TABLE C11.  INFANT DEATHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND MORTALITY RATES 
BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1996
 
                                                                                            
                                   NUMBER                PERCENT                RATE*       
                                            NON-                  NON-                  NON-
AGE                          TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE
 
TOTAL UNDER 1 YEAR             451    169    282   100.0  100.0  100.0    11.0    7.9   14.4
 
NEONATAL (UNDER 28 DAYS)       294    103    191    65.2   60.9   67.7     7.2    4.8    9.8
  HEBDOMADAL (UNDER 7 DAYS)    241     88    153    53.4   52.1   54.2     5.9    4.1    7.8
    UNDER 1 DAY                164     57    107    36.4   33.7   37.9     4.0    2.6    5.5
    1-6 DAYS                    77     31     46    17.1   18.3   16.3     1.9    1.4    2.4
  7-27 DAYS                     53     15     38    11.8    8.9   13.5     1.3    0.7    1.9
 
POSTNEONATAL (28 DAYS TO                                                                    
    1 YEAR)                    157     66     91    34.8   39.0   32.3     3.8    3.1    4.6
 
* DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                             

 
 
 
 
 
TABLE C12.  DEATHS AND MORTALITY RATES FOR TEN LEADING CAUSES 
OF INFANT DEATH, BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                                
                                            NUMBER                  RATE*       
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                               NON-                  NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER                TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE
 
ALL CAUSES                             451     169     282    11.0    7.9   14.4
 
 1.  CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)    102      49      53     2.5    2.3    2.7
 2.  DISORDERS RELATING TO SHORT                                                
       GESTATION AND UNSPECIFIED                                                
       LOW BIRTHWEIGHT (765)            57      17      40     1.4    0.8    2.0
 3.  SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME                                               
       (798.0)                          48      19      29     1.2    0.9    1.5
 4.  ACCIDENTS (800-949)                21       9      12     0.5    0.4    0.6
 5.  RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME                                              
       (769)                            20       3      17     0.5    0.1    0.9
 6T. MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS OF                                                  
       PREGNANCY (761)                  11       6       5     0.3    0.3    0.2
 6T. COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA,                                                 
       CORD, AND MEMBRANES (762)        11       5       6     0.3    0.2    0.3
 6T. INFECTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE                                                 
       PERINATAL PERIOD (771)           11       2       9     0.3    0.1    0.5
 9.  NEONATAL HEMORRHAGE (772)           7       4       3     0.2    0.2    0.2
10.  PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                              
       487)                              6       1       5     0.1     **    0.2
 
 * DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                
 
** LESS THAN 0.06.