TABLE B4. REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS AND FETAL DEATH RATIOS,
BY COMPLETED WEEKS OF GESTATION AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1996-1998
COMPLETED WEEKS TOTAL WHITE NONWHITE
OF GESTATION** 1996 1997 1998 1996 1997 1998 1996 1997 1998
REPORTABLE*
FETAL DEATHS
TOTAL 453 526 427 148 163 147 305 363 280
UNDER 20 19 38 33 0 11 12 19 27 21
20 AND OVER 359 404 331 129 132 120 230 272 211
20-22 84 97 83 22 30 21 62 67 62
23-27 99 109 80 36 29 26 63 80 54
28-36 115 123 104 41 45 44 74 78 60
37 AND OVER 61 75 64 30 28 29 31 47 35
UNKNOWN 75 84 63 19 20 15 56 64 48
FETAL DEATH
RATIOS#
TOTAL 11.0 12.7 9.9 6.9 7.4 6.4 15.6 18.6 14.0
UNDER 20 0.5 0.9 0.8 - 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.4 1.0
20 AND OVER 8.8 9.7 7.7 6.0 6.0 5.2 11.8 13.9 10.6
20-22 2.0 2.3 1.9 1.0 1.4 0.9 3.2 3.4 3.1
23-27 2.4 2.6 1.9 1.7 1.3 1.1 3.2 4.1 2.7
28-36 2.8 3.0 2.4 1.9 2.0 1.9 3.8 4.0 3.0
37 AND OVER 1.5 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.6 2.4 1.8
UNKNOWN 1.8 2.0 1.5 0.9 0.9 0.6 2.9 3.3 2.4
* 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.
