETHER MOTHER RECEIVED PRENATAL CARE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
LIVE BIRTHS REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS
NON- NON-
PRENATAL CARE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
NO CARE 1.1 0.5 1.9 10.1 4.2 12.6
SOME CARE 98.1 99.0 97.0 82.8 88.6 80.2
UNKNOWN WHETHER ANY CARE 0.8 0.5 1.1 7.1 7.1 7.1
* SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350 GRAMS
OR MORE.
