TABLE C11. INFANT DEATHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND MORTALITY RATES
BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
NUMBER PERCENT RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
AGE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL UNDER 1 YEAR 436 146 290 100.0 100.0 100.0 10.2 6.4 14.5
NEONATAL (UNDER 28 DAYS) 265 76 189 60.8 52.0 65.2 6.2 3.3 9.5
HEBDOMADAL (UNDER 7 DAYS) 205 60 145 47.0 41.1 50.0 4.8 2.6 7.3
UNDER 1 DAY 150 45 105 34.4 30.8 36.2 3.5 2.0 5.2
1-6 DAYS 55 15 40 12.6 10.3 13.8 1.3 0.6 2.0
7-27 DAYS 60 16 44 13.8 11.0 15.2 1.4 0.7 2.2
POSTNEONATAL (28 DAYS TO
1 YEAR) 171 70 101 39.2 47.9 34.8 4.0 3.0 5.0
* DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
TABLE C12. DEATHS AND MORTALITY RATES FOR TEN LEADING CAUSES
OF INFANT DEATHS, BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
NUMBER RATE*
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL NON- NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
ALL CAUSES 436 146 290 10.2 6.4 14.5
1. CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759) 79 36 43 1.8 1.6 2.2
2. DISORDERS RELATING TO SHORT
GESTATION AND UNSPECIFIED
LOW BIRTHWEIGHT (765) 78 17 61 1.8 0.7 3.0
3. SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
(798.0) 61 25 36 1.4 1.1 1.8
4. RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
(769) 22 5 17 0.5 0.2 0.8
5. INFECTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE
PERINATAL PERIOD (771) 13 3 10 0.3 0.1 0.5
6. PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-
487) 12 4 8 0.3 0.2 0.4
7. ACCIDENTS (800-949) 10 1 9 0.2 ** 0.4
8. MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS OF
PREGNANCY (761) 8 2 6 0.2 0.1 0.3
9T. SEPTICEMIA (038) 7 3 4 0.2 0.1 0.2
9T. INTRAUTERINE HYPOXIA AND BIRTH
ASPHYXIA (768) 7 4 3 0.2 0.2 0.2
* DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
** LESS THAN 0.06.
