Table 3.

Select pregnancy outcomes of pregnancies that ended in U.S jails, 2016–2017

Jail	Total Female Census, No. 12/31/16	Total number of pregnancies that ended in custody*	Total Live Births, No. (% of known outcomes)	Preterm Births, No. (% of live births)	Cesarean Deliveries, No. (% of live births)	Total Miscarriages, No. (% of pregnancies that ended in custody)
Cook County	502	40	16 (40%)	0	3 (19%)	10 (25%)
LA County	1781	68	38 (56%)	5 (16%)	13 (34%)	11 (16%)
Rikers Island	545	10	5 (50%)	1 (20%)	4 (80%)	2 (20%)
Texas Jails	1851	97	80 (82%)	5 (8%)	24 (30%)	15 (15%)
W. Mass	231	9	5 (56%)	1 (20%)	2 (40%)	3 (33%)
Total, jails	4910	224	144 (64%)	12 (8.3%)	46 (32%)	41 (18%)

Numbers and percents are total counts (not samples) in the jails included in this study.

^*Includes pregnancies that ended in jail by live birth, miscarriage, induced abortion, stillbirth, or ectopic pregnancy. Stillbirths and ectopic numbers are reported in text.