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TABLE F3. REPORTED INDUCED TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCY
AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY MEDICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND RACE
PROCEDURES PERFORMED IN MISSISSIPPI, 2001

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

TOTAL                         3,566    960  2,598     8   100.0  100.0  100.0

COMPLETED WEEKS OF                                                           
GESTATION*                                                                   
  UNDER 9                     1,805    524  1,278     3    50.6   54.6   49.2
  9, 10                         792    181    608     3    22.2   18.8   23.4
  11, 12                        501    119    381     1    14.0   12.4   14.7
  13-15                         321     80    241     0     9.0    8.3    9.3
  16-20                          48     15     33     0     1.3    1.6    1.3
  21 OR MORE                      8      3      4     1     0.2    0.3    0.2
  UNKNOWN                        91     38     53     0     2.6    4.0    2.0

PRIMARY PROCEDURE                                                            
  SUCTION CURRETTAGE          3,492    926  2,558     8    97.9   96.4   98.5
  MEDICAL (NONSURGICAL)           0      0      0     0       -      -      -
  DILATION AND EVACUATION        32     10     22     0     0.9    1.0    0.8
  INTRA-UTERINE                                                              
    INSTILLATION                 18      9      9     0     0.5    0.9    0.3
  SHARP CURRETAGE                 0      0      0     0       -      -      -
  HYSTEROTOMY OR                                                             
    HYSTERECTOMY                  1      1      0     0      **    0.1      -
  OTHER                          21     13      8     0     0.6    1.4    0.3
  UNKNOWN                         2      1      1     0      **    0.1     **

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

** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.                                                   

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