DEATHS
TABLE C1. DEATHS AND AVERAGE PER DAY, BY MONTH
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
AVERAGE AVERAGE
MONTH DEATHS PER DAY MONTH DEATHS PER DAY
TOTAL 28,090 77
JANUARY 2,495 80 JULY 2,288 74
FEBRUARY 2,383 85 AUGUST 2,299 74
MARCH 2,755 89 SEPTEMBER 2,133 71
APRIL 2,186 73 OCTOBER 2,280 74
MAY 2,312 74 NOVEMBER 2,129 71
JUNE 2,084 69 DECEMBER 2,746 88
TABLE C2. DEATHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND RATES, BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
NUMBER PERCENT RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
AGE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 28,090 18,693 9,397 100.0 100.0 100.0 10.1 10.8 9.0
UNDER 1 435 152 283 1.5 0.8 3.0 10.5 6.8 14.9
1-4 91 39 52 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.7
5-9 59 34 25 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
10-14 79 43 36 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
15-24 535 262 273 1.9 1.4 2.9 1.2 1.1 1.4
25-34 624 308 316 2.2 1.6 3.4 1.6 1.3 2.1
35-44 1,291 632 659 4.6 3.4 7.0 3.1 2.4 4.4
45-54 2,051 1,116 935 7.3 6.0 10.0 6.0 4.7 8.7
55-64 3,273 2,095 1,178 11.6 11.2 12.5 13.6 11.8 18.8
65-74 5,658 3,927 1,731 20.1 21.0 18.4 31.0 28.9 37.4
75 & OVER 13,994 10,085 3,909 49.8 54.0 41.6 91.3 89.4 96.4
* DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
