TABLE C3A. DEATHS BY AGE, RACE, AND SEX, AND MALE/FEMALE RATIOS
BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
TOTAL WHITE NONWHITE
MALES PER MALES PER MALES PER
AGE MALE FEMALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE FEMALE
TOTAL 13,980 13,400 1.04 9,115 8,919 1.02 4,865 4,481 1.08
UNDER 1 249 191 1.30 75 81 0.92 174 110 1.58
1-4 44 44 1.00 20 12 1.67 24 32 0.75
5-9 24 22 1.09 11 8 1.38 13 14 0.93
10-14 49 25 1.96 25 13 1.92 24 12 2.00
15-24 423 150 2.82 193 69 2.80 230 81 2.84
25-34 440 234 1.88 205 102 2.01 235 132 1.78
35-44 802 447 1.79 395 208 1.90 407 239 1.70
45-54 1,245 719 1.73 680 366 1.86 565 353 1.60
55-64 1,903 1,276 1.49 1,231 757 1.63 672 519 1.29
65-74 3,131 2,359 1.33 2,270 1,560 1.46 861 799 1.08
75-84 3,543 3,724 0.95 2,581 2,667 0.97 962 1,057 0.91
85 AND OVER 2,121 4,209 0.50 1,426 3,076 0.46 695 1,133 0.61
UNKNOWN 6 0 3 0 3 0
MEDIAN AGE 70.8 78.3 72.6 79.8 66.0 74.4
TABLE C3B. DEATH RATES*, BY AGE, RACE, AND SEX
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
TOTAL WHITE NONWHITE
AGE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE
TOTAL 10.8 9.6 11.0 10.3 10.4 8.4
UNDER 1 11.2 8.8 6.7 7.5 15.7 10.2
1-4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.8
5-9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3
10-14 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.2
15-24 1.8 0.7 1.4 0.6 2.2 0.8
25-34 2.4 1.2 1.7 0.8 3.6 1.6
35-44 4.3 2.2 3.1 1.6 6.8 3.2
45-54 8.9 4.7 6.6 3.4 15.7 7.8
55-64 19.4 11.1 16.2 9.1 30.4 16.3
65-74 40.3 22.3 37.8 20.1 48.7 28.1
75 AND OVER 117.6 86.6 117.0 86.5 119.0 86.9
* DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
