TABLE 23
NEONATAL DEATHS* AND MORTALITY RATES, BY YEAR AND RACE,
MISSISSIPPI, 1924-1997,
(OCCURRENCE DATA 1924-1944, RESIDENCE DATA 1945-1997)
NUMBER RATE**
NON- NON-
YEAR TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
1924 1,598 730 868 36.4 32.9 39.8
1925 1,639 701 938 36.0 31.5 40.3
1926 1,731 823 908 34.3 33.4 35.1
1927 1,644 786 858 33.4 32.5 34.3
1928 1,788 804 984 37.2 34.0 40.2
1929 1,662 773 889 36.5 35.0 37.9
1930 1,692 715 977 35.3 30.8 39.4
1931 1,339 590 749 29.7 27.3 31.9
1932 1,361 572 789 29.3 26.1 32.1
1933 1,540 636 904 34.8 31.2 38.0
1934 1,505 644 861 31.4 28.8 33.7
1935 1,446 642 804 29.9 29.2 30.5
1936 1,494 676 818 30.3 30.4 30.2
1937 1,678 755 923 32.2 32.4 32.0
1938 1,688 747 941 31.4 31.1 31.7
1939 1,637 735 902 31.3 31.3 31.3
1940 1,613 680 933 30.7 29.4 31.7
1941 1,663 734 929 30.5 30.4 30.6
1942 1,544 638 906 27.3 25.2 29.0
1943 1,652 791 861 27.8 28.6 27.1
1944 1,436 661 775 25.2 25.4 25.1
1945 1,351 624 727 25.2 26.6 24.1
1946 1,561 794 767 25.4 26.7 24.2
1947 1,595 750 845 24.1 23.1 24.9
1948 1,674 773 901 25.6 26.0 25.3
1949 1,594 661 933 24.1 23.0 25.0
1950 1,446 560 886 22.4 20.6 23.8
1951 1,679 626 1,053 25.6 22.5 27.9
1952 1,658 581 1,077 25.7 20.7 29.6
1953 1,630 635 995 25.4 22.4 27.8
1954 1,521 601 920 23.5 20.9 25.6
1955 1,440 527 913 22.8 19.1 25.6
1956 1,451 581 870 23.3 21.3 24.9
1957 1,425 540 885 23.5 20.1 26.1
1958 1,475 540 935 24.9 20.1 28.9
1959 1,450 515 935 23.9 18.4 28.7
1960 1,497 550 947 25.3 20.2 29.6
1961 1,401 509 892 23.5 18.6 27.8
1962 1,456 550 906 24.7 20.0 28.8
1963 1,449 470 979 25.3 17.5 32.1
1964 1,372 460 912 24.2 17.7 29.7
1965 1,283 470 813 25.1 20.1 29.2
1966 1,123 386 737 23.3 17.0 28.9
1967 1,053 388 665 22.6 17.1 27.8
1968 1,116 424 692 24.4 18.6 30.2
1969 1,066 441 625 22.6 18.4 27.1
TABLE 23 - PAGE 2
NEONATAL DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1924-1997
NUMBER RATE**
NON- NON-
YEAR TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
1970 976 391 585 20.3 15.7 25.2
1971 940 382 558 19.3 15.2 23.8
1972 837 362 475 18.2 15.2 21.4
1973 793 301 492 17.8 13.0 22.9
1974 710 276 434 16.1 12.0 20.6
1975 677 257 420 15.6 11.4 20.2
1976 626 243 383 14.6 10.7 18.8
1977 588 222 366 12.9 9.5 16.5
1978 559 191 368 12.6 8.4 16.9
1979 514 191 323 11.2 8.1 14.4
1980 523 189 334 10.9 7.6 14.4
1981 486 166 320 10.5 7.0 14.2
1982 467 166 301 10.2 6.9 13.7
1983 410 160 250 9.3 7.1 11.7
1984 395 158 237 9.0 7.0 11.2
1985 368 127 241 8.5 5.5 11.8
1986 323 133 190 7.7 6.0 9.6
1987 363 128 235 8.8 5.9 11.9
1988 318 118 200 7.6 5.4 9.8
1989 309 132 177 7.2 6.0 8.4
1990 332 111 221 7.6 5.0 10.4
1991 303 95 208 7.0 4.3 9.8
1992 320 97 223 7.5 4.5 10.6
1993 298 111 187 7.1 5.2 9.0
1994 273 93 180 6.5 4.3 8.8
1995 254 88 166 6.1 4.1 8.4
1996 294 103 191 7.2 4.8 9.8
1997 269 96 173 6.5 4.4 8.9
* DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER 28 DAYS OF AGE, BUT FIGURES FOR
1924-1948 INCLUDE DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER ONE MONTH OF
AGE.
** DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
