TABLE 12B
INFANT, NEONATAL, AND POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY RATES*,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE,
MISSISSIPPI, 1996-2000 (5-YEAR AVERAGE)
INFANT** NEONATAL** POSTNEONATAL**
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 10.5 6.9 14.6 5.3 3.4 7.5 5.2 3.5 7.0
ADAMS 13.7 12.6 14.3 6.0 5.8 6.2 7.7 6.9 8.1
ALCORN 6.0 4.4 14.1 3.2 2.7 5.6 2.7 1.6 8.4
AMITE 6.1 4.7 7.6 3.7 2.4 5.1 2.4 2.4 2.6
ATTALA 10.7 9.0 12.5 6.1 4.5 7.8 4.6 4.5 4.7
BENTON 18.1 26.3 7.5 9.8 17.5 - 8.2 8.8 7.5
BOLIVAR 12.3 6.3 14.1 6.7 3.8 7.6 5.6 2.5 6.5
CALHOUN 3.9 6.3 - 2.0 3.1 - 2.0 3.1 -
CARROLL 5.8 3.4 9.0 3.9 3.4 4.5 1.9 - 4.5
CHICKASAW 8.8 7.3 10.3 3.8 4.9 2.6 5.0 2.4 7.8
CHOCTAW 11.8 8.3 17.3 6.7 2.8 13.0 5.0 5.5 4.3
CLAIBORNE 10.0 - 10.9 4.4 - 4.8 5.6 - 6.0
CLARKE 5.0 1.6 8.9 2.5 1.6 3.6 2.5 - 5.4
CLAY 9.9 5.6 11.8 5.8 3.7 6.7 4.1 1.9 5.0
COAHOMA 13.8 5.6 15.5 6.9 3.7 7.6 6.9 1.9 8.0
COPIAH 17.7 9.6 23.0 8.6 4.8 11.1 9.1 4.8 11.9
COVINGTON 9.4 10.0 8.6 5.3 5.0 5.7 4.0 5.0 2.9
DESOTO 9.9 7.4 25.1 5.1 3.6 14.3 4.8 3.8 10.8
FORREST 6.6 6.0 7.4 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.1 2.3 4.1
FRANKLIN 6.6 6.3 7.0 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.5
GEORGE 11.6 11.7 10.8 8.1 7.8 10.8 3.5 3.9 -
GREENE 7.7 8.3 5.8 3.9 5.0 - 3.9 3.3 5.8
GRENADA 10.1 2.5 17.8 6.9 - 14.0 3.2 2.5 3.8
HANCOCK 8.8 8.8 8.2 2.8 3.1 - 6.0 5.7 8.2
HARRISON 9.3 7.1 14.4 4.4 3.4 6.8 4.9 3.8 7.7
HINDS 13.0 8.2 14.8 6.7 4.6 7.5 6.3 3.5 7.3
HOLMES 15.9 4.2 17.5 9.9 - 11.3 6.0 4.2 6.2
HUMPHREYS 10.1 5.2 11.3 4.0 - 5.0 6.1 5.2 6.3
ISSAQUENA 9.2 - 12.5 - - - 9.2 - 12.5
ITAWAMBA 10.0 10.2 8.5 5.4 5.1 8.5 4.6 5.1 -
JACKSON 8.7 6.1 15.1 4.9 2.6 10.3 3.8 3.4 4.8
JASPER 9.7 11.6 8.6 3.4 1.9 4.3 6.2 9.7 4.3
JEFFERSON 16.1 22.2 15.6 10.2 - 11.0 5.8 22.2 4.7
JEFF DAVIS 10.8 6.2 13.0 4.9 - 7.2 5.9 6.2 5.8
JONES 11.9 9.8 15.3 5.6 4.1 8.2 6.3 5.8 7.1
KEMPER 10.4 - 14.1 7.4 - 10.1 3.0 - 4.0
LAFAYETTE 8.6 8.1 9.2 5.7 5.7 5.7 2.8 2.4 3.4
LAMAR 7.9 6.2 16.8 4.1 3.3 8.4 3.8 2.9 8.4
LAUDERDALE 12.8 6.0 20.0 5.7 1.0 10.7 7.1 5.0 9.3
LAWRENCE 6.7 5.6 8.5 4.5 5.6 2.8 2.2 - 5.6
LEAKE 7.2 3.8 10.4 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.6 - 7.0
LEE 11.2 5.7 22.6 6.5 3.2 13.4 4.7 2.5 9.3
LEFLORE 12.0 7.5 13.2 6.2 3.0 7.0 5.8 4.5 6.2
TABLE 12B - PAGE 2
INFANT, NEONATAL, AND POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY RATES - MISSISSIPPI - 1996-2000 AVERAGE
INFANT** NEONATAL** POSTNEONATAL**
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 9.9 6.1 16.4 6.0 4.1 9.4 3.9 2.0 7.0
LOWNDES 12.0 7.4 16.4 7.0 2.9 10.9 5.0 4.6 5.4
MADISON 9.6 5.4 14.3 5.3 2.8 8.0 4.3 2.5 6.3
MARION 6.8 4.4 10.2 2.6 1.8 3.8 4.2 2.7 6.4
MARSHALL 7.6 4.5 9.8 4.5 1.8 6.5 3.0 2.7 3.3
MONROE 14.0 8.3 23.4 4.0 2.6 6.4 10.0 5.7 17.0
MONTGOMERY 26.8 13.3 36.7 16.8 8.0 23.2 10.0 5.3 13.5
NESHOBA 10.0 6.5 13.9 4.4 2.4 6.5 5.6 4.1 7.4
NEWTON 14.3 6.6 23.4 8.4 4.4 13.0 6.0 2.2 10.4
NOXUBEE 24.9 - 32.4 12.4 - 16.2 12.4 - 16.2
OKTIBBEHA 8.1 2.4 13.0 5.9 2.4 8.9 2.2 - 4.1
PANOLA 16.5 10.2 20.4 7.2 2.8 9.9 9.3 7.4 10.5
PEARL RIVER 5.9 4.9 11.3 1.9 1.9 1.9 4.1 3.0 9.4
PERRY 6.3 4.5 10.5 4.2 3.0 7.0 2.1 1.5 3.5
PIKE 7.2 4.1 9.3 4.3 2.5 5.5 3.0 1.6 3.8
PONTOTOC 7.1 5.8 14.1 3.8 3.2 7.1 3.3 2.6 7.1
PRENTISS 9.5 10.5 3.9 5.4 6.3 - 4.2 4.2 3.9
QUITMAN 8.0 6.1 8.4 3.4 6.1 2.8 4.5 - 5.6
RANKIN 7.1 6.2 11.2 4.1 3.5 6.6 3.1 2.7 4.6
SCOTT 9.6 11.2 7.8 3.6 4.3 2.9 5.9 6.9 4.9
SHARKEY 3.4 - 4.2 - - - 3.4 - 4.2
SIMPSON 11.6 9.6 14.0 4.2 1.9 7.0 7.4 7.7 7.0
SMITH 7.9 8.7 6.2 5.9 8.7 - 2.0 - 6.2
STONE 10.2 9.7 11.6 5.1 5.5 3.9 5.1 4.1 7.7
SUNFLOWER 14.0 5.4 16.2 4.4 1.8 5.1 9.6 3.6 11.1
TALLAHATCHIE 11.2 - 15.9 5.6 - 7.9 5.6 - 7.9
TATE 12.4 7.2 20.4 5.4 2.7 9.5 7.0 4.5 10.8
TIPPAH 11.3 7.1 27.7 5.6 2.4 18.5 5.6 4.7 9.2
TISHOMINGO 5.2 5.3 - - - - 5.2 5.3 -
TUNICA 19.4 - 23.3 4.8 - 5.8 14.6 - 17.5
UNION 7.5 7.4 7.8 4.3 4.0 5.2 3.2 3.4 2.6
WALTHALL 11.7 6.5 15.4 6.3 4.4 7.7 5.4 2.2 7.7
WARREN 12.3 7.1 16.7 6.2 3.3 8.6 6.2 3.8 8.1
WASHINGTON 12.3 7.8 13.8 5.5 5.0 5.6 6.8 2.8 8.1
WAYNE 12.0 7.3 16.6 7.2 3.7 10.7 4.8 3.7 5.9
WEBSTER 6.9 5.8 9.6 - - - 6.9 5.8 9.6
WILKINSON 7.8 7.1 8.0 4.7 - 6.0 3.1 7.1 2.0
WINSTON 6.7 3.4 9.2 4.4 3.4 5.3 2.2 - 4.0
YALOBUSHA 6.5 2.1 11.1 2.2 2.1 2.2 4.3 - 8.9
YAZOO 10.0 6.4 11.8 6.1 3.8 7.2 3.9 2.6 4.6
* DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
** INFANT - AGE LESS THAN ONE YEAR; NEONATAL - AGE LESS THAN 28 DAYS; POSTNEONATAL -
AGE 28 DAYS TO ONE YEAR.
