
TABLE 13
INFANT DEATHS* FROM SELECTED CAUSES, BY RACE AND AGE,
ALSO MORTALITY RATES FOR SELECTED CAUSES,
MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS, 2000
R 28
A TOTAL UNDER 28 DAYS OF AGE DAYS
CAUSE OF DEATH AND TOTAL C BY TO- < 1 1- 7- 14- 21- AND
GROUP NUMBER** NUMBER RATE# E RACE TAL DAY 6 13 20 27 OVER
ALL CAUSES 468 10.6 W 157 91 49 23 8 4 7 66
NW 311 198 121 38 14 15 10 113
DIARRHEA AND GASTRO-
ENTERITIS OF PRESUMED 1 ## W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INFECTIOUS ORIGIN (002) NW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SEPTICEMIA (008) 3 0.1 W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 1 ## W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(021-023) NW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DISEASES OF THE BLOOD AND
BLOOD-FORMING ORGANS AND
CERTAIN DISORDERS INVOLVING
THE IMMUNE MECHANISM 1 ## W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(025-027) NW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VOLUME DEPLETION, DISORDERS
OF FLUID, ELECTROLYTE AND 2 ## W 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
ACID-BASE BALANCE (031) NW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INFANTILE SPINAL MUSCULAR
ATROPHY, TYPE I 1 ## W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(WERDNIG-HOFFMAN) (034) NW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INFANTILE CEREBRAL PALSY 1 ## W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(035) NW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE, NOT 1 ## W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED (036) NW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY 10 0.2 W 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
SYSTEM (039-044) NW 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 11 0.2 W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(046,047) NW 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
ACUTE BRONCHITIS AND ACUTE 2 ## W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BRONCHIOLITIS (048) NW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
GASTRITIS, DUODENITIS, AND
NONINFECTIVE ENTERITIS AND 6 0.1 W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
COLITIS (053) NW 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
HERNIA OF ABDOMINAL CAVITY
AND INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 1 ## W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
WITHOUT HERNIA (054) NW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TABLE 13 - PAGE 2
INFANT DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 2000
R 28
A TOTAL UNDER 28 DAYS OF AGE DAYS
CAUSE OF DEATH AND TOTAL C BY TO- < 1 1- 7- 14- 21- AND
GROUP NUMBER** NUMBER RATE# E RACE TAL DAY 6 13 20 27 OVER
RENAL FAILURE AND OTHER 7 0.2 W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
DISORDERS OF KIDNEY (056) NW 6 6 1 2 1 2 0 0
NEWBORN AFFECTED BY
MATERNAL HYPERTENSIVE 1 ## W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
DISORDERS (058) NW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEWBORN AFFECTED BY
MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS 12 0.3 W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
OF PREGNANCY (060-063) NW 10 10 9 1 0 0 0 0
NEWBORN AFFECTED BY
COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA,
CORD AND MEMBRANES 6 0.1 W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(064-067) NW 6 6 4 2 0 0 0 0
NEWBORN AFFECTED BY OTHER
COMPLICATIONS OF LABOR AND 1 ## W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DELIVERY (068) NW 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
DISORDERS RELATED TO SHORT
GESTATION AND LOW BIRTH
WEIGHT, NOT ELSEWHERE 88 2.0 W 19 19 16 2 0 1 0 0
CLASSIFIED (071,072) NW 69 67 54 10 2 1 0 2
INTRAUTERINE HYPOXIA AND 5 0.1 W 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
BIRTH ASPHYXIA (075,076) NW 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS OF 17 0.4 W 5 5 3 2 0 0 0 0
NEWBORN (077) NW 12 10 6 2 0 1 1 2
NEONATAL ASPIRATION 1 ## W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SYNDROME (079) NW 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
INTERSTITIAL EMPHYSEMA AND
RELATED CONDITIONS
ORIGINATING IN THE 2 ## W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERINATAL PERIOD (080) NW 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE
ORIGINATING IN THE 11 0.2 W 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
PERINATAL PERIOD (081) NW 9 9 1 5 0 2 1 0
CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE
ORIGINATING IN THE 5 0.1 W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PERINATAL PERIOD (082) NW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
ATELECTASIS (083) 8 0.2 W 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
NW 5 5 3 1 1 0 0 0
TABLE 13 - PAGE 3
INFANT DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 2000
R 28
A TOTAL UNDER 28 DAYS OF AGE DAYS
CAUSE OF DEATH AND TOTAL C BY TO- < 1 1- 7- 14- 21- AND
GROUP NUMBER** NUMBER RATE# E RACE TAL DAY 6 13 20 27 OVER
BACTERIAL SEPSIS OF NEWBORN 19 0.4 W 4 4 0 1 2 1 0 0
(085) NW 15 12 4 0 3 2 3 3
NEONATAL HEMORRHAGE (088) 3 0.1 W 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0
NW 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
HEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS 1 ## W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
(091) NW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SYNDROME OF INFANT OF A
DIABETIC MOTHER AND
NEONATAL DIABETES MELLITUS 1 ## W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(092) NW 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS 8 0.2 W 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
OF NEWBORN (093) NW 6 5 0 1 1 3 0 1
HYDROPS FETALIS NOT DUE TO 5 0.1 W 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
HEMOLYTIC DISEASE (094) NW 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS,
DEFORMATIONS AND CHROMOSO- 84 1.9 W 43 33 16 9 5 0 3 10
MAL ABNORMALITIES (096-110) NW 41 31 15 6 4 2 4 10
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH 64 1.4 W 23 2 0 0 1 0 1 21
SYNDROME (111) NW 41 3 0 1 0 1 1 38
ACCIDENTS (114-124) 16 0.4 W 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
NW 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 6 0.1 W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(125-128) NW 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
ALL OTHER CAUSES 56 1.3 W 17 7 4 1 0 1 1 10
NW 39 23 18 3 1 1 0 16
* DEATHS OF CHILDREN UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE.
** SEE APPENDIX C FOR EXPLANATION OF GROUP NUMBERS.
# DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
## LESS THAN 0.06.
