TABLE 9
DEATHS, BY PLACE OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE,
ALSO DEATHS AND RATES, BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND RACE,
(PLACE INCLUDES COUNTIES, OUT OF STATE, TOWNS OF 10,000 OR MORE),
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 27,444 18,198 9,246 28,090 18,693 9,397 10.1 10.8 9.0
ADAMS 514 271 243 442 232 210 13.1 14.2 12.1
ALCORN 386 356 30 424 382 42 12.8 13.2 10.0
AMITE 50 25 25 130 69 61 9.3 9.5 9.2
ATTALA 194 146 48 254 179 75 13.8 17.0 9.6
BENTON 35 28 7 94 69 25 11.6 14.6 7.5
BOLIVAR 376 129 247 436 162 274 10.9 11.8 10.5
CALHOUN 109 78 31 193 149 44 13.0 14.1 10.1
CARROLL 39 27 12 95 68 27 9.5 11.8 6.4
CHICKASAW 147 111 36 228 156 72 12.6 14.7 9.6
CHOCTAW 64 45 19 105 74 31 11.2 11.7 10.2
CLAIBORNE 73 31 42 115 34 81 9.9 17.0 8.4
CLARKE 137 93 44 199 137 62 10.8 11.8 9.1
CLAY 171 95 76 221 120 101 10.2 12.6 8.3
COAHOMA 362 139 223 358 146 212 11.5 14.2 10.2
COPIAH 194 91 103 312 150 162 10.8 11.1 10.6
COVINGTON 134 101 33 183 135 48 10.2 12.1 7.1
DESOTO 611 502 109 755 663 92 7.4 7.6 6.1
FORREST 1,187 869 318 769 547 222 10.3 11.1 8.6
FRANKLIN 77 51 26 93 66 27 11.4 13.3 8.4
GEORGE 147 130 17 188 169 19 9.3 9.4 8.5
GREENE 45 40 5 88 74 14 7.0 8.2 3.9
GRENADA 299 204 95 286 187 99 12.7 14.9 10.0
HANCOCK 336 295 41 445 404 41 10.7 10.9 9.1
HARRISON 2,004 1,655 349 1,758 1,448 310 9.8 10.8 6.9
HINDS 4,031 2,168 1,863 2,340 1,149 1,191 9.5 10.2 8.9
HOLMES 170 53 117 255 78 177 11.8 15.9 10.6
HUMPHREYS 83 27 56 134 51 83 11.9 15.1 10.6
ISSAQUENA 8 8 0 13 9 4 8.0 13.4 4.1
ITAWAMBA 154 148 6 256 246 10 12.1 12.7 5.8
JACKSON 1,016 823 193 1,103 897 206 8.3 8.8 6.5
JASPER 77 50 27 175 97 78 9.7 11.5 8.0
JEFFERSON 48 11 37 92 20 72 11.0 18.1 9.9
JEFF DAVIS 103 53 50 145 72 73 10.5 12.3 9.2
JONES 562 420 142 657 512 145 10.4 11.2 8.4
KEMPER 38 19 19 93 51 42 8.9 12.0 6.7
LAFAYETTE 495 369 126 278 214 64 8.0 8.8 6.0
LAMAR 352 294 58 283 251 32 7.4 7.6 6.0
LAUDERDALE 1,332 875 457 939 653 286 12.4 13.8 9.9
LAWRENCE 93 62 31 137 93 44 10.5 11.1 9.4
LEAKE 169 114 55 239 142 97 12.2 12.6 11.6
LEE 1,461 1,143 318 720 572 148 9.6 10.0 8.2
LEFLORE 525 215 310 419 178 241 11.4 13.4 10.3
TABLE 9 - PAGE 2
DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1999
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 412 302 110 452 327 125 14.1 15.1 11.9
LOWNDES 527 316 211 499 289 210 8.2 8.0 8.6
MADISON 380 236 144 627 388 239 8.4 9.9 6.7
MARION 244 176 68 329 230 99 12.4 12.9 11.3
MARSHALL 204 97 107 358 178 180 11.1 11.8 10.5
MONROE 296 196 100 400 270 130 10.5 10.5 10.3
MONTGOMERY 126 83 43 152 90 62 12.3 13.6 10.8
NESHOBA 181 124 57 290 211 79 10.5 11.6 8.3
NEWTON 201 136 65 235 158 77 10.8 11.2 10.1
NOXUBEE 103 32 71 146 45 101 11.7 12.1 11.5
OKTIBBEHA 252 155 97 286 168 118 7.2 7.1 7.3
PANOLA 222 134 88 348 200 148 10.3 12.1 8.5
PEARL RIVER 304 263 41 409 357 52 8.5 8.9 6.6
PERRY 75 57 18 128 94 34 10.6 10.5 11.1
PIKE 407 235 172 429 241 188 11.3 12.3 10.2
PONTOTOC 127 117 10 241 209 32 9.4 9.8 7.4
PRENTISS 160 147 13 245 223 22 10.0 10.5 6.6
QUITMAN 83 41 42 130 65 65 13.3 17.4 10.8
RANKIN 640 496 144 790 635 155 7.0 7.0 7.1
SCOTT 209 149 60 306 206 100 12.3 13.9 9.9
SHARKEY 57 27 30 65 29 36 9.9 14.2 8.0
SIMPSON 225 169 56 286 206 80 11.3 12.5 9.0
SMITH 73 57 16 187 147 40 12.1 12.6 10.7
STONE 86 72 14 150 125 25 11.1 12.3 7.6
SUNFLOWER 257 95 162 323 123 200 9.7 11.4 8.9
TALLAHATCHIE 77 49 28 158 83 75 10.8 14.7 8.4
TATE 149 106 43 234 170 64 9.6 11.1 7.0
TIPPAH 183 152 31 257 220 37 12.2 12.8 9.5
TISHOMINGO 174 164 10 258 248 10 13.8 13.8 12.1
TUNICA 59 26 33 103 39 64 13.0 21.4 10.5
UNION 210 190 20 243 215 28 10.1 10.7 7.1
WALTHALL 122 91 31 167 118 49 11.8 15.1 7.6
WARREN 578 311 267 527 298 229 10.7 10.5 11.0
WASHINGTON 729 280 449 685 262 423 10.6 10.4 10.8
WAYNE 184 121 63 207 141 66 10.0 11.1 8.3
WEBSTER 113 93 20 133 111 22 12.5 13.7 8.7
WILKINSON 101 47 54 122 43 79 13.5 15.6 12.6
WINSTON 186 124 62 248 169 79 12.9 15.9 9.2
YALOBUSHA 73 50 23 160 106 54 12.7 14.1 10.6
YAZOO 247 118 129 328 151 177 13.0 13.4 12.7
OUT OF STATE 1,588 1,153 435 942 658 284
* DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION.
TABLE 9 - PAGE 3
DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1999
NUMBER
NON-
TOWN** TOTAL WHITE WHITE
BILOXI 426 353 73
BRANDON 227 206 21
BROOKHAVEN 295 207 88
CANTON 135 40 95
CLARKSDALE 274 113 161
CLEVELAND 161 71 90
CLINTON 172 134 38
COLUMBUS 303 160 143
CORINTH 219 183 36
GAUTIER 92 78 14
GREENVILLE 484 189 295
GREENWOOD 245 98 147
GRENADA 220 139 81
GULFPORT 748 569 179
HATTIESBURG 518 316 202
INDIANOLA 118 47 71
JACKSON 1,860 867 993
LAUREL 257 173 84
LONG BEACH 124 117 7
MCCOMB 216 126 90
MERIDIAN 643 411 232
MOSS POINT 183 83 100
NATCHEZ 302 152 150
OCEAN SPRINGS 227 205 22
PASCAGOULA 265 210 55
PEARL 120 98 22
PICAYUNE 115 78 37
RIDGELAND 206 161 45
SOUTHAVEN 246 235 11
STARKVILLE 144 85 59
TUPELO 383 296 87
VICKSBURG 403 202 201
YAZOO CITY 202 75 127
** TOWNS OF 10,000 POPULATION OR MORE.
