TABLE 20
LIVE BIRTHS AND RATES, BY YEAR AND RACE,
MISSISSIPPI, 1913-1999,
(OCCURRENCE DATA 1913-1943, RESIDENCE DATA 1944-1999)
NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON-
YEAR TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
1913 41,103 21,874 19,229 21.9 26.6 18.2
1914 40,623 21,360 19,263 21.4 25.7 18.0
1915 39,484 20,999 18,485 20.5 23.8 17.1
1916 39,033 20,130 18,903 20.0 23.6 17.2
1917 37,141 19,056 18,085 18.8 22.0 16.3
1918 39,391 20,005 19,386 19.7 22.8 17.2
1919 42,491 22,028 20,463 21.0 24.9 18.0
1920 43,743 22,438 21,305 24.4 26.3 22.7
1921 46,482 23,703 22,779 25.6 27.3 24.1
1922 43,723 21,286 22,437 23.8 24.1 23.6
1923 43,266 21,140 22,126 23.3 23.6 23.1
1924 43,960 22,180 21,780 23.4 24.3 22.5
1925 45,563 22,265 23,298 24.0 24.1 23.9
1926 50,449 24,600 25,849 26.2 26.2 26.3
1927 49,204 24,163 25,041 25.3 25.3 25.3
1928 48,126 23,642 24,484 24.5 24.4 24.5
1929 45,570 22,105 23,465 22.9 22.5 23.3
1930 47,982 23,192 24,790 23.8 23.2 24.0
1931 45,123 21,637 23,486 22.2 21.4 22.9
1932 46,481 21,883 24,598 22.6 21.4 23.9
1933 44,184 20,407 23,777 21.3 19.7 22.9
1934 47,905 22,342 25,563 23.0 21.4 24.6
1935 48,291 21,972 26,319 23.0 20.8 25.1
1036 49,261 22,194 27,067 23.3 20.8 25.7
1937 52,170 23,285 28,885 24.4 21.6 27.3
1938 53,729 24,046 29,683 25.0 22.1 27.8
1939 52,288 23,505 28,783 24.1 21.4 26.8
1940 52,526 23,084 29,442 24.0 20.9 27.3
1941 54,561 24,167 30,394 24.7 21.6 28.0
1942 56,521 25,306 31,215 25.4 22.4 28.6
1943 59,408 27,611 31,797 28.9 26.4 31.6
1944 56,586 25,647 30,939 28.3 25.2 31.6
1945 53,540 23,426 30,114 26.9 23.1 30.9
1946 61,430 29,715 31,715 26.8 25.4 28.2
1947 66,291 32,423 33,868 28.6 27.5 29.9
1948 65,291 29,666 35,625 28.0 24.9 31.2
1949 66,128 28,786 37,342 28.1 24.0 32.5
1950 64,427 27,188 37,239 29.6 22.9 37.6
1951 65,512 27,798 37,714 30.1 23.4 38.1
1952 64,509 28,073 36,436 29.6 23.6 36.8
1953 64,061 28,312 35,749 29.4 23.8 36.1
1954 64,748 28,781 35,967 29.7 24.2 36.3
1955 63,244 27,546 35,698 29.0 23.2 36.0
1956 62,178 27,278 34,900 29.5 23.8 36.2
1957 60,712 26,804 33,908 28.8 23.4 35.2
1958 59,189 26,812 32,377 27.1 20.9 35.9
1959 60,562 27,979 32,583 27.2 20.9 36.6
TABLE 20 - PAGE 2
LIVE BIRTHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1913-1999
NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON-
YEAR TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
1960 59,210 27,198 32,012 27.2 21.6 34.8
1961 59,523 27,435 32,088 27.3 21.8 34.8
1962 58,921 27,512 31,409 26.1 20.8 33.5
1963 57,316 26,823 30,493 25.0 19.9 32.4
1964 56,650 25,942 30,708 24.5 18.9 32.5
1965 51,171 23,369 27,802 22.0 17.4 28.2
1966 48,230 22,736 25,494 20.4 16.5 25.9
1967 46,594 22,675 23,919 9.7 15.9 25.6
1968 45,719 22,807 22,912 19.4 15.7 25.4
1969 47,120 24,025 23,095 21.2 17.2 28.0
1970 48,141 24,893 23,248 21.7 17.9 28.2
1971 48,601 25,199 23,402 21.9 18.1 28.4
1972 45,907 23,745 22,162 20.3 NOT AVAILABLE
1973 44,638 23,119 21,519 19.3 NOT AVAILABLE
1974 44,032 23,023 21,009 18.9 NOT AVAILABLE
1975 43,336 22,559 20,777 18.5 NOT AVAILABLE
1976 42,983 22,605 20,378 18.2 NOT AVAILABLE
1977 45,532 23,369 22,163 19.1 NOT AVAILABLE
1978 44,373 22,632 21,741 18.5 NOT AVAILABLE
1979 45,919 23,487 22,432 19.1 NOT AVAILABLE
1980 47,821 24,687 23,134 19.0 15.3 25.5
1981 46,228 23,777 22,451 18.3 14.7 24.8
1982 45,926 24,028 21,898 18.0 NOT AVAILABLE
1983 43,992 22,659 21,333 17.0 NOT AVAILABLE
1984 43,742 22,672 21,070 16.9 NOT AVAILABLE
1985 43,432 22,943 20,489 16.3 13.5 21.5
1986 41,868 22,060 19,808 15.8 13.0 20.8
1987 41,279 21,576 19,703 15.2 12.4 20.2
1988 42,040 21,685 20,355 15.3 12.3 20.6
1989** 43,026 22,069 20,957 15.5 12.4 20.9
1990** 43,547 22,280 21,267 16.9 13.6 22.6
1991** 43,184 21,908 21,276 16.8 13.4 22.6
1992** 42,676 21,700 20,976 16.6 13.3 22.3
1993** 42,134 21,246 20,888 16.4 13.0 22.2
1994** 41,938 21,536 20,402 16.3 13.2 21.7
1995** 41,332 21,571 19,761 15.3 12.7 19.8
1996** 40,978 21,447 19,531 15.2 12.7 19.5
1997** 41,527 22,021 19,506 15.4 13.0 19.5
1998** 42,917 22,950 19,967 15.6 13.3 19.3
1999** 42,678 22,652 20,026 15.4 13.1 19.2
* BIRTHS PER 1,000 POPULATION.
** FIGURES SHOWN ARE BY RACE OF MOTHER; FIGURES FOR YEARS
PRIOR TO 1989 ARE BY RACE OF CHILD.
