TABLE B4. REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS AND FETAL DEATH RATIOS,
BY COMPLETED WEEKS OF GESTATION AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1998-2000
COMPLETED WEEKS TOTAL WHITE NONWHITE OF GESTATION** 1998 1999 2000 1998 1999 2000 1998 1999 2000 REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS TOTAL 427 440 465 147 149 141 280 291 324 UNDER 20 33 22 23 12 7 5 21 15 18 20 AND OVER 331 353 347 120 124 110 211 229 237 20-22 83 100 94 21 23 26 62 77 68 23-27 80 81 79 26 27 27 54 54 52 28-36 104 124 109 44 52 31 60 72 78 37 AND OVER 64 48 65 29 22 26 35 26 39 UNKNOWN 63 65 95 15 18 26 48 47 69 FETAL DEATH RATIOS# TOTAL 9.9 10.3 10.6 6.4 6.6 6.0 14.0 14.5 15.8 UNDER 20 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.7 0.9 20 AND OVER 7.7 8.3 7.9 5.2 5.5 4.7 10.6 11.4 11.5 20-22 1.9 2.3 2.1 0.9 1.0 1.1 3.1 3.8 3.3 23-27 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.1 1.2 1.1 2.7 2.7 2.5 28-36 2.4 2.9 2.5 1.9 2.3 1.3 3.0 3.6 3.8 37 AND OVER 1.5 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.8 1.3 1.9 UNKNOWN 1.5 1.5 2.2 0.6 0.8 1.1 2.4 2.3 3.4 * 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.
