TABLE 9 DEATHS, BY PLACE OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE, ALSO DEATHS AND RATES, BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND RACE, (PLACE INCLUDES COUNTIES, OUT OF STATE, TOWNS OF 10,000 OR MORE), MISSISSIPPI, 1996 OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA NUMBER NUMBER RATE* NON- NON- NON- COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE STATE 25,809 16,944 8,865 26,566 17,488 9,078 9.9 10.3 9.1 ADAMS 538 269 269 437 220 217 12.1 12.2 12.0 ALCORN 345 316 29 377 337 40 11.8 12.0 10.5 AMITE 58 30 28 139 78 61 10.0 10.4 9.6 ATTALA 181 131 50 232 159 73 12.7 15.0 9.6 BENTON 29 24 5 99 73 26 12.6 16.0 7.9 BOLIVAR 374 134 240 450 151 299 10.8 10.9 10.8 CALHOUN 101 77 24 178 131 47 12.2 12.6 11.2 CARROLL 35 20 15 85 53 32 8.6 9.0 8.1 CHICKASAW 141 92 49 213 141 72 12.1 13.5 10.0 CHOCTAW 80 57 23 103 76 27 11.5 12.4 9.6 CLAIBORNE 72 17 55 112 28 84 9.9 15.0 8.9 CLARKE 105 69 36 174 113 61 10.1 10.2 9.9 CLAY 159 95 64 202 112 90 9.3 11.6 7.5 COAHOMA 351 108 243 391 142 249 12.0 13.0 11.4 COPIAH 193 101 92 279 152 127 10.0 11.5 8.6 COVINGTON 128 102 26 187 147 40 11.7 14.6 6.7 DESOTO 471 374 97 584 499 85 6.6 6.6 6.3 FORREST 1,103 806 297 718 519 199 9.9 10.6 8.5 FRANKLIN 77 56 21 100 79 21 12.6 16.3 6.8 GEORGE 107 99 8 143 132 11 8.0 8.3 5.7 GREENE 37 28 9 104 85 19 9.3 9.8 7.6 GRENADA 246 149 97 250 150 100 11.4 12.0 10.6 HANCOCK 261 237 24 336 309 27 9.3 9.6 6.5 HARRISON 1,841 1,495 346 1,622 1,313 309 9.5 10.0 7.8 HINDS 4,044 2,194 1,850 2,449 1,231 1,218 9.7 10.6 8.9 HOLMES 174 57 117 247 80 167 11.9 17.2 10.4 HUMPHREYS 78 30 48 128 46 82 11.2 13.2 10.3 ISSAQUENA 3 1 2 15 5 10 8.3 6.5 9.7 ITAWAMBA 121 115 6 245 232 13 12.4 12.6 9.4 JACKSON 828 673 155 924 757 167 6.9 7.3 5.6 JASPER 75 46 29 176 94 82 10.2 11.5 9.0 JEFFERSON 43 3 40 93 10 83 11.2 9.5 11.4 JEFF DAVIS 102 57 45 159 78 81 11.8 13.8 10.3 JONES 587 405 182 682 491 191 11.0 10.7 11.6 KEMPER 48 27 21 109 61 48 10.3 14.2 7.6 LAFAYETTE 463 334 129 255 192 63 7.4 7.7 6.6 LAMAR 346 298 48 242 220 22 7.7 8.0 5.4 LAUDERDALE 1,178 776 402 802 548 254 10.5 11.3 9.0 LAWRENCE 93 61 32 145 103 42 11.9 13.0 10.0 LEAKE 171 125 46 228 156 72 12.3 14.3 9.4 LEE 1,385 1,070 315 686 536 150 9.3 9.4 9.0 LEFLORE 502 213 289 424 189 235 11.5 14.0 10.0 TABLE 9 - PAGE 2 DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1996 OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA NUMBER NUMBER RATE* NON- NON- NON- COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE LINCOLN 305 225 80 363 268 95 11.4 12.2 9.6 LOWNDES 467 293 174 491 306 185 8.0 8.1 7.7 MADISON 288 151 137 519 283 236 7.6 7.1 8.3 MARION 207 152 55 297 218 79 11.9 12.8 10.0 MARSHALL 177 94 83 306 166 140 9.4 10.5 8.4 MONROE 275 204 71 393 282 111 10.8 11.3 9.6 MONTGOMERY 116 73 43 135 87 48 11.4 13.8 8.6 NESHOBA 188 130 58 295 215 80 11.0 11.8 9.1 NEWTON 204 145 59 270 186 84 12.5 12.9 11.7 NOXUBEE 94 41 53 120 51 69 9.9 15.7 7.8 OKTIBBEHA 261 152 109 304 171 133 7.8 7.1 8.9 PANOLA 258 158 100 364 207 157 10.8 11.8 9.7 PEARL RIVER 271 237 34 397 353 44 9.5 10.0 6.6 PERRY 73 59 14 112 87 25 9.9 10.1 9.2 PIKE 428 285 143 435 266 169 11.6 13.6 9.5 PONTOTOC 140 124 16 240 207 33 9.6 9.9 8.2 PRENTISS 165 151 14 221 197 24 9.4 9.6 8.1 QUITMAN 95 31 64 116 50 66 12.2 15.3 10.6 RANKIN 557 423 134 730 585 145 7.1 6.9 7.8 SCOTT 169 120 49 251 163 88 10.3 11.2 9.1 SHARKEY 52 16 36 74 26 48 10.8 13.2 9.8 SIMPSON 234 175 59 263 188 75 11.0 11.9 9.2 SMITH 62 52 10 171 146 25 11.5 12.8 7.3 STONE 96 80 16 138 113 25 11.2 11.9 8.8 SUNFLOWER 248 102 146 342 140 202 9.7 12.2 8.4 TALLAHATCHIE 83 50 33 154 83 71 10.9 16.5 7.8 TATE 156 108 48 233 163 70 10.4 11.4 8.7 TIPPAH 183 159 24 240 200 40 12.2 12.3 11.7 TISHOMINGO 170 157 13 235 224 11 13.3 13.2 15.7 TUNICA 65 35 30 108 38 70 11.9 16.0 10.5 UNION 213 194 19 245 223 22 10.4 11.3 6.0 WALTHALL 111 77 34 156 109 47 11.1 14.0 7.5 WARREN 547 313 234 514 298 216 10.5 10.2 10.9 WASHINGTON 687 271 416 688 292 396 9.8 10.2 9.4 WAYNE 220 129 91 202 129 73 10.4 10.6 10.0 WEBSTER 98 78 20 118 101 17 11.3 12.6 7.0 WILKINSON 111 41 70 129 40 89 14.3 16.1 13.6 WINSTON 139 94 45 198 125 73 10.1 11.5 8.4 YALOBUSHA 79 60 19 160 112 48 13.3 15.4 10.0 YAZOO 243 134 109 315 162 153 12.5 14.4 11.0 OUT OF STATE 1,630 1,149 481 873 605 268 * DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION. TABLE 9 - PAGE 3 DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1996 RESIDENCE DATA NUMBER NON- TOWN** TOTAL WHITE WHITE BILOXI 444 366 78 BRANDON 175 149 26 BROOKHAVEN 188 122 66 CANTON 128 47 81 CLARKSDALE 296 114 182 CLEVELAND 192 95 97 CLINTON 146 105 41 COLUMBUS 304 173 131 CORINTH 175 146 29 GAUTIER 77 60 17 GREENVILLE 498 205 293 GREENWOOD 267 116 151 GRENADA 191 107 84 GULFPORT 642 464 178 HATTIESBURG 507 326 181 INDIANOLA 135 50 85 JACKSON 2,034 1,005 1,029 LAUREL 277 154 123 LONG BEACH 121 112 9 MCCOMB 184 112 72 MERIDIAN 535 330 205 MOSS POINT 180 85 95 NATCHEZ 315 152 163 OCEAN SPRINGS 175 162 13 PASCAGOULA 230 195 35 PEARL 116 101 15 PICAYUNE 114 82 32 RIDGELAND 68 59 9 SOUTHAVEN 186 181 5 STARKVILLE 190 108 82 TUPELO 320 251 69 VICKSBURG 394 217 177 YAZOO CITY 196 95 101 ** TOWNS OF 10,000 POPULATION OR MORE.
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