TABLE 12B
INFANT, NEONATAL, AND POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY RATES*,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE,
MISSISSIPPI, 1993-1997 (5-YEAR AVERAGE)
INFANT** NEONATAL** POSTNEONATAL**
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 10.9 7.5 14.6 6.7 4.6 9.0 4.2 3.0 5.6
ADAMS 13.1 8.8 15.3 9.6 5.5 11.8 3.4 3.3 3.5
ALCORN 10.1 9.3 13.6 7.2 7.0 8.2 2.9 2.3 5.4
AMITE 2.5 - 5.0 1.2 - 2.5 1.2 - 2.5
ATTALA 11.4 10.2 12.5 5.7 5.1 6.3 5.7 5.1 6.3
BENTON 15.7 15.5 16.1 10.5 12.4 8.0 5.2 3.1 8.0
BOLIVAR 12.5 5.2 14.6 6.0 1.3 7.3 6.6 3.9 7.3
CALHOUN 15.5 13.0 19.1 9.7 11.4 7.2 5.8 1.6 12.0
CARROLL 6.1 4.1 8.0 4.1 4.1 4.0 2.0 - 4.0
CHICKASAW 9.6 6.3 12.9 8.9 6.3 11.6 0.6 - 1.3
CHOCTAW 8.8 5.9 13.0 5.3 5.9 4.3 3.5 - 8.7
CLAIBORNE 11.3 - 12.4 4.5 - 5.0 6.8 - 7.4
CLARKE 8.5 8.0 9.0 5.1 4.8 5.4 3.4 3.2 3.6
CLAY 11.6 7.0 13.8 7.5 3.5 9.5 4.0 3.5 4.3
COAHOMA 17.8 5.1 20.8 12.0 5.1 13.6 5.8 - 7.2
COPIAH 10.8 9.0 11.9 7.8 6.4 8.7 2.9 2.6 3.2
COVINGTON 11.4 6.5 16.5 8.7 2.6 15.1 2.7 3.9 1.4
DESOTO 9.2 7.1 21.2 5.8 4.2 15.1 3.4 2.9 6.0
FORREST 10.4 6.4 15.3 6.6 4.4 9.3 3.8 2.0 6.0
FRANKLIN 13.1 4.0 21.2 5.6 4.0 7.1 7.5 - 14.1
GEORGE 5.6 5.6 6.2 4.4 4.2 6.2 1.2 1.4 -
GREENE 4.1 3.6 5.8 2.8 1.8 5.8 1.4 1.8 -
GRENADA 9.9 3.9 15.3 5.6 1.3 9.4 4.3 2.6 5.9
HANCOCK 9.0 6.7 26.9 4.3 3.8 7.7 4.7 2.9 19.2
HARRISON 8.0 6.6 11.4 4.7 3.8 7.0 3.3 2.8 4.4
HINDS 11.4 6.3 13.4 7.2 3.6 8.7 4.1 2.7 4.7
HOLMES 12.1 - 13.8 8.6 - 9.8 3.5 - 4.0
HUMPHREYS 10.4 5.0 11.8 7.3 - 9.2 3.1 5.0 2.6
ISSAQUENA 17.7 32.2 12.2 - - - 17.7 32.2 12.2
ITAWAMBA 7.3 6.6 13.6 2.9 3.3 - 4.4 3.3 13.6
JACKSON 11.0 9.2 15.1 7.4 5.6 11.4 3.6 3.5 3.7
JASPER 6.6 6.2 6.8 3.6 2.0 4.5 2.9 4.1 2.3
JEFFERSON 20.1 - 21.2 14.8 - 15.6 5.4 - 5.7
JEFF DAVIS 11.2 6.6 13.1 7.5 - 10.5 3.7 6.6 2.6
JONES 10.4 7.7 14.8 5.9 3.7 9.5 4.5 4.0 5.3
KEMPER 7.4 5.1 8.3 5.9 - 8.3 1.5 5.1 -
LAFAYETTE 11.0 6.8 16.9 6.0 4.3 8.5 5.0 2.6 8.5
LAMAR 8.5 6.3 19.5 6.1 3.9 17.1 2.4 2.4 2.4
LAUDERDALE 11.4 6.8 16.0 6.7 3.7 9.7 4.6 3.1 6.3
LAWRENCE 9.8 12.1 7.2 8.8 12.1 4.8 1.1 - 2.4
LEAKE 10.9 4.0 17.1 3.8 2.7 4.9 7.0 1.3 12.2
LEE 14.9 10.2 24.3 10.0 6.6 16.7 4.9 3.6 7.6
LEFLORE 13.1 5.3 15.4 8.5 2.6 10.1 4.7 2.6 5.2
TABLE 12B - PAGE 2
INFANT, NEONATAL, AND POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY RATES - MISSISSIPPI - 1993-1997 AVERAGE
INFANT** NEONATAL** POSTNEONATAL**
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 8.0 7.1 9.4 6.2 5.7 7.0 1.8 1.4 2.3
LOWNDES 16.0 11.1 20.7 10.9 8.3 13.4 5.1 2.8 7.3
MADISON 7.4 4.0 11.0 3.8 2.0 5.7 3.6 2.0 5.3
MARION 6.7 6.3 7.2 5.1 4.5 6.0 1.5 1.8 1.2
MARSHALL 11.9 7.3 15.0 7.8 4.5 10.0 4.1 2.7 5.0
MONROE 11.6 10.4 13.5 6.0 4.3 8.7 5.6 6.1 4.8
MONTGOMERY 6.7 5.5 7.6 5.6 5.5 5.7 1.1 - 1.9
NESHOBA 13.3 9.9 17.2 9.5 9.0 10.1 3.8 0.9 7.1
NEWTON 18.6 11.5 27.1 13.7 11.5 16.2 5.0 - 10.8
NOXUBEE 20.9 8.2 24.6 12.8 8.2 14.0 8.2 - 10.5
OKTIBBEHA 7.3 4.2 10.0 6.1 3.3 8.5 1.2 0.8 1.4
PANOLA 19.2 12.0 23.5 10.7 5.0 14.1 8.5 7.0 9.4
PEARL RIVER 8.4 7.4 12.8 4.0 4.1 3.7 4.4 3.3 9.2
PERRY 5.4 4.8 6.8 3.3 4.8 - 2.2 - 6.8
PIKE 7.2 4.4 9.1 3.8 1.8 5.1 3.4 2.6 4.0
PONTOTOC 9.7 5.5 29.6 5.7 3.4 16.4 4.0 2.1 13.2
PRENTISS 10.7 11.2 8.0 5.0 6.0 - 5.6 5.2 8.0
QUITMAN 10.6 5.2 12.1 5.3 - 6.7 5.3 5.2 5.4
RANKIN 8.2 6.9 13.0 4.8 4.6 5.5 3.4 2.3 7.5
SCOTT 13.2 13.3 13.0 6.4 8.0 4.6 6.8 5.3 8.4
SHARKEY 6.3 8.5 5.8 1.6 - 1.9 4.7 8.5 3.8
SIMPSON 12.3 8.7 16.7 7.5 5.8 9.5 4.8 2.9 7.1
SMITH 10.8 10.3 11.7 5.9 7.4 2.9 4.9 3.0 8.8
STONE 12.7 13.0 11.8 7.4 7.2 7.9 5.3 5.8 3.9
SUNFLOWER 9.6 1.8 11.6 4.8 1.8 5.6 4.8 - 6.0
TALLAHATCHIE 17.5 3.2 22.4 9.2 - 12.3 8.3 3.2 10.1
TATE 10.9 8.3 14.5 6.0 4.1 8.7 4.8 4.1 5.8
TIPPAH 12.3 8.9 23.9 6.8 3.6 17.9 5.5 5.3 6.0
TISHOMINGO 10.0 9.4 26.3 6.4 5.7 26.3 3.6 3.8 -
TUNICA 17.0 - 20.1 7.8 - 9.2 9.2 - 10.8
UNION 12.4 12.1 13.7 7.1 6.8 8.2 5.3 5.3 5.5
WALTHALL 9.8 4.6 13.0 3.5 2.3 4.3 6.2 2.3 8.7
WARREN 11.8 7.8 15.4 6.4 3.1 9.3 5.4 4.7 6.0
WASHINGTON 12.2 7.9 13.6 7.4 5.9 7.9 4.8 2.0 5.8
WAYNE 14.7 13.2 16.1 7.6 4.8 10.3 7.0 8.4 5.7
WEBSTER 4.4 2.2 9.2 2.9 2.2 4.6 1.5 - 4.6
WILKINSON 12.7 13.6 12.4 11.1 6.8 12.4 1.6 6.8 -
WINSTON 9.7 3.5 15.3 5.7 1.7 9.2 4.1 1.7 6.1
YALOBUSHA 4.7 2.5 6.8 2.4 - 4.5 2.4 2.5 2.3
YAZOO 11.2 11.2 11.3 5.2 4.2 5.6 6.0 7.0 5.6
* DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
** INFANT - AGE LESS THAN ONE YEAR; NEONATAL - AGE LESS THAN 28 DAYS; POSTNEONATAL -
AGE 28 DAYS TO ONE YEAR.
