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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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