TABLE 23
INFANT DEATHS* AND MORTALITY RATES, BY YEAR AND RACE,
MISSISSIPPI, 1917-1999,
(OCCURRENCE DATA 1917-1944, RESIDENCE DATA 1945-1999)
NUMBER RATE**
NON- NON-
YEAR TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
1917 3,689 1,296 2,393 99.3 68.0 132.3
1918 # # # # # #
1919 3,554 # # 83.6 # #
1920 3,499 1,344 2,155 80.0 59.9 101.1
1921 3,157 1,243 1,914 67.9 52.4 84.0
1922 2,826 1,067 1,759 64.6 50.1 78.4
1923 2,908 1,104 1,804 67.2 52.2 81.5
1924 3,137 1,188 1,949 71.4 53.6 89.5
1925 3,176 1,179 1,997 69.7 53.0 85.7
1926 3,578 1,447 2,131 70.9 58.8 82.4
1927 3,291 1,303 1,988 66.9 54.0 79.4
1928 3,567 1,416 2,151 74.1 59.9 87.9
1929 3,275 1,268 2,007 71.9 57.4 85.5
1930 3,276 1,182 2,094 68.3 51.0 84.5
1931 2,547 961 1,586 56.4 44.4 67.5
1932 2,482 965 1,517 53.4 44.1 61.7
1933 2,800 1,035 1,765 63.4 50.7 74.2
1934 3,070 1,199 1,871 64.1 53.7 73.2
1935 2,587 1,044 1,543 53.6 47.5 58.6
1936 2,883 1,105 1,778 58.5 49.8 65.7
1937 3,098 1,174 1,924 59.4 50.4 66.6
1938 3,051 1,205 1,846 56.8 50.1 62.2
1939 2,908 1,135 1,773 55.6 48.3 61.6
1940 2,864 1,070 1,794 54.5 46.4 60.9
1941 2,969 1,113 1,856 54.4 46.1 61.1
1942 2,654 957 1,697 47.0 37.8 54.4
1943 2,774 1,137 1,637 46.7 41.2 51.5
1944 2,481 965 1,516 43.6 37.1 49.0
1945 2,192 846 1,346 40.9 36.1 44.7
1946 2,298 1,005 1,293 37.4 33.8 40.8
1947 2,428 1,009 1,419 36.6 31.1 41.9
1948 2,470 988 1,482 37.8 33.3 41.6
1949 2,612 900 1,712 39.5 31.3 45.8
1950 2,348 763 1,585 36.4 28.1 42.6
1951 2,589 814 1,775 39.5 29.3 47.1
1952 2,592 760 1,832 40.2 27.1 50.3
1953 2,534 807 1,727 39.6 28.5 48.3
1954 2,360 744 1,616 36.4 25.8 44.9
1955 2,338 680 1,658 37.0 24.7 46.4
1956 2,353 734 1,619 37.8 26.9 46.4
1957 2,257 694 1,563 37.2 25.9 46.1
1958 2,424 706 1,718 41.0 26.3 53.1
1959 2,355 677 1,678 38.9 24.2 51.5
TABLE 23 - PAGE 2
INFANT DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1917-1999
NUMBER RATE**
NON- NON-
YEAR TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
1960 2,457 714 1,743 41.5 26.2 54.4
1961 2,250 645 1,605 37.8 23.5 50.0
1962 2,353 705 1,648 39.9 25.6 52.5
1963 2,372 610 1,762 41.4 22.7 57.8
1964 2,230 599 1,631 39.4 23.1 53.1
1965 2,126 593 1,533 41.5 25.4 55.1
1966 1,856 520 1,336 38.5 22.9 52.4
1967 1,645 512 1,133 35.3 22.6 47.4
1968 1,613 517 1,096 35.3 22.7 47.8
1969 1,513 530 983 32.1 22.1 42.6
1970 1,403 480 923 29.1 19.3 39.7
1971 1,311 460 851 27.0 18.2 36.4
1972 1,187 459 728 25.8 19.3 32.8
1973 1,154 392 762 25.8 17.0 35.4
1974 1,024 356 668 23.2 15.5 31.8
1975 975 356 619 22.5 15.8 29.8
1976 927 331 596 21.6 14.6 29.2
1977 834 285 549 18.3 12.2 24.8
1978 846 266 580 19.1 11.8 26.7
1979 809 280 529 17.6 11.9 23.6
1980 812 272 540 17.0 11.0 23.3
1981 711 248 463 15.4 10.4 20.6
1982 706 249 457 15.4 10.4 20.9
1983 664 240 424 15.1 10.6 19.9
1984 629 224 405 14.4 9.9 19.2
1985 596 213 383 13.7 9.3 18.7
1986 517 197 320 12.3 8.9 16.2
1987 565 212 353 13.7 9.8 17.9
1988 516 189 327 12.3 8.7 16.1
1989 498 190 308 11.6 8.6 14.7
1990 528 189 339 12.1 8.5 15.9
1991 493 163 330 11.4 7.4 15.5
1992 508 170 338 11.9 7.8 16.1
1993 482 178 304 11.4 8.4 14.6
1994 459 158 301 10.9 7.3 14.8
1995 435 149 286 10.5 6.9 14.5
1996 451 169 282 11.0 7.9 14.4
1997 440 156 284 10.6 7.1 14.6
1998 436 146 290 10.2 6.4 14.5
1999 435 152 283 10.2 6.7 14.1
* DEATHS OF CHILDREN UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE.
** DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
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