TABLE 12A
INFANT, NEONATAL, AND POSTNEONATAL DEATHS*,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE,
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
INFANT DEATHS NEONATAL DEATHS POSTNEONATAL DEATHS
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 440 156 284 269 96 173 171 60 111
ADAMS 8 2 6 6 1 5 2 1 1
ALCORN 4 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 2
AMITE 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
ATTALA 5 3 2 3 1 2 2 2 0
BENTON 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
BOLIVAR 8 0 8 3 0 3 5 0 5
CALHOUN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CARROLL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHICKASAW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHOCTAW 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
CLAIBORNE 3 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 2
CLARKE 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
CLAY 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
COAHOMA 8 1 7 6 1 5 2 0 2
COPIAH 6 1 5 5 1 4 1 0 1
COVINGTON 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
DESOTO 17 10 7 8 5 3 9 5 4
FORREST 9 4 5 7 4 3 2 0 2
FRANKLIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GEORGE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GREENE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GRENADA 4 1 3 2 0 2 2 1 1
HANCOCK 4 4 0 2 2 0 2 2 0
HARRISON 23 10 13 13 5 8 10 5 5
HINDS 41 7 34 23 4 19 18 3 15
HOLMES 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0
HUMPHREYS 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1
ISSAQUENA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ITAWAMBA 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
JACKSON 20 11 9 11 5 6 9 6 3
JASPER 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
JEFFERSON 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
JEFF DAVIS 4 1 3 3 0 3 1 1 0
JONES 13 8 5 8 5 3 5 3 2
KEMPER 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
LAFAYETTE 5 3 2 2 1 1 3 2 1
LAMAR 5 2 3 3 1 2 2 1 1
LAUDERDALE 12 4 8 9 2 7 3 2 1
LAWRENCE 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
LEAKE 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
LEE 18 5 13 12 4 8 6 1 5
LEFLORE 7 1 6 4 0 4 3 1 2
TABLE 12A - PAGE 2
INFANT, NEONATAL, AND POSTNEONATAL DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1997
INFANT DEATHS NEONATAL DEATHS POSTNEONATAL DEATHS
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 7 3 4 5 2 3 2 1 1
LOWNDES 13 4 9 11 4 7 2 0 2
MADISON 12 5 7 9 4 5 3 1 2
MARION 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
MARSHALL 5 2 3 3 1 2 2 1 1
MONROE 6 4 2 2 1 1 4 3 1
MONTGOMERY 3 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0
NESHOBA 5 3 2 4 3 1 1 0 1
NEWTON 6 1 5 5 1 4 1 0 1
NOXUBEE 7 0 7 5 0 5 2 0 2
OKTIBBEHA 6 2 4 6 2 4 0 0 0
PANOLA 9 4 5 4 3 1 5 1 4
PEARL RIVER 4 1 3 2 1 1 2 0 2
PERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIKE 6 2 4 4 1 3 2 1 1
PONTOTOC 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
PRENTISS 4 4 0 3 3 0 1 1 0
QUITMAN 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
RANKIN 11 8 3 7 6 1 4 2 2
SCOTT 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
SHARKEY 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
SIMPSON 4 3 1 1 1 0 3 2 1
SMITH 5 3 2 3 3 0 2 0 2
STONE 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
SUNFLOWER 5 0 5 2 0 2 3 0 3
TALLAHATCHIE 7 0 7 4 0 4 3 0 3
TATE 5 1 4 4 1 3 1 0 1
TIPPAH 4 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 0
TISHOMINGO 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
TUNICA 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
UNION 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
WALTHALL 5 1 4 1 0 1 4 1 3
WARREN 12 3 9 7 1 6 5 2 3
WASHINGTON 14 5 9 10 5 5 4 0 4
WAYNE 5 1 4 2 0 2 3 1 2
WEBSTER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WILKINSON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WINSTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
YALOBUSHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
YAZOO 5 1 4 4 1 3 1 0 1
* INFANT DEATHS ARE THOSE OF CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE; NEONATAL DEATHS
ARE THOSE OF INFANTS UNDER 28 DAYS OF AGE; POSTNEONATAL DEATHS ARE THOSE OF
INFANTS AGES 28 DAYS TO ONE YEAR.
