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TABLE B4. REPORTABLE* FETAL DEATHS AND FETAL DEATH RATIOS,
BY COMPLETED WEEKS OF GESTATION AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1999-2001

                                                                              
COMPLETED WEEKS         TOTAL                WHITE               NONWHITE     
OF GESTATION**    1999   2000   2001   1999   2000   2001   1999   2000   2001


TOTAL              440    465    376    149    141    109    291    324    267

UNDER 20            22     23     15      7      5      2     15     18     13

20 AND OVER        353    347    286    124    110     83    229    237    203
  20-22            100     94     76     23     26     23     77     68     53
  23-27             81     79     63     27     27     11     54     52     52
  28-36            124    109     98     52     31     37     72     78     61
  37 AND OVER       48     65     49     22     26     12     26     39     37

UNKNOWN             65     95     75     18     26     24     47     69     51


TOTAL             10.3   10.6    8.9    6.6    6.0    4.8   14.5   15.8   13.7

UNDER 20           0.5    0.5    0.4    0.3    0.2    0.1    0.7    0.9    0.7

20 AND OVER        8.3    7.9    6.8    5.5    4.7    3.6   11.4   11.5   10.4
  20-22            2.3    2.1    1.8    1.0    1.1    1.0    3.8    3.3    2.7
  23-27            1.9    1.8    1.5    1.2    1.1    0.5    2.7    2.5    2.7
  28-36            2.9    2.5    2.3    2.3    1.3    1.6    3.6    3.8    3.1
  37 AND OVER      1.1    1.5    1.2    1.0    1.1    0.5    1.3    1.9    1.9

UNKNOWN            1.5    2.2    1.8    0.8    1.1    1.0    2.3    3.4    2.6

 * 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.                             

Public Health Statistics
P.O. Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215-1700

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