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.