TABLE C11.  INFANT DEATHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND MORTALITY RATES,
BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

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

TOTAL UNDER 1 YEAR              435    149    286   100.0  100.0  100.0    10.5    6.9   14.5

NEONATAL (UNDER 28 DAYS)        254     88    166    58.4   59.1   58.0     6.1    4.1    8.4
  HEBDOMADAL (UNDER 7 DAYS)     207     70    137    47.6   47.0   47.9     5.0    3.2    6.9
    UNDER 1 DAY                 140     44     96    32.2   29.5   33.6     3.4    2.0    4.8
    1-6 DAYS                     67     26     41    15.4   17.4   14.3     1.6    1.2    2.1
  7-27 DAYS                      47     18     29    10.8   12.1   10.1     1.1    0.8    1.5

POSTNEONATAL (28 DAYS TO                                                                     
    1 YEAR)                     181     61    120    41.6   40.9   42.0     4.4    2.8    6.1

* DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                              

TABLE C12.  DEATHS AND MORTALITY RATES FOR TEN LEADING CAUSES
OF INFANT DEATH, BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                                
                                            NUMBER                  RATE*       
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                               NON-                  NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER                TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE

ALL CAUSES                             435     149     286    10.5    6.9   14.5

 1.  CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)     96      46      50     2.3    2.1    2.5
 2.  SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME                                               
       (798.0)                          64      22      42     1.5    1.0    2.1
 3.  DISORDERS RELATING TO SHORT                                                
       GESTATION AND UNSPECIFIED                                                
       LOW BIRTHWEIGHT (765)            43       7      36     1.0    0.3    1.8
 4.  ACCIDENTS (800-949)                16       7       9     0.4    0.3    0.4
 5.  RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME                                              
       (769)                            14       7       7     0.3    0.3    0.4
 6.  PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                              
       487)                             13       4       9     0.3    0.2    0.4
 7.  COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA,                                                 
       CORD, AND MEMBRANES (762)        10       3       7     0.2    0.1    0.4
 8T. INTRAUTERINE HYPOXIA AND BIRTH                                             
       ASPHYXIA (768)                    9       4       5     0.2    0.2    0.2
 8T. NEONATAL HEMORRHAGE (772)           9       3       6     0.2    0.1    0.3
10.  MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS OF                                                  
       PREGNANCY (761)                   7       0       7     0.2      -    0.4

* DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.