TABLE 24
POSTNEONATAL 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      1,539       458      1,081       35.0      20.6      49.6
1925      1,537       478      1,059       33.7      21.5      45.4
1926      1,847       624      1,223       36.6      25.4      47.3
1927      1,647       517      1,130       33.5      21.4      45.1
1928      1,779       612      1,167       37.0      25.9      47.7
1929      1,613       495      1,118       35.4      22.4      47.6
 
1930      1,584       467      1,117       33.0      20.1      45.0
1931      1,208       371        837       26.8      17.1      35.6
1932      1,121       393        728       24.1      18.0      29.6
1933      1,260       399        861       28.5      19.6      36.2
1934      1,565       555      1,010       32.7      24.8      39.5
1935      1,141       402        739       23.6      18.3      28.1
1936      1,389       429        960       28.2      19.3      35.5
1937      1,420       419      1,001       27.2      18.0      34.6
1938      1,363       458        905       25.4      19.0      30.5
1939      1,271       400        871       24.3      17.0      30.3
 
1940      1,251       390        861       23.8      16.9      29.2
1941      1,306       379        927       23.9      15.7      30.5
1942      1,110       319        791       19.6      12.6      25.3
1943      1,122       346        776       18.9      12.5      24.4
1944      1,045       304        741       18.4      11.7      24.0
1945        841       222        619       15.7       9.5      20.6
1946        737       211        526       12.0       7.1      16.6
1947        833       259        574       12.6       8.0      16.9
1948        796       215        581       12.2       7.2      16.3
1949      1,018       239        779       15.4       8.3      20.9
 
1950        902       203        699       14.0       7.5      18.8
1951        910       188        722       13.9       6.8      19.1
1952        934       179        755       14.5       6.4      20.7
1953        904       172        732       14.1       6.1      20.5
1954        839       143        696       13.0       5.0      19.4
1955        898       153        745       14.2       5.6      20.9
1956        902       153        749       14.5       5.6      21.5
1957        832       154        678       13.7       5.7      20.0
1958        949       166        783       16.0       6.2      24.2
1959        905       162        743       14.9       5.8      22.8
 
TABLE 24 - PAGE 2
POSTNEONATAL DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1924-1995
                                                                   
                    Number                          Rate**         
                               Non-                            Non-
Year      Total     White      white      Total     White     white
 
1960        960       164        796       16.2       6.0      24.9
1961        849       136        713       14.3       5.0      22.2
1962        897       155        742       15.2       5.6      23.6
1963        923       140        783       16.1       5.2      25.7
1964        858       139        719       15.1       5.4      23.4
1965        843       123        720       16.5       5.3      25.9
1966        733       134        599       15.2       5.9      23.5
1967        592       124        468       12.7       5.5      19.6
1968        497        93        404       10.9       4.1      17.6
1969        447        89        358        9.5       3.7      15.5
 
1970        427        89        338        8.9       3.6      14.5
1971        371        78        293        7.6       3.1      12.5
1972        350        97        253        7.6       4.1      11.4
1973        361        91        270        8.1       3.9      12.5
1974        314        80        234        7.1       3.5      11.1
1975        298        99        199        6.9       4.4       9.6
1976        301        88        213        7.0       3.9      10.4
1977        246        63        183        5.4       2.7       8.2
1978        287        75        212        6.5       3.3       9.8
1979        295        89        206        6.4       3.8       9.2
 
1980        289        83        206        6.0       3.4       8.9
1981        225        82        143        4.9       3.4       6.4
1982        239        83        156        5.2       3.4       7.1
1983        254        80        174        5.8       3.5       8.2
1984        234        66        168        5.4       2.9       8.0
1985        228        86        142        5.2       3.7       6.9
1986        194        64        130        4.6       2.9       6.6
1987        202        84        118        4.9       3.9       6.0
1988        198        71        127        4.7       3.3       6.2
1989        189        58        131        4.4       2.6       6.2
 
1990        196        78        118        4.5       3.5       5.5
1991        190        68        122        4.4       3.1       5.7
1992        188        73        115        4.4       3.4       5.5
1993        184        67        117        4.4       3.2       5.6
1994        186        65        121        4.4       3.0       5.9
1995        181        61        120        4.4       2.8       6.1
 
 * Deaths of infants 28 days of age or older, but figures for 1924-1948
   only include deaths of infants one month of age or older.           
** Deaths per 1,000 live births.