TABLE 23
NEONATAL DEATHS* AND MORTALITY RATES, BY YEAR AND RACE,
MISSISSIPPI, 1924-1995,
(OCCURRENCE DATA 1924-1944, RESIDENCE DATA 1945-1995)

                                                               
                  Number                        Rate**         
                             Non-                          Non-   
Year    Total     White     white     Total     White     white
 
1924    1,598       730       868      36.4      32.9      39.8
1925    1,639       701       938      36.0      31.5      40.3
1926    1,731       823       908      34.3      33.4      35.1
1927    1,644       786       858      33.4      32.5      34.3
1928    1,788       804       984      37.2      34.0      40.2
1929    1,662       773       889      36.5      35.0      37.9
 
1930    1,692       715       977      35.3      30.8      39.4
1931    1,339       590       749      29.7      27.3      31.9
1932    1,361       572       789      29.3      26.1      32.1
1933    1,540       636       904      34.8      31.2      38.0
1934    1,505       644       861      31.4      28.8      33.7
1935    1,446       642       804      29.9      29.2      30.5
1936    1,494       676       818      30.3      30.4      30.2
1937    1,678       755       923      32.2      32.4      32.0
1938    1,688       747       941      31.4      31.1      31.7
1939    1,637       735       902      31.3      31.3      31.3
 
1940    1,613       680       933      30.7      29.4      31.7
1941    1,663       734       929      30.5      30.4      30.6
1942    1,544       638       906      27.3      25.2      29.0
1943    1,652       791       861      27.8      28.6      27.1
1944    1,436       661       775      25.2      25.4      25.1
1945    1,351       624       727      25.2      26.6      24.1
1946    1,561       794       767      25.4      26.7      24.2
1947    1,595       750       845      24.1      23.1      24.9
1948    1,674       773       901      25.6      26.0      25.3
1949    1,594       661       933      24.1      23.0      25.0
 
1950    1,446       560       886      22.4      20.6      23.8
1951    1,679       626     1,053      25.6      22.5      27.9
1952    1,658       581     1,077      25.7      20.7      29.6
1953    1,630       635       995      25.4      22.4      27.8
1954    1,521       601       920      23.5      20.9      25.6
1955    1,440       527       913      22.8      19.1      25.6
1956    1,451       581       870      23.3      21.3      24.9
1957    1,425       540       885      23.5      20.1      26.1
1958    1,475       540       935      24.9      20.1      28.9
1959    1,450       515       935      23.9      18.4      28.7
 
TABLE 23 - PAGE 2
NEONATAL DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1924-1995
                                                               
                  Number                        Rate**         
                             Non-                          Non-
Year    Total     White     white     Total     White     white
 
1960    1,497       550       947      25.3      20.2      29.6
1961    1,401       509       892      23.5      18.6      27.8
1962    1,456       550       906      24.7      20.0      28.8
1963    1,449       470       979      25.3      17.5      32.1
1964    1,372       460       912      24.2      17.7      29.7
1965    1,283       470       813      25.1      20.1      29.2
1966    1,123       386       737      23.3      17.0      28.9
1967    1,053       388       665      22.6      17.1      27.8
1968    1,116       424       692      24.4      18.6      30.2
1969    1,066       441       625      22.6      18.4      27.1
  
1970      976       391       585      20.3      15.7      25.2
1971      940       382       558      19.3      15.2      23.8
1972      837       362       475      18.2      15.2      21.4
1973      793       301       492      17.8      13.0      22.9
1974      710       276       434      16.1      12.0      20.6
1975      677       257       420      15.6      11.4      20.2
1976      626       243       383      14.6      10.7      18.8
1977      588       222       366      12.9       9.5      16.5
1978      559       191       368      12.6       8.4      16.9
1979      514       191       323      11.2       8.1      14.4
 
1980      523       189       334      10.9       7.6      14.4
1981      486       166       320      10.5       7.0      14.2
1982      467       166       301      10.2       6.9      13.7
1983      410       160       250       9.3       7.1      11.7
1984      395       158       237       9.0       7.0      11.2
1985      368       127       241       8.5       5.5      11.8
1986      323       133       190       7.7       6.0       9.6
1987      363       128       235       8.8       5.9      11.9
1988      318       118       200       7.6       5.4       9.8
1989      309       132       177       7.2       6.0       8.4
 
1990      332       111       221       7.6       5.0      10.4
1991      303        95       208       7.0       4.3       9.8
1992      320        97       223       7.5       4.5      10.6
1993      298       111       187       7.1       5.2       9.0
1994      273        93       180       6.5       4.3       8.8
1995      254        88       166       6.1       4.1       8.4
 
 * Deaths of infants under 28 days of age, but figures for     
   1924-1948 include deaths of infants under one month of      
   age.                                                        
 
** Deaths per 1,000 live births.