DEATHS

TABLE C1.  DEATHS AND AVERAGE PER DAY, BY MONTH
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                   
                        AVERAGE                             AVERAGE
MONTH        DEATHS     PER DAY     MONTH        DEATHS     PER DAY

TOTAL        26,910          74                                    

JANUARY       2,446          79     JULY          2,215          71
FEBRUARY      2,099          72     AUGUST        2,236          72
MARCH         2,365          76     SEPTEMBER     2,102          70
APRIL         2,226          74     OCTOBER       2,233          72
MAY           2,110          68     NOVEMBER      2,259          75
JUNE          2,123          71     DECEMBER      2,496          80

TABLE C2.  DEATHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND RATES, BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                              
                    NUMBER               PERCENT                 RATE*        
                             NON-                 NON-                    NON-
AGE           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE  TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL        26,910 17,729  9,181  100.0  100.0  100.0    10.0    10.5     9.2

UNDER 1         435    149    286    1.6    0.8    3.1     9.9     6.8    13.0
1-4             114     44     70    0.4    0.2    0.8     0.7     0.5     0.8
5-9              47     27     20    0.2    0.2    0.2     0.2     0.2     0.2
10-14            85     36     49    0.3    0.2    0.5     0.4     0.3     0.5
15-24           575    290    285    2.1    1.6    3.1     1.2     1.1     1.4
25-34           806    386    420    3.0    2.2    4.6     2.1     1.6     2.9
35-44         1,202    593    609    4.5    3.3    6.6     3.1     2.3     4.5
45-54         1,861  1,045    816    6.9    5.9    8.9     6.4     5.0    10.1
55-64         3,187  2,007  1,180   11.8   11.3   12.8    15.0    12.6    21.9
65-74         5,594  3,889  1,705   20.8   21.9   18.6    30.5    28.3    37.0
75 AND OVER  13,003  9,263  3,740   48.3   52.2   40.7    93.0    92.0    95.6
UNKNOWN           1      0      1     **      -     **                        

 * DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.                            

** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.