DEATHS
TABLE C1. DEATHS AND AVERAGE PER DAY, BY MONTH
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
AVERAGE AVERAGE
MONTH DEATHS PER DAY MONTH DEATHS PER DAY
TOTAL 27,380 75
JANUARY 2,648 85 JULY 2,123 68
FEBRUARY 2,213 79 AUGUST 2,119 68
MARCH 2,330 75 SEPTEMBER 2,102 70
APRIL 2,271 76 OCTOBER 2,259 73
MAY 2,326 75 NOVEMBER 2,252 75
JUNE 2,119 71 DECEMBER 2,618 84
TABLE C2. DEATHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND RATES, BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
NUMBER PERCENT RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
AGE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 27,380 18,034 9,346 100.0 100.0 100.0 10.2 10.6 9.3
UNDER 1 440 156 284 1.6 0.9 3.0 10.0 7.1 13.0
1-4 88 32 56 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.7
5-9 46 19 27 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3
10-14 74 38 36 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4
15-24 573 262 311 2.1 1.4 3.3 1.2 1.0 1.5
25-34 674 307 367 2.5 1.7 3.9 1.8 1.3 2.5
35-44 1,249 603 646 4.6 3.3 6.9 3.2 2.4 4.8
45-54 1,964 1,046 918 7.2 5.8 9.8 6.7 5.0 11.3
55-64 3,179 1,988 1,191 11.6 11.0 12.7 14.9 12.5 22.1
65-74 5,490 3,830 1,660 20.0 21.2 17.8 29.9 27.8 36.0
75 AND OVER 13,597 9,750 3,847 49.7 54.1 41.2 97.3 96.9 98.4
UNKNOWN 6 3 3 ** ** **
* DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
