DEATHS
TABLE C1. DEATHS AND AVERAGE PER DAY, BY MONTH
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
AVERAGE AVERAGE
MONTH DEATHS PER DAY MONTH DEATHS PER DAY
TOTAL 27,737 76
JANUARY 2,834 91 JULY 2,223 72
FEBRUARY 2,324 83 AUGUST 2,153 69
MARCH 2,397 77 SEPTEMBER 2,136 71
APRIL 2,284 76 OCTOBER 2,227 72
MAY 2,309 74 NOVEMBER 2,218 74
JUNE 2,133 71 DECEMBER 2,499 81
TABLE C2. DEATHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND RATES, BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
NUMBER PERCENT RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
AGE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 27,737 18,343 9,394 100.0 100.0 100.0 10.1 10.7 9.1
UNDER 1 436 146 290 1.6 0.8 3.1 10.8 6.8 15.4
1-4 92 34 58 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.8
5-9 70 30 40 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4
10-14 81 41 40 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
15-24 545 282 263 2.0 1.5 2.8 1.2 1.2 1.3
25-34 622 302 320 2.2 1.6 3.4 1.6 1.3 2.2
35-44 1,283 620 663 4.6 3.4 7.0 3.1 2.3 4.4
45-54 1,994 1,118 876 7.2 6.1 9.3 6.0 4.9 8.7
55-64 3,233 2,029 1,204 11.6 11.1 12.8 13.8 11.7 19.8
65-74 5,567 3,862 1,705 20.1 21.0 18.2 30.3 28.2 36.5
75 AND OVER 13,811 9,877 3,934 49.8 53.8 41.9 90.5 88.6 95.7
UNKNOWN 3 2 1 ** ** **
* DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
