TABLE 9
DEATHS, BY PLACE OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE,
ALSO DEATHS AND RATES, BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND RACE,
(PLACE INCLUDES COUNTIES, OUT OF STATE, TOWNS OF 10,000 OR MORE),
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 26,741 17,555 9,186 27,380 18,034 9,346 10.2 10.6 9.3
ADAMS 555 246 309 433 198 235 12.0 11.0 13.0
ALCORN 388 343 45 411 362 49 12.9 12.9 12.9
AMITE 53 36 17 132 79 53 9.5 10.6 8.3
ATTALA 205 142 63 260 178 82 14.3 16.8 10.8
BENTON 30 24 6 80 60 20 10.2 13.1 6.1
BOLIVAR 385 140 245 458 172 286 11.0 12.4 10.4
CALHOUN 98 80 18 186 151 35 12.7 14.5 8.3
CARROLL 32 22 10 82 50 32 8.3 8.5 8.1
CHICKASAW 123 91 32 193 135 58 10.9 12.9 8.0
CHOCTAW 60 44 16 98 70 28 11.0 11.4 9.9
CLAIBORNE 80 18 62 118 29 89 10.4 15.6 9.4
CLARKE 117 82 35 190 128 62 11.0 11.6 10.0
CLAY 205 107 98 238 118 120 11.0 12.2 10.0
COAHOMA 375 122 253 372 130 242 11.4 11.9 11.1
COPIAH 186 98 88 308 161 147 11.0 12.1 10.0
COVINGTON 146 93 53 220 136 84 13.7 13.5 14.2
DESOTO 455 373 82 617 530 87 7.0 7.1 6.4
FORREST 1,138 810 328 743 548 195 10.2 11.2 8.3
FRANKLIN 68 48 20 112 75 37 14.1 15.5 11.9
GEORGE 142 129 13 176 156 20 9.8 9.8 10.4
GREENE 48 39 9 116 90 26 10.4 10.3 10.5
GRENADA 258 175 83 297 188 109 13.5 15.0 11.5
HANCOCK 290 268 22 390 369 21 10.8 11.5 5.1
HARRISON 1,913 1,574 339 1,706 1,388 318 10.0 10.6 8.0
HINDS 4,085 2,298 1,787 2,410 1,256 1,154 9.5 10.8 8.4
HOLMES 156 35 121 232 61 171 11.2 13.1 10.6
HUMPHREYS 93 26 67 131 45 86 11.4 13.0 10.8
ISSAQUENA 8 1 7 21 9 12 11.6 11.7 11.6
ITAWAMBA 100 94 6 239 228 11 12.1 12.4 8.0
JACKSON 958 774 184 1,003 823 180 7.5 8.0 6.0
JASPER 75 48 27 177 99 78 10.3 12.1 8.6
JEFFERSON 44 10 34 99 18 81 11.9 17.2 11.2
JEFF DAVIS 102 49 53 180 94 86 13.3 16.6 10.9
JONES 611 456 155 710 561 149 11.4 12.2 9.0
KEMPER 46 21 25 103 47 56 9.8 11.0 8.9
LAFAYETTE 507 369 138 289 213 76 8.4 8.5 8.0
LAMAR 393 341 52 251 222 29 8.0 8.1 7.1
LAUDERDALE 1,183 791 392 776 522 254 10.1 10.8 9.0
LAWRENCE 80 56 24 120 82 38 9.9 10.3 9.0
LEAKE 203 137 66 268 172 96 14.4 15.8 12.5
LEE 1,422 1,098 324 705 537 168 9.6 9.4 10.1
LEFLORE 507 207 300 437 186 251 11.8 13.8 10.7
TABLE 9 - PAGE 2
DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1997
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 287 213 74 332 243 89 10.4 11.0 9.0
LOWNDES 587 356 231 609 363 246 9.9 9.6 10.3
MADISON 247 133 114 479 276 203 7.0 6.9 7.2
MARION 248 175 73 313 217 96 12.6 12.7 12.1
MARSHALL 182 95 87 322 169 153 9.9 10.7 9.2
MONROE 277 211 66 360 262 98 9.8 10.5 8.5
MONTGOMERY 172 101 71 203 121 82 17.1 19.2 14.7
NESHOBA 189 131 58 291 219 72 10.8 12.0 8.2
NEWTON 185 123 62 244 162 82 11.3 11.2 11.4
NOXUBEE 93 42 51 130 48 82 10.7 14.8 9.2
OKTIBBEHA 274 161 113 289 165 124 7.4 6.9 8.3
PANOLA 228 139 89 349 221 128 10.3 12.6 7.9
PEARL RIVER 305 263 42 435 376 59 10.4 10.7 8.8
PERRY 53 38 15 100 74 26 8.8 8.6 9.6
PIKE 468 279 189 510 299 211 13.7 15.3 11.9
PONTOTOC 126 114 12 236 212 24 9.4 10.1 5.9
PRENTISS 156 147 9 242 218 24 10.3 10.6 8.1
QUITMAN 82 45 37 108 56 52 11.4 17.2 8.4
RANKIN 597 460 137 748 605 143 7.2 7.2 7.6
SCOTT 191 121 70 249 158 91 10.2 10.8 9.4
SHARKEY 58 17 41 75 24 51 10.9 12.2 10.4
SIMPSON 242 183 59 284 212 72 11.9 13.4 8.9
SMITH 54 48 6 154 127 27 10.4 11.2 7.9
STONE 116 88 28 155 119 36 12.6 12.6 12.7
SUNFLOWER 278 106 172 362 135 227 10.2 11.8 9.5
TALLAHATCHIE 71 37 34 154 73 81 10.9 14.5 9.0
TATE 135 90 45 215 158 57 9.6 11.0 7.1
TIPPAH 190 163 27 257 222 35 13.1 13.7 10.2
TISHOMINGO 165 157 8 238 224 14 13.5 13.2 19.9
TUNICA 50 21 29 99 38 61 10.9 16.0 9.1
UNION 189 167 22 207 182 25 8.8 9.2 6.8
WALTHALL 109 67 42 169 105 64 12.0 13.4 10.2
WARREN 548 309 239 512 297 215 10.4 10.2 10.8
WASHINGTON 740 270 470 723 270 453 10.3 9.5 10.8
WAYNE 219 141 78 204 136 68 10.5 11.2 9.4
WEBSTER 130 110 20 144 120 24 13.8 15.0 9.8
WILKINSON 117 51 66 117 47 70 12.9 19.0 10.7
WINSTON 147 105 42 212 152 60 10.8 14.0 6.9
YALOBUSHA 63 47 16 137 91 46 11.4 12.5 9.6
YAZOO 250 116 134 326 162 164 13.0 14.4 11.8
OUT OF STATE 1,619 1,186 433 980 707 273
* DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION.
TABLE 9 - PAGE 3
DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1997
NUMBER
NON-
TOWN** TOTAL WHITE WHITE
BILOXI 452 376 76
BRANDON 182 161 21
BROOKHAVEN 189 136 53
CANTON 135 47 88
CLARKSDALE 272 102 170
CLEVELAND 178 97 81
CLINTON 157 122 35
COLUMBUS 359 194 165
CORINTH 202 163 39
GAUTIER 70 63 7
GREENVILLE 518 195 323
GREENWOOD 268 102 166
GRENADA 218 138 80
GULFPORT 711 520 191
HATTIESBURG 503 323 180
INDIANOLA 134 53 81
JACKSON 1,974 1,004 970
LAUREL 279 176 103
LONG BEACH 109 102 7
MCCOMB 258 146 112
MERIDIAN 524 327 197
MOSS POINT 197 101 96
NATCHEZ 319 145 174
OCEAN SPRINGS 155 144 11
PASCAGOULA 286 231 55
PEARL 152 131 21
PICAYUNE 153 108 45
RIDGELAND 63 59 4
SOUTHAVEN 179 174 5
STARKVILLE 156 91 65
TUPELO 346 263 83
VICKSBURG 418 231 187
YAZOO CITY 187 74 113
** TOWNS OF 10,000 POPULATION OR MORE.
