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TABLE C12. DEATHS AND MORTALITY RATES FOR TEN LEADING CAUSES
OF INFANT DEATHS, BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON-
CAUSE AND GROUP NUMBER** TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
ALL CAUSES 435 152 283 10.2 6.7 14.1
1. DISORDERS RELATED TO SHORT
GESTATION AND LOW BIRTH
WEIGHT, NOT ELSEWHERE
CLASSIFIED (071,072) 81 21 60 1.9 0.9 3.0
2. CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS,
DEFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES
(096-110) 68 30 38 1.6 1.3 1.9
3. SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
(111) 62 26 36 1.4 1.1 1.8
4T. RESPIRATORY DISTRESS OF
NEWBORN (077) 17 5 12 0.4 0.2 0.6
4T. BACTERIAL SEPSIS OF NEWBORN
(085) 17 5 12 0.4 0.2 0.6
6T. NEWBORN AFFECTED BY MATERNAL
COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY
(060-063) 15 6 9 0.4 0.3 0.4
6T. ACCIDENTS (114-124) 15 7 8 0.4 0.3 0.4
8. DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY
SYSTEM (039-044) 11 2 9 0.2 0.1 0.4
9T. INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA
(046,047) 10 3 7 0.2 0.1 0.4
9T. NEWBORN AFFECTED BY
COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA,
CORD AND MEMBRANES (064-067) 10 4 6 0.2 0.2 0.3
* DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
** SEE APPENDIX C FOR EXPLANATION OF CAUSE CATEGORIES AND GROUP NUMBERS.
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