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TABLE C11. INFANT DEATHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND MORTALITY RATES
BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
NUMBER PERCENT RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
AGE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL UNDER 1 YEAR 435 152 283 100.0 100.0 100.0 10.2 6.7 14.1
NEONATAL (UNDER 28 DAYS) 267 91 176 61.4 59.9 62.2 6.2 4.0 8.8
HEBDOMADAL (UNDER 7 DAYS) 211 69 142 48.5 45.4 50.2 4.9 3.0 7.1
UNDER 1 DAY 151 43 108 34.7 28.3 38.2 3.5 1.9 5.4
1-6 DAYS 60 26 34 13.8 17.1 12.0 1.4 1.1 1.7
7-27 DAYS 56 22 34 12.9 14.5 12.0 1.3 1.0 1.7
POSTNEONATAL (28 DAYS TO
1 YEAR) 168 61 107 38.6 40.1 37.8 3.9 2.7 5.3
* DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
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