TABLE 8
REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS, BY COUNTY OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
ALSO REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS AND FETAL DEATH RATIOS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATIO**
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 474 141 333 465 141 324 10.6 6.0 15.8
ADAMS 16 4 12 10 3 7 20.4 18.0 21.7
ALCORN 7 6 1 4 3 1 8.8 7.9 13.3
AMITE 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
ATTALA 0 0 0 7 3 4 24.3 21.9 26.5
BENTON 0 0 0 3 2 1 22.6 26.3 17.5
BOLIVAR 9 0 9 8 0 8 11.9 - 15.6
CALHOUN 0 0 0 2 0 2 9.1 - 24.1
CARROLL 0 0 0 2 2 0 16.9 25.6 -
CHICKASAW 0 0 0 4 0 4 12.7 - 25.8
CHOCTAW 0 0 0 2 2 0 16.5 29.4 -
CLAIBORNE 0 0 0 4 0 4 20.5 - 22.1
CLARKE 0 0 0 2 2 0 7.7 13.7 -
CLAY 5 0 5 4 0 4 12.3 - 17.1
COAHOMA 13 0 13 7 0 7 10.7 - 12.8
COPIAH 1 0 1 10 0 10 21.7 - 37.4
COVINGTON 4 0 4 6 1 5 19.7 6.0 36.5
DESOTO 10 2 8 6 4 2 3.3 2.5 8.5
FORREST 22 9 13 6 0 6 5.5 - 12.6
FRANKLIN 0 0 0 1 0 1 9.1 - 20.8
GEORGE 0 0 0 2 2 0 5.9 6.6 -
GREENE 0 0 0 1 1 0 6.5 8.1 -
GRENADA 7 2 5 2 1 1 6.0 6.0 6.1
HANCOCK 5 4 1 6 6 0 10.4 11.6 -
HARRISON 25 14 11 23 12 11 7.7 5.7 12.3
HINDS 144 23 121 55 2 53 13.7 1.9 17.8
HOLMES 2 0 2 8 0 8 19.1 - 21.6
HUMPHREYS 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.0 - 6.0
ISSAQUENA 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
ITAWAMBA 0 0 0 4 4 0 14.2 15.3 -
JACKSON 10 6 4 12 5 7 6.2 3.7 11.8
JASPER 0 0 0 3 1 2 10.4 9.9 10.7
JEFFERSON 0 0 0 2 0 2 13.5 - 14.4
JEFF DAVIS 0 0 0 4 1 3 19.7 13.2 23.6
JONES 15 5 10 13 4 9 12.4 6.2 22.2
KEMPER 0 0 0 1 0 1 7.5 - 10.3
LAFAYETTE 4 1 3 3 1 2 7.0 4.1 11.0
LAMAR 4 3 1 3 3 0 5.0 6.1 -
LAUDERDALE 25 8 17 11 3 8 9.6 4.9 14.9
LAWRENCE 0 0 0 4 1 3 21.2 8.8 40.0
LEAKE 2 0 2 5 2 3 13.3 10.5 16.2
LEE 19 12 7 9 5 4 7.0 5.8 9.4
LEFLORE 17 5 12 11 3 8 17.3 23.8 15.7
TABLE 8 - PAGE 2
FETAL DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 2000
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATIO**
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 7 4 3 9 5 4 19.5 17.7 22.3
LOWNDES 8 1 7 9 3 6 9.5 6.8 12.0
MADISON 2 0 2 10 3 7 7.8 4.5 11.2
MARION 0 0 0 3 1 2 7.8 4.5 12.3
MARSHALL 0 0 0 5 2 3 9.0 8.4 9.3
MONROE 5 2 3 3 2 1 5.9 6.3 5.2
MONTGOMERY 1 0 1 4 1 3 24.4 14.3 31.9
NESHOBA 0 0 0 3 1 2 6.3 4.0 8.8
NEWTON 0 0 0 5 2 3 13.7 10.0 18.1
NOXUBEE 0 0 0 5 0 5 22.9 - 29.6
OKTIBBEHA 8 2 6 1 0 1 1.8 - 3.3
PANOLA 3 0 3 4 0 4 6.9 - 11.0
PEARL RIVER 3 2 1 6 5 1 9.1 9.0 9.3
PERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
PIKE 10 3 7 9 1 8 14.2 3.9 21.1
PONTOTOC 0 0 0 3 2 1 7.5 5.7 18.5
PRENTISS 1 1 0 2 1 1 5.8 3.5 17.2
QUITMAN 0 0 0 3 0 3 18.1 - 21.6
RANKIN 20 10 10 16 12 4 9.4 8.7 12.3
SCOTT 0 0 0 5 2 3 10.9 8.3 13.6
SHARKEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
SIMPSON 0 0 0 3 0 3 7.7 - 17.6
SMITH 1 0 1 1 0 1 5.6 - 18.9
STONE 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.6 6.2 -
SUNFLOWER 2 0 2 10 0 10 18.0 - 22.2
TALLAHATCHIE 0 0 0 5 0 5 23.5 - 32.9
TATE 0 0 0 6 2 4 14.4 7.8 25.2
TIPPAH 1 1 0 5 3 2 14.3 10.7 29.0
TISHOMINGO 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.2 4.3 -
TUNICA 0 0 0 3 1 2 16.6 38.5 12.9
UNION 11 6 5 1 1 0 2.3 2.9 -
WALTHALL 0 0 0 3 0 3 13.5 - 23.6
WARREN 10 1 9 6 1 5 7.3 3.0 10.2
WASHINGTON 12 3 9 18 3 15 15.8 10.9 17.4
WAYNE 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.2 6.5 -
WEBSTER 0 0 0 3 1 2 18.5 8.8 41.7
WILKINSON 1 0 1 1 0 1 7.3 - 8.8
WINSTON 1 0 1 3 1 2 9.6 7.6 11.1
YALOBUSHA 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.1 - 11.0
YAZOO 1 1 0 17 3 14 34.8 18.3 43.1
OUT OF STATE 12 9 3 21 9 12
* SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350
GRAMS OR MORE.
** REPORTABLE FETAL DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
