TABLE 24
POSTNEONATAL DEATHS* AND MORTALITY RATES, BY YEAR AND RACE,
MISSISSIPPI, 1924-1998,
(OCCURRENCE DATA 1924-1944, RESIDENCE DATA 1945-1998)
NUMBER RATE**
NON- NON-
YEAR TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
1924 1,539 458 1,081 35.0 20.6 49.6
1925 1,537 478 1,059 33.7 21.5 45.4
1926 1,847 624 1,223 36.6 25.4 47.3
1927 1,647 517 1,130 33.5 21.4 45.1
1928 1,779 612 1,167 37.0 25.9 47.7
1929 1,613 495 1,118 35.4 22.4 47.6
1930 1,584 467 1,117 33.0 20.1 45.0
1931 1,208 371 837 26.8 17.1 35.6
1932 1,121 393 728 24.1 18.0 29.6
1933 1,260 399 861 28.5 19.6 36.2
1934 1,565 555 1,010 32.7 24.8 39.5
1935 1,141 402 739 23.6 18.3 28.1
1936 1,389 429 960 28.2 19.3 35.5
1937 1,420 419 1,001 27.2 18.0 34.6
1938 1,363 458 905 25.4 19.0 30.5
1939 1,271 400 871 24.3 17.0 30.3
1940 1,251 390 861 23.8 16.9 29.2
1941 1,306 379 927 23.9 15.7 30.5
1942 1,110 319 791 19.6 12.6 25.3
1943 1,122 346 776 18.9 12.5 24.4
1944 1,045 304 741 18.4 11.7 24.0
1945 841 222 619 15.7 9.5 20.6
1946 737 211 526 12.0 7.1 16.6
1947 833 259 574 12.6 8.0 16.9
1948 796 215 581 12.2 7.2 16.3
1949 1,018 239 779 15.4 8.3 20.9
1950 902 203 699 14.0 7.5 18.8
1951 910 188 722 13.9 6.8 19.1
1952 934 179 755 14.5 6.4 20.7
1953 904 172 732 14.1 6.1 20.5
1954 839 143 696 13.0 5.0 19.4
1955 898 153 745 14.2 5.6 20.9
1956 902 153 749 14.5 5.6 21.5
1957 832 154 678 13.7 5.7 20.0
1958 949 166 783 16.0 6.2 24.2
1959 905 162 743 14.9 5.8 22.8
1960 960 164 796 16.2 6.0 24.9
1961 849 136 713 14.3 5.0 22.2
1962 897 155 742 15.2 5.6 23.6
1963 923 140 783 16.1 5.2 25.7
1964 858 139 719 15.1 5.4 23.4
1965 843 123 720 16.5 5.3 25.9
1966 733 134 599 15.2 5.9 23.5
1967 592 124 468 12.7 5.5 19.6
1968 497 93 404 10.9 4.1 17.6
1969 447 89 358 9.5 3.7 15.5
TABLE 24 - PAGE 2
POSTNEONATAL DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1924-1998
NUMBER RATE**
NON- NON-
YEAR TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
1970 427 89 338 8.9 3.6 14.5
1971 371 78 293 7.6 3.1 12.5
1972 350 97 253 7.6 4.1 11.4
1973 361 91 270 8.1 3.9 12.5
1974 314 80 234 7.1 3.5 11.1
1975 298 99 199 6.9 4.4 9.6
1976 301 88 213 7.0 3.9 10.4
1977 246 63 183 5.4 2.7 8.2
1978 287 75 212 6.5 3.3 9.8
1979 295 89 206 6.4 3.8 9.2
1980 289 83 206 6.0 3.4 8.9
1981 225 82 143 4.9 3.4 6.4
1982 239 83 156 5.2 3.4 7.1
1983 254 80 174 5.8 3.5 8.2
1984 234 66 168 5.4 2.9 8.0
1985 228 86 142 5.2 3.7 6.9
1986 194 64 130 4.6 2.9 6.6
1987 202 84 118 4.9 3.9 6.0
1988 198 71 127 4.7 3.3 6.2
1989 189 58 131 4.4 2.6 6.2
1990 196 78 118 4.5 3.5 5.5
1991 190 68 122 4.4 3.1 5.7
1992 188 73 115 4.4 3.4 5.5
1993 184 67 117 4.4 3.2 5.6
1994 186 65 121 4.4 3.0 5.9
1995 181 61 120 4.4 2.8 6.1
1996 157 66 91 3.8 3.1 4.6
1997 171 60 111 4.1 2.7 5.7
1998 171 70 101 4.0 3.0 5.0
* DEATHS OF INFANTS 28 DAYS OF AGE OR OLDER, BUT FIGURES FOR
1924-1948 ONLY INCLUDE DEATHS OF INFANTS ONE MONTH OF AGE OR OLDER
** DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
