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, 1998
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 27,082 17,847 9,235 27,737 18,343 9,394 10.1 10.7 9.1
ADAMS 542 253 289 446 214 232 13.0 12.8 13.2
ALCORN 366 324 42 385 335 50 11.8 11.7 12.2
AMITE 44 25 19 123 63 60 8.9 8.8 9.2
ATTALA 252 182 70 306 210 96 16.6 19.7 12.4
BENTON 46 34 12 118 94 24 14.5 19.7 7.1
BOLIVAR 359 126 233 411 146 265 10.2 10.4 10.1
CALHOUN 116 91 25 186 154 32 12.5 14.6 7.5
CARROLL 40 22 18 102 58 44 10.2 10.0 10.4
CHICKASAW 120 89 31 182 122 60 10.1 11.5 8.1
CHOCTAW 50 31 19 85 52 33 9.0 8.2 10.9
CLAIBORNE 67 16 51 109 27 82 9.3 13.6 8.5
CLARKE 119 65 54 161 88 73 8.8 7.6 10.9
CLAY 188 108 80 242 128 114 11.2 13.4 9.4
COAHOMA 351 122 229 355 129 226 11.4 12.5 10.9
COPIAH 187 100 87 287 155 132 9.9 11.3 8.6
COVINGTON 168 122 46 230 160 70 12.9 14.4 10.5
DESOTO 531 432 99 674 577 97 7.0 7.0 6.8
FORREST 1,036 730 306 707 516 191 9.5 10.5 7.5
FRANKLIN 90 64 26 126 86 40 15.1 16.9 12.4
GEORGE 126 114 12 171 159 12 8.7 9.1 5.7
GREENE 41 33 8 89 66 23 7.6 7.4 7.9
GRENADA 256 154 102 278 175 103 12.4 14.0 10.4
HANCOCK 303 276 27 409 386 23 10.1 10.7 5.3
HARRISON 1,969 1,607 362 1,753 1,420 333 9.8 10.6 7.5
HINDS 4,135 2,211 1,924 2,467 1,210 1,257 10.0 10.6 9.4
HOLMES 185 59 126 272 84 188 12.6 17.1 11.3
HUMPHREYS 55 21 34 103 38 65 9.1 11.1 8.2
ISSAQUENA 10 5 5 11 6 5 6.8 9.0 5.2
ITAWAMBA 128 117 11 264 252 12 12.5 13.0 7.2
JACKSON 1,029 848 181 1,112 916 196 8.5 9.2 6.3
JASPER 86 66 20 193 122 71 10.9 14.8 7.6
JEFFERSON 56 6 50 100 19 81 11.9 17.2 11.1
JEFF DAVIS 101 56 45 142 73 69 10.2 12.3 8.7
JONES 579 424 155 625 476 149 9.8 10.3 8.6
KEMPER 42 24 18 101 54 47 9.6 12.6 7.4
LAFAYETTE 569 437 132 319 252 67 9.2 10.4 6.4
LAMAR 336 280 56 274 239 35 7.4 7.5 6.9
LAUDERDALE 1,307 856 451 890 594 296 11.7 12.5 10.3
LAWRENCE 89 61 28 151 100 51 11.6 11.9 11.0
LEAKE 197 133 64 252 167 85 13.0 14.9 10.4
LEE 1,379 1,095 284 671 541 130 9.0 9.5 7.4
LEFLORE 465 187 278 385 162 223 10.4 12.0 9.5
TABLE 9 - PAGE 2
DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1998
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 352 249 103 401 281 120 12.6 13.1 11.6
LOWNDES 539 327 212 526 321 205 8.6 8.8 8.3
MADISON 272 144 128 518 292 226 7.1 7.6 6.6
MARION 245 176 69 316 232 84 12.0 13.1 9.7
MARSHALL 187 96 91 305 164 141 9.4 10.8 8.2
MONROE 293 224 69 404 297 107 10.6 11.5 8.6
MONTGOMERY 126 85 41 155 101 54 12.5 15.1 9.4
NESHOBA 197 145 52 331 241 90 12.0 13.2 9.6
NEWTON 198 136 62 243 164 79 11.3 11.7 10.5
NOXUBEE 79 21 58 121 31 90 9.8 8.4 10.4
OKTIBBEHA 261 148 113 283 162 121 7.2 6.9 7.6
PANOLA 250 152 98 382 230 152 11.4 14.0 8.9
PEARL RIVER 354 303 51 461 393 68 9.8 10.0 8.9
PERRY 49 38 11 89 60 29 7.5 6.8 9.7
PIKE 437 270 167 436 256 180 11.5 13.0 9.8
PONTOTOC 159 142 17 244 220 24 9.6 10.4 5.7
PRENTISS 147 141 6 202 191 11 8.3 9.1 3.4
QUITMAN 94 43 51 132 62 70 13.3 16.3 11.5
RANKIN 610 488 122 756 618 138 6.9 7.0 6.5
SCOTT 218 147 71 321 214 107 12.8 14.4 10.6
SHARKEY 50 17 33 82 23 59 12.3 11.1 12.9
SIMPSON 261 180 81 318 219 99 12.6 13.2 11.2
SMITH 74 58 16 163 127 36 10.6 10.9 9.8
STONE 114 94 20 131 103 28 10.0 10.3 8.8
SUNFLOWER 258 103 155 341 139 202 9.9 12.3 8.7
TALLAHATCHIE 91 56 35 152 78 74 10.2 13.4 8.1
TATE 135 82 53 216 140 76 9.0 9.3 8.6
TIPPAH 192 170 22 256 228 28 12.2 13.2 7.3
TISHOMINGO 192 187 5 281 274 7 15.1 15.4 8.7
TUNICA 50 34 16 90 39 51 11.2 21.0 8.2
UNION 221 192 29 263 227 36 11.0 11.4 9.3
WALTHALL 106 74 32 171 110 61 11.9 13.9 9.5
WARREN 557 292 265 513 287 226 10.4 10.0 10.9
WASHINGTON 727 286 441 696 280 416 10.7 10.9 10.5
WAYNE 201 124 77 212 135 77 10.4 10.8 9.8
WEBSTER 112 98 14 133 117 16 12.6 14.5 6.4
WILKINSON 103 50 53 121 47 74 13.2 16.7 11.6
WINSTON 153 100 53 218 142 76 11.2 13.2 8.8
YALOBUSHA 84 62 22 184 131 53 14.9 17.7 10.7
YAZOO 219 107 112 303 142 161 11.9 12.4 11.4
OUT OF STATE 1,597 1,173 424 942 677 265
* DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION.
TABLE 9 - PAGE 3
DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1998
NUMBER
NON-
TOWN** TOTAL WHITE WHITE
BILOXI 460 376 84
BRANDON 174 165 9
BROOKHAVEN 228 144 84
CANTON 153 45 108
CLARKSDALE 266 108 158
CLEVELAND 160 69 91
CLINTON 162 125 37
COLUMBUS 318 184 134
CORINTH 192 155 37
GAUTIER 87 78 9
GREENVILLE 500 196 304
GREENWOOD 231 98 133
GRENADA 208 127 81
GULFPORT 707 515 192
HATTIESBURG 491 321 170
INDIANOLA 111 44 67
JACKSON 2,040 972 1,068
LAUREL 257 152 105
LONG BEACH 141 137 4
MCCOMB 210 129 81
MERIDIAN 594 356 238
MOSS POINT 193 84 109
NATCHEZ 312 147 165
OCEAN SPRINGS 202 189 13
PASCAGOULA 278 225 53
PEARL 145 125 20
PICAYUNE 141 92 49
RIDGELAND 91 75 16
SOUTHAVEN 222 209 13
STARKVILLE 140 75 65
TUPELO 339 270 69
VICKSBURG 398 195 203
YAZOO CITY 182 74 108
** TOWNS OF 10,000 POPULATION OR MORE.
