DEATHS
 
 
 
 
TABLE C1.  DEATHS AND AVERAGE PER DAY, BY MONTH
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                    
                        AVERAGE                              AVERAGE
MONTH        DEATHS     PER DAY     MONTH         DEATHS     PER DAY
 
TOTAL        26,566          73                                     
 
JANUARY       2,670          86     JULY           2,136          69
FEBRUARY      2,308          80     AUGUST         2,087          67
MARCH         2,316          75     SEPTEMBER      1,990          66
APRIL         2,125          71     OCTOBER        2,128          69
MAY           2,152          69     NOVEMBER       2,185          73
JUNE          2,083          69     DECEMBER       2,386          77

 
 
 
 
 
 
TABLE C2.  DEATHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND RATES, BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                              
                    NUMBER               PERCENT                 RATE*        
                             NON-                 NON-                    NON-
AGE           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE  TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE
 
TOTAL        26,566 17,488  9,078  100.0  100.0  100.0     9.9    10.3     9.1
 
UNDER 1         451    169    282    1.7    1.0    3.1    10.3     7.7    12.9
1-4              87     32     55    0.3    0.2    0.6     0.5     0.4     0.7
5-9              67     27     40    0.2    0.2    0.4     0.3     0.2     0.4
10-14            82     40     42    0.3    0.2    0.5     0.4     0.3     0.4
15-24           599    275    324    2.2    1.6    3.6     1.3     1.1     1.6
25-34           724    342    382    2.7    2.0    4.2     1.9     1.4     2.6
35-44         1,201    594    607    4.5    3.4    6.7     3.1     2.3     4.5
45-54         1,892  1,043    849    7.1    6.0    9.4     6.5     5.0    10.5
55-64         3,082  1,940  1,142   11.6   11.1   12.6    14.5    12.2    21.2
65-74         5,479  3,803  1,676   20.6   21.7   18.5    29.8    27.6    36.3
75 AND OVER  12,896  9,221  3,675   48.5   52.7   40.5    92.3    91.6    94.0
UNKNOWN           6      2      4     **     **     **                        
 
 * DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.                            
 
** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.