TABLE 13
INFANT DEATHS* FROM SELECTED CAUSES, BY RACE AND AGE,
ALSO MORTALITY RATES FOR SELECTED CAUSES,
MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS, 1997
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CAUSE OF DEATH AND TOTAL UNDER 28 DAYS OF AGE DAYS
INTERNATIONAL CLASSI- TOTAL BY UNDER 1- 7- 14- 21- AND
FICATION NUMBER** NUMBER RATE# RACE TOTAL 1 DAY 6 13 20 27 OVER
ALL CAUSES 440 10.6 W 156 96 44 21 16 11 4 60
NW 284 173 95 38 19 6 15 111
MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION 0 - W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(036) NW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SEPTICEMIA (038) 4 0.1 W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
OTHER INFECTIOUS AND
PARASITIC DISEASES 10 0.2 W 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
(001-035, 037, 039-139) NW 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
MENINGITIS (320-322) 1 ## W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ACUTE UPPER RESPIRATORY 1 ## W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
INFECTIONS (460-465) NW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BRONCHITIS AND BRONCHIO- 2 ## W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
LITIS (466, 490, 491) NW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 14 0.3 W 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 2
(480-487) NW 10 3 0 0 1 0 2 7
HERNIA AND INTESTINAL 1 ## W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OBSTRUCTION (550-553, 560) NW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 92 2.2 W 42 29 11 8 7 2 1 13
(740-759) NW 50 36 19 10 3 1 3 14
MATERNAL CONDITIONS UN- 3 0.1 W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RELATED TO PREGNANCY (760) NW 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS OF 8 0.2 W 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
PREGNANCY (761) NW 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA, 9 0.2 W 6 6 4 1 0 0 1 0
CORD, AND MEMBRANES (762) NW 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
OTHER COMPLICATIONS OF 1 ## W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LABOR AND DELIVERY (763) NW 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
DISORDERS RELATING TO
SHORT GESTATION AND UN-
SPECIFIED LOW BIRTH- 56 1.3 W 12 12 11 1 0 0 0 0
WEIGHT (765) NW 44 43 41 2 0 0 0 1
TABLE 13 - PAGE 2
INFANT DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1997
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CAUSE OF DEATH AND TOTAL UNDER 28 DAYS OF AGE DAYS
INTERNATIONAL CLASSI- TOTAL BY UNDER 1- 7- 14- 21- AND
FICATION NUMBER** NUMBER RATE# RACE TOTAL 1 DAY 6 13 20 27 OVER
BIRTH TRAUMA (767) 4 0.1 W 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
NW 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 0
INTRAUTERINE HYPOXIA 4 0.1 W 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
AND BIRTH ASPHYXIA (768) NW 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS 24 0.6 W 11 8 3 4 0 1 0 3
SYNDROME (769) NW 13 11 5 4 2 0 0 2
INFECTIONS SPECIFIC TO
THE PERINATAL PERIOD 11 0.3 W 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 0
(771) NW 8 8 0 3 4 0 1 0
NEONATAL HEMORRHAGE 6 0.1 W 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
(772) NW 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0
HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE OF 0 - W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEWBORN (776.0) NW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH 53 1.3 W 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
SYNDROME (798.0) NW 38 1 0 0 0 0 1 37
ALL OTHER SYMPTOMS,
SIGNS, AND ILL-DEFINED
CONDITIONS (780-797, 13 0.3 W 4 3 0 2 0 1 0 1
798.1-799) NW 9 2 1 0 1 0 0 7
ACCIDENTS (800-949) 15 0.4 W 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 8
NW 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
ALL OTHER CAUSES 108 2.6 W 34 21 9 2 4 6 0 13
NW 74 49 21 10 8 3 7 25
* DEATHS OF CHILDREN UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE.
** CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION
OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND CAUSES OF DEATH.
# DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
## LESS THAN 0.06.
