TABLE C11. INFANT DEATHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND MORTALITY RATES
BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
NUMBER PERCENT RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
AGE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL UNDER 1 YEAR 440 156 284 100.0 100.0 100.0 10.6 7.1 14.6
NEONATAL (UNDER 28 DAYS) 269 96 173 61.1 61.5 60.9 6.5 4.4 8.9
HEBDOMADAL (UNDER 7 DAYS) 198 65 133 45.0 41.7 46.8 4.8 3.0 6.8
UNDER 1 DAY 139 44 95 31.6 28.2 33.4 3.3 2.0 4.9
1-6 DAYS 59 21 38 13.4 13.5 13.4 1.4 1.0 1.9
7-27 DAYS 71 31 40 16.1 19.9 14.1 1.7 1.4 2.0
POSTNEONATAL (28 DAYS TO
1 YEAR) 171 60 111 38.9 38.5 39.1 4.1 2.7 5.7
* DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
TABLE C12. DEATHS AND MORTALITY RATES FOR TEN LEADING CAUSES
OF INFANT DEATHS, BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
NUMBER RATE*
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL NON- NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
ALL CAUSES 440 156 284 10.6 7.1 14.6
1. CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759) 92 42 50 2.2 1.9 2.6
2. DISORDERS RELATING TO SHORT
GESTATION AND UNSPECIFIED
LOW BIRTHWEIGHT (765) 56 12 44 1.3 0.5 2.2
3. SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
(798.0) 53 15 38 1.3 0.7 1.9
4. RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
(769) 24 11 13 0.6 0.5 0.7
5. ACCIDENTS (800-949) 15 9 6 0.4 0.4 0.3
6. PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-
487) 14 4 10 0.3 0.2 0.5
7. INFECTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE
PERINATAL PERIOD (771) 11 3 8 0.3 0.1 0.4
8. COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA,
CORD, AND MEMBRANES (762) 9 6 3 0.2 0.3 0.2
9. MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS OF
PREGNANCY (761) 8 5 3 0.2 0.2 0.2
10. NEONATAL HEMORRHAGE (772) 6 3 3 0.1 0.1 0.2
* DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
