TABLE C3A. DEATHS BY AGE, RACE, AND SEX,
AND MALE/FEMALE RATIOS BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
TOTAL WHITE NONWHITE
MALES MALES MALES
PER PER PER
AGE MALE FEMALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE FEMALE
TOTAL 14,191 13,899 1.02 9,412 9,281 1.01 4,779 4,618 1.03
UNDER 1 248 187 1.33 93 59 1.58 155 128 1.21
1-4 57 34 1.68 24 15 1.60 33 19 1.74
5-9 35 24 1.46 21 13 1.62 14 11 1.27
10-14 54 25 2.16 26 17 1.53 28 8 3.50
15-24 377 158 2.39 187 75 2.49 190 83 2.29
25-34 418 206 2.03 214 94 2.28 204 112 1.82
35-44 803 488 1.64 419 213 1.97 384 275 1.40
45-54 1,317 734 1.79 751 365 2.06 566 369 1.53
55-64 1,998 1,275 1.57 1,345 750 1.79 653 525 1.24
65-74 3,181 2,477 1.28 2,299 1,628 1.41 882 849 1.04
75-84 3,540 3,810 0.93 2,613 2,750 0.95 927 1,060 0.87
85 AND OVER 2,163 4,481 0.48 1,420 3,302 0.43 743 1,179 0.63
MEDIAN AGE 70.6 78.5 72.1 80.1 66.8 74.2
TABLE C3B. DEATH RATES*, BY AGE, RACE, AND SEX
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
TOTAL WHITE NONWHITE
AGE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE
TOTAL 10.7 9.6 11.2 10.5 9.8 8.3
UNDER 1 11.8 9.1 8.2 5.3 16.0 13.8
1-4 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.5
5-9 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2
10-14 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.2
15-24 1.7 0.7 1.5 0.6 2.0 0.8
25-34 2.3 1.0 1.9 0.8 3.1 1.4
35-44 3.9 2.3 3.1 1.6 5.5 3.4
45-54 8.0 4.1 6.5 3.0 11.7 6.3
55-64 18.0 9.9 15.8 8.1 25.0 14.4
65-74 40.2 24.0 38.0 21.6 47.3 30.8
75 AND OVER 106.7 83.0 102.3 82.6 119.2 84.4
* DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
