TABLE C3A. DEATHS BY AGE, RACE, AND SEX,
AND MALE/FEMALE RATIOS BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
TOTAL WHITE NONWHITE
MALES MALES MALES
PER PER PER
AGE MALE FEMALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE FEMALE
TOTAL 14,123 13,614 1.04 9,298 9,045 1.03 4,825 4,569 1.06
UNDER 1 245 191 1.28 78 68 1.15 167 123 1.36
1-4 44 48 0.92 15 19 0.79 29 29 1.00
5-9 42 28 1.50 21 9 2.33 21 19 1.10
10-14 58 23 2.52 29 12 2.42 29 11 2.64
15-24 393 152 2.58 203 79 2.57 190 73 2.60
25-34 449 173 2.60 215 87 2.47 234 86 2.72
35-44 804 479 1.68 412 208 1.98 392 271 1.45
45-54 1,248 746 1.67 728 390 1.87 520 356 1.46
55-64 1,984 1,249 1.59 1,280 749 1.71 704 500 1.41
65-74 3,196 2,371 1.35 2,316 1,546 1.50 880 825 1.07
75-84 3,482 3,819 0.91 2,545 2,722 0.94 937 1,097 0.85
85 AND OVER 2,177 4,333 0.50 1,456 3,154 0.46 721 1,179 0.61
UNKNOWN 1 2 0 2 1 0
MEDIAN AGE 70.6 78.5 72.2 80.0 66.4 74.9
TABLE C3B. DEATH RATES*, BY AGE, RACE, AND SEX
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
TOTAL WHITE NONWHITE
AGE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE
TOTAL 10.7 9.5 11.1 10.2 10.0 8.3
UNDER 1 12.0 9.6 7.1 6.5 17.8 13.0
1-4 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.8
5-9 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4
10-14 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.2
15-24 1.8 0.7 1.6 0.7 2.0 0.7
25-34 2.4 0.9 1.8 0.7 3.5 1.1
35-44 4.0 2.2 3.1 1.6 5.7 3.3
45-54 7.9 4.3 6.5 3.3 11.4 6.4
55-64 18.3 9.9 15.4 8.3 27.8 14.1
65-74 40.1 22.8 38.1 20.3 46.7 29.6
75 AND OVER 106.1 82.2 102.8 81.1 115.0 85.2
* DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
