TABLE 12B
INFANT, NEONATAL, AND POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY RATES*,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE,
MISSISSIPPI, 1995-1999 (5-YEAR AVERAGE)
INFANT** NEONATAL** POSTNEONATAL**
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 10.5 7.0 14.4 5.2 3.4 7.3 5.2 3.6 7.1
ADAMS 14.8 11.3 16.7 8.0 6.8 8.7 6.8 4.5 8.0
ALCORN 5.7 4.6 11.2 3.3 2.8 5.6 2.4 1.7 5.6
AMITE 6.2 2.4 10.2 2.5 - 5.1 3.8 2.4 5.1
ATTALA 13.3 10.7 16.0 7.8 6.1 9.6 5.5 4.6 6.4
BENTON 13.5 18.9 7.3 8.4 15.7 - 5.0 3.1 7.3
BOLIVAR 12.5 3.8 15.1 6.4 2.5 7.6 6.1 1.3 7.6
CALHOUN 7.1 6.5 8.0 3.0 4.9 - 4.0 1.6 8.0
CARROLL 6.1 3.9 8.4 4.0 3.9 4.2 2.0 - 4.2
CHICKASAW 8.2 6.2 10.4 4.4 4.9 3.9 3.8 1.2 6.5
CHOCTAW 8.4 5.4 13.1 3.4 2.7 4.4 5.0 2.7 8.7
CLAIBORNE 13.7 - 15.0 4.6 - 5.0 9.1 - 10.0
CLARKE 6.8 3.2 10.8 3.4 1.6 5.4 3.4 1.6 5.4
CLAY 10.9 5.3 13.7 6.9 5.3 7.7 4.0 - 6.0
COAHOMA 14.4 5.6 16.3 6.7 3.7 7.3 7.7 1.8 9.0
COPIAH 17.6 11.0 21.9 8.8 6.1 10.5 8.8 4.9 11.3
COVINGTON 9.4 8.9 10.0 6.7 6.4 7.1 2.7 2.5 2.8
DESOTO 10.8 8.8 22.4 5.5 4.3 12.2 5.4 4.5 10.3
FORREST 5.9 5.0 7.0 3.0 2.7 3.3 3.0 2.4 3.7
FRANKLIN 8.5 6.6 10.6 3.4 3.3 3.5 5.1 3.3 7.1
GEORGE 10.1 10.0 11.1 7.1 6.7 11.1 3.0 3.3 -
GREENE 6.3 6.6 5.4 2.5 3.3 - 3.8 3.3 5.4
GRENADA 9.6 3.8 15.2 4.4 - 8.9 5.1 3.8 6.3
HANCOCK 8.6 7.8 17.0 2.9 2.3 8.5 5.8 5.5 8.5
HARRISON 8.5 6.6 12.8 3.7 2.9 5.6 4.8 3.7 7.2
HINDS 12.0 6.9 13.9 6.2 3.8 7.1 5.8 3.1 6.8
HOLMES 15.3 4.1 16.8 8.1 - 9.3 7.1 4.1 7.6
HUMPHREYS 10.2 5.0 11.6 3.1 - 3.9 7.2 5.0 7.7
ISSAQUENA 18.3 35.7 12.3 - - - 18.3 35.7 12.3
ITAWAMBA 8.5 7.8 15.7 3.1 2.6 7.9 5.4 5.2 7.9
JACKSON 9.2 7.0 14.7 5.6 3.5 10.5 3.7 3.5 4.1
JASPER 10.5 11.8 9.7 4.9 2.0 6.5 5.6 9.9 3.2
JEFFERSON 19.0 23.2 18.7 11.7 - 12.5 7.3 23.2 6.2
JEFF DAVIS 9.6 6.5 11.0 4.8 - 6.8 4.8 6.5 4.1
JONES 10.7 8.8 13.9 5.5 4.2 7.5 5.2 4.6 6.4
KEMPER 8.8 - 11.8 5.9 - 7.9 3.0 - 3.9
LAFAYETTE 9.6 9.8 9.3 5.3 5.7 4.6 4.3 4.1 4.6
LAMAR 6.9 4.7 18.7 3.6 2.6 9.3 3.3 2.2 9.3
LAUDERDALE 13.3 5.8 21.1 6.0 0.7 11.6 7.2 5.1 9.5
LAWRENCE 6.7 5.7 8.1 4.5 5.7 2.7 2.2 - 5.4
LEAKE 6.9 4.0 9.6 3.8 4.0 3.6 3.2 - 6.0
LEE 12.4 6.6 24.3 7.2 3.6 14.5 5.3 3.0 9.8
LEFLORE 11.2 5.7 12.6 5.1 1.4 6.1 6.0 4.3 6.5
TABLE 12B - PAGE 2
INFANT, NEONATAL, AND POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY RATES - MISSISSIPPI - 1995-1999 AVERAGE
INFANT** NEONATAL** POSTNEONATAL**
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 9.1 5.5 15.5 5.2 2.7 9.5 3.9 2.7 6.0
LOWNDES 14.3 10.1 18.3 7.9 4.4 11.3 6.4 5.7 7.0
MADISON 8.8 5.1 12.8 4.2 2.9 5.7 4.6 2.2 7.1
MARION 7.8 5.4 11.3 3.7 2.7 5.0 4.2 2.7 6.3
MARSHALL 9.1 5.4 11.9 5.3 2.7 7.2 3.8 2.7 4.6
MONROE 14.1 10.7 19.6 4.3 3.1 6.2 9.8 7.5 13.4
MONTGOMERY 21.4 10.7 29.2 13.5 8.0 17.5 7.9 2.7 11.7
NESHOBA 10.2 6.7 14.2 4.0 2.5 5.7 6.2 4.2 8.5
NEWTON 17.2 11.5 23.7 11.0 8.0 14.5 6.1 3.4 9.2
NOXUBEE 22.3 - 29.1 11.6 - 15.2 10.7 - 14.0
OKTIBBEHA 8.7 2.5 14.2 6.1 2.5 9.2 2.7 - 5.0
PANOLA 15.2 10.1 18.5 7.2 3.7 9.6 8.0 6.4 9.0
PEARL RIVER 6.7 5.3 13.6 2.5 2.3 3.9 4.1 3.0 9.7
PERRY 4.2 3.0 6.8 2.1 1.5 3.4 2.1 1.5 3.4
PIKE 7.0 4.2 8.8 4.3 2.6 5.5 2.7 1.7 3.3
PONTOTOC 7.3 4.0 24.0 3.4 2.0 10.3 3.9 2.0 13.7
PRENTISS 9.8 10.7 4.3 4.3 5.0 - 5.5 5.7 4.3
QUITMAN 5.5 5.5 5.5 3.3 5.5 2.8 2.2 - 2.8
RANKIN 7.9 6.7 12.8 4.2 3.6 6.7 3.7 3.1 6.0
SCOTT 11.0 11.2 10.8 4.6 4.3 4.9 6.4 6.9 5.9
SHARKEY 3.3 8.8 2.0 - - - 3.3 8.8 2.0
SIMPSON 12.2 8.6 16.7 4.3 1.0 8.4 8.0 7.7 8.4
SMITH 8.6 8.5 8.8 5.7 8.5 - 2.9 - 8.8
STONE 12.7 11.5 16.0 6.3 5.8 8.0 6.3 5.8 8.0
SUNFLOWER 11.5 5.4 13.1 3.3 1.8 3.7 8.1 3.6 9.3
TALLAHATCHIE 12.8 - 18.2 9.1 - 13.0 3.6 - 5.2
TATE 11.1 7.5 16.5 3.9 2.8 5.5 7.2 4.7 11.0
TIPPAH 12.5 8.4 27.9 5.9 2.5 18.6 6.6 5.9 9.3
TISHOMINGO 7.0 7.2 - 0.9 0.9 - 6.2 6.3 -
TUNICA 18.6 - 22.3 6.2 - 7.4 12.4 - 14.8
UNION 9.6 10.1 7.7 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.5 5.1 2.6
WALTHALL 12.5 6.5 16.8 6.3 4.3 7.6 6.3 2.2 9.2
WARREN 12.8 7.9 16.9 5.9 3.2 8.2 6.9 4.8 8.7
WASHINGTON 11.6 6.2 13.4 5.2 4.2 5.6 6.4 2.1 7.8
WAYNE 13.6 7.1 20.0 7.1 3.6 10.6 6.5 3.6 9.4
WEBSTER 1.4 - 5.0 - - - 1.4 - 5.0
WILKINSON 6.4 6.8 6.3 4.8 - 6.3 1.6 6.8 -
WINSTON 7.8 3.4 11.3 3.1 3.4 2.8 4.7 - 8.5
YALOBUSHA 4.6 2.2 7.0 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.3 - 4.7
YAZOO 7.6 6.8 8.0 3.6 4.1 3.3 4.0 2.7 4.7
* DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
** INFANT - AGE LESS THAN ONE YEAR; NEONATAL - AGE LESS THAN 28 DAYS; POSTNEONATAL -
AGE 28 DAYS TO ONE YEAR.
