
TABLE A2. PERCENTAGE OF LIVE BIRTHS IN HOSPITALS OR CLINICS,
BY YEAR AND RACE*
MISSISSIPPI, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970-2001
NON- NON-
YEAR TOTAL WHITE WHITE YEAR TOTAL WHITE WHITE
1940 14.1 27.1 3.9
1950 46.1 83.3 18.9
1960 73.2 99.0 51.3
1970# 90.0 99.7 79.7 1990# 99.6 99.6 99.6
1971# 92.2 99.6 84.2 1991# 99.6 99.6 99.6
1972# 95.2 99.8 90.4 1992# 99.7 99.7 99.7
1973# 96.4 99.7 92.8 1993# 99.7 99.7 99.6
1974# 97.4 99.7 94.8 1994# 99.7 99.7 99.7
1975# 97.9 99.6 96.0 1995# 99.7 99.7 99.6
1976# 98.5 99.7 97.3 1996# 99.7 99.7 99.7
1977# 98.9 99.7 98.1 1997# 99.7 99.8 99.7
1978# 99.1 99.7 98.4 1998# 99.6 99.7 99.6
1979# 99.3 99.7 98.9 1999# 99.7 99.7 99.7
1980# 99.4 99.7 99.1 2000# 99.7 99.7 99.7
1981# 99.3 99.6 99.0 2001# 99.7 99.7 99.7
1982# 99.4 99.6 99.2
1983# 99.5 99.6 99.4
1984# 99.5 99.6 99.4
1985# 99.6 99.7 99.4
1986# 99.6 99.7 99.5
1987# 99.6 99.8 99.5
1988# 99.6 99.7 99.6
1989# 99.6 99.8 99.5
* FIGURES FOR YEARS PRIOR TO 1989 ARE BY RACE OF CHILD;
BEGINNING IN 1989 FIGURES SHOWN ARE BY RACE OF MOTHER.
# INCLUDES BIRTHS IN ANY FACILITY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL
CARE; PRIOR TO 1970 ONLY BIRTHS IN FACILITIES PROVIDING
INPATIENT CARE WERE INCLUDED.
