TABLE C3A.  DEATHS BY AGE, RACE, AND SEX,AND MALE/FEMALE RATIOS
BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                                          
                        TOTAL                     WHITE                    NONWHITE       
                             MALES PER                 MALES PER                 MALES PER
AGE             MALE  FEMALE    FEMALE    MALE  FEMALE    FEMALE    MALE  FEMALE    FEMALE

TOTAL         14,076  12,834      1.10   9,180   8,549      1.07   4,896   4,285      1.14

UNDER 1          249     186      1.34      89      60      1.48     160     126      1.27
1-4               65      49      1.33      27      17      1.59      38      32      1.19
5-9               28      19      1.47      14      13      1.08      14       6      2.33
10-14             57      28      2.04      23      13      1.77      34      15      2.27
15-24            418     157      2.66     205      85      2.41     213      72      2.96
25-34            553     253      2.18     267     119      2.24     286     134      2.13
35-44            821     381      2.15     410     183      2.24     411     198      2.08
45-54          1,176     685      1.72     659     386      1.71     517     299      1.73
55-64          1,929   1,258      1.53   1,277     730      1.75     652     528      1.23
65-74          3,256   2,338      1.39   2,352   1,537      1.53     904     801      1.13
75-84          3,515   3,625      0.97   2,504   2,571      0.97   1,011   1,054      0.96
85 AND OVER    2,008   3,855      0.52   1,353   2,835      0.48     655   1,020      0.64
UNKNOWN            1       0                 0       0                 1       0          

MEDIAN AGE      70.4    77.9              71.9    79.4              66.4    74.2          

TABLE C3B. DEATH RATES*, BY AGE, RACE, AND SEX
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                              
                   TOTAL           WHITE           NONWHITE   
AGE            MALE   FEMALE    MALE   FEMALE    MALE   FEMALE

TOTAL          10.9      9.2    11.1      9.9    10.5      8.0

UNDER 1        11.2      8.6     8.0      5.6    14.4     11.6
1-4             0.8      0.6     0.6      0.4     0.9      0.8
5-9             0.3      0.2     0.2      0.2     0.3      0.1
10-14           0.5      0.3     0.4      0.2     0.7      0.3
15-24           1.8      0.7     1.5      0.7     2.1      0.7
25-34           3.0      1.3     2.2      1.0     4.4      1.7
35-44           4.4      1.9     3.3      1.4     6.9      2.6
45-54           8.4      4.5     6.4      3.6    14.4      6.6
55-64          19.7     11.0    16.8      8.8    29.5     16.6
65-74          41.9     22.1    39.2     19.8    51.1     28.2
75 AND OVER   114.7     81.7   112.7     81.4   119.7     82.3

* DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.