FETAL DEATH DOCUMENTATION TABLE 2
  FETAL DEATHS BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND SEX: UNITED STATES, 1995
                                          
        (FETAL DEATHS INCLUDE ONLY THOSE WITH STATED OR PRESUMED PERIOD
           OF GESTATION OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE. NOT STATED SEX IS IMPUTED
                 FOR FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE GESTATION:
                             SEE TECHNICAL APPENDIX)
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                  |          |
                  |          |                 BIRTH WEIGHT
                  |          |________________________________________________
                  |          |       |       |       |        |       |
   RACE AND SEX   |   TOTAL  |       |       |       |        |       |
                  |          | Under |  350- |  500- | 1,000- | 1,500-| 2,000-
                  |          |  350  |  499  |  999  | 1,499  | 1,999 | 2,499
                  |          | grams | grams | grams | grams  | grams | grams
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                  |          |       |       |       |        |       |
                  |          |       |       |       |        |       |
ALL RACES.........|   27,294 | 3,442 |  3,724|  5,552|   2,387|  2,187|  2,032
                  |          |       |       |       |        |       |
  MALE............|   14,635 | 1,869 |  2,015|  3,028|   1,258|  1,135|  1,089
  FEMALE..........|   12,659 | 1,573 |  1,709|  2,524|   1,129|  1,052|    943
                  |          |       |       |       |        |       |
                  |          |       |       |       |        |       |
WHITE.............|   18,452 | 2,276 |  2,327|  3,570|   1,629|  1,466|  1,442
                  |          |       |       |       |        |       |
  MALE............|    9,741 | 1,197 |  1,243|  1,912|     851|    752|    765
  FEMALE..........|    8,711 | 1,079 |  1,084|  1,658|     778|    714|    677
                  |          |       |       |       |        |       |
                  |          |       |       |       |        |       |
ALL OTHER.........|    1,076 |   124 |    112|    218|      83|    107|     92
                  |          |       |       |       |        |       |
  MALE............|      581 |    73 |     66|    103|      42|     60|     47
  FEMALE..........|      495 |    51 |     46|    115|      41|     47|     45
                  |          |       |       |       |        |       |
                  |          |       |       |       |        |       |
BLACK.............|    7,766 | 1,042 |  1,285|  1,764|     675|    614|    498
                  |          |       |       |       |        |       |
  MALE............|    4,313 |   599 |    706|  1,013|     365|    323|    277
  FEMALE..........|    3,453 |   443 |    579|    751|     310|    291|    221
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                  FETAL DEATH DOCUMENTATION TABLE 2
       FETAL DEATHS BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND SEX:
                        UNITED STATES, 1995

      (FETAL DEATHS INCLUDE ONLY THOSE WITH STATED OR PRESUMED PERIOD
         OF GESTATION OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE. NOT STATED SEX IS IMPUTED
           FOR FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE GESTATION:
                       SEE TECHNICAL APPENDIX) - CONTINUED
______________________________________________________________________________
                  |         |
                  |         |            BIRTH WEIGHT
                  |         |_________________________________________________
                  |         |      |      |      |      |      |       |
   RACE AND SEX   |  TOTAL  |      |      |      |      |      |       |
                  |         |2,500-|3,000-|3,500-|4,000-|4,500-| 5,000 | Not
                  |         |2,999 |3,499 |3,999 |4,499 |4,999 | grams |stated
                  |         |grams |grams |grams |grams |grams |or more|
__________________|_________|______|______|______|______|______|_______|______
                  |         |      |      |      |      |      |       |
                  |         |      |      |      |      |      |       |
ALL RACES.........|  27,294 | 1,940| 1,582|   956|   317|   133|     86| 2,956
                  |         |      |      |      |      |      |       |
  MALE............|  14,635 | 1,004|   810|   507|   193|    89|     49| 1,589
  FEMALE..........|  12,659 |   936|   772|   449|   124|    44|     37| 1,367
                  |         |      |      |      |      |      |       |
                  |         |      |      |      |      |      |       |
WHITE.............|  18,452 | 1,449| 1,241|   743|   250|    90|     66| 1,903
                  |         |      |      |      |      |      |       |
  MALE............|   9,741 |   745|   631|   395|   147|    59|     37| 1,007
  FEMALE..........|   8,711 |   704|   610|   348|   103|    31|     29|   896
                  |         |      |      |      |      |      |       |
                  |         |      |      |      |      |      |       |
ALL OTHER.........|   1,076 |    81|    79|    38|     9|     7|      5|   121
                  |         |      |      |      |      |      |       |
  MALE............|     581 |    46|    41|    23|     5|     4|      5|    66
  FEMALE..........|     495 |    35|    38|    15|     4|     3|      0|    55
                  |         |      |      |      |      |      |       |
                  |         |      |      |      |      |      |       |
BLACK.............|   7,766 |   410|   262|   175|    58|    36|     15|   932
                  |         |      |      |      |      |      |       |
  MALE............|   4,313 |   213|   138|    89|    41|    26|      7|   516
  FEMALE..........|   3,453 |   197|   124|    86|    17|    10|      8|   416
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