TABLE C3A.  DEATHS BY AGE, RACE, AND SEX, AND MALE/FEMALE RATIOS
BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                                         
                       TOTAL                     WHITE                    NONWHITE       
                            MALES PER                 MALES PER                 MALES PER
AGE            MALE  FEMALE    FEMALE    MALE  FEMALE    FEMALE    MALE  FEMALE    FEMALE
 
TOTAL        13,667  12,899      1.06   8,936   8,552      1.04   4,731   4,347      1.09
 
UNDER 1         247     204      1.21      92      77      1.19     155     127      1.22
1-4              57      30      1.90      21      11      1.91      36      19      1.89
5-9              41      26      1.58      17      10      1.70      24      16      1.50
10-14            50      32      1.56      25      15      1.67      25      17      1.47
15-24           437     162      2.70     192      83      2.31     245      79      3.10
25-34           493     231      2.13     230     112      2.05     263     119      2.21
35-44           786     415      1.89     417     177      2.36     369     238      1.55
45-54         1,178     714      1.65     665     378      1.76     513     336      1.53
55-64         1,914   1,168      1.64   1,248     692      1.80     666     476      1.40
65-74         3,151   2,328      1.35   2,293   1,510      1.52     858     818      1.05
75-84         3,403   3,603      0.94   2,451   2,558      0.96     952   1,045      0.91
85 AND OVER   1,905   3,985      0.48   1,283   2,929      0.44     622   1,056      0.59
UNKNOWN           5       1                 2       0                 3       1          
 
MEDIAN AGE     70.2    78.2              71.8    79.7              65.8    74.1          
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
TABLE C3B. DEATH RATES*, BY AGE, RACE, AND SEX
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                 
                   TOTAL             WHITE            NONWHITE   
AGE            MALE   FEMALE      MALE   FEMALE     MALE   FEMALE
 
TOTAL          10.6      9.2      10.8      9.9     10.1      8.1
 
UNDER 1        11.1      9.4       8.2      7.1     14.0     11.7
1-4             0.7      0.4       0.5      0.3      0.8      0.5
5-9             0.4      0.2       0.3      0.2      0.5      0.3
10-14           0.4      0.3       0.4      0.3      0.5      0.3
15-24           1.8      0.7       1.4      0.7      2.4      0.8
25-34           2.7      1.2       1.9      0.9      4.0      1.5
35-44           4.2      2.0       3.3      1.4      6.2      3.1
45-54           8.4      4.7       6.4      3.5     14.3      7.5
55-64          19.5     10.2      16.5      8.3     30.1     15.0
65-74          40.5     22.0      38.2     19.5     48.5     28.8
75 AND OVER   110.2     82.8     109.1     82.6    113.1     83.4
 
* DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.