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TABLE B4. REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS AND FETAL DEATH RATIOS, BY COMPLETED WEEKS OF GESTATION AND RACE OF MOTHER, MISSISSIPPI, 1993-1995 COMPLETED WEEKS TOTAL WHITE NONWHITE OF GESTATION** 1993 1994 1995 1993 1994 1995 1993 1994 1995 REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS TOTAL 487 501 470 156 138 141 331 363 329 UNDER 20 26 27 20 3 4 6 23 23 14 20 AND OVER 407 394 371 137 116 116 270 278 255 20-22 101 99 84 26 29 25 75 70 59 23-27 100 96 100 28 25 29 72 71 71 28-36 126 121 108 51 34 32 75 87 76 37 AND OVER 80 78 79 32 28 30 48 50 49 UNKNOWN 54 80 79 16 18 19 38 62 60 FETAL DEATH RATIOS# TOTAL 11.6 11.9 11.4 7.3 6.4 6.5 15.8 17.8 16.6 UNDER 20 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.3 1.1 1.1 0.7 20 AND OVER 9.7 9.4 9.0 6.4 5.4 5.4 12.9 13.6 12.9 20-22 2.4 2.4 2.0 1.2 1.3 1.2 3.6 3.4 3.0 23-27 2.4 2.3 2.4 1.3 1.2 1.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 28-36 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.4 1.6 1.5 3.6 4.3 3.8 37 AND OVER 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.5 1.3 1.4 2.3 2.4 2.5 UNKNOWN 1.3 1.9 1.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.8 3.0 3.0 * 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.

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