TABLE 9
DEATHS, BY PLACE OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE,
ALSO DEATHS AND RATES, BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND RACE,
(PLACE INCLUDES COUNTIES, OUT OF STATE, TOWNS OF 10,000 OR MORE),
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 27,893 18,742 9,151 28,529 19,189 9,340 10.0 11.0 8.5
ADAMS 447 214 233 403 207 196 11.7 13.1 10.6
ALCORN 453 405 48 494 433 61 14.3 14.3 14.0
AMITE 65 38 27 146 97 49 10.7 12.6 8.3
ATTALA 204 144 60 242 165 77 12.3 14.4 9.4
BENTON 44 27 17 96 67 29 12.0 13.5 9.4
BOLIVAR 395 160 235 457 186 271 11.2 13.8 10.0
CALHOUN 126 98 28 196 153 43 13.0 14.6 9.3
CARROLL 40 22 18 106 56 50 9.8 8.3 12.4
CHICKASAW 140 107 33 213 150 63 11.0 13.6 7.5
CHOCTAW 57 40 17 90 64 26 9.2 9.6 8.3
CLAIBORNE 75 19 56 116 24 92 9.8 13.4 9.2
CLARKE 137 106 31 201 144 57 11.2 12.4 8.9
CLAY 186 100 86 227 115 112 10.3 12.2 8.9
COAHOMA 347 126 221 355 132 223 11.6 14.7 10.3
COPIAH 193 111 82 284 152 132 9.9 11.0 8.8
COVINGTON 167 132 35 200 150 50 10.3 12.2 7.0
DESOTO 630 511 119 763 674 89 7.1 7.3 5.8
FORREST 1,223 898 325 732 524 208 10.1 11.2 8.0
FRANKLIN 89 65 24 116 83 33 13.7 15.6 10.5
GEORGE 163 150 13 210 193 17 11.0 11.3 8.4
GREENE 40 34 6 101 87 14 7.6 9.0 3.9
GRENADA 315 201 114 334 203 131 14.4 15.1 13.4
HANCOCK 356 327 29 483 450 33 11.2 11.6 7.8
HARRISON 2,078 1,725 353 1,800 1,470 330 9.5 10.6 6.5
HINDS 3,846 2,022 1,824 2,144 1,001 1,143 8.5 10.7 7.3
HOLMES 172 56 116 250 75 175 11.6 17.0 10.2
HUMPHREYS 96 26 70 142 42 100 12.7 13.8 12.2
ISSAQUENA 11 3 8 19 8 11 8.4 9.7 7.6
ITAWAMBA 155 148 7 266 255 11 11.7 12.1 6.4
JACKSON 1,104 902 202 1,183 974 209 9.0 9.8 6.4
JASPER 128 73 55 235 134 101 12.9 15.9 10.4
JEFFERSON 40 6 34 79 6 73 8.1 4.7 8.6
JEFF DAVIS 109 46 63 165 77 88 11.8 13.2 10.8
JONES 608 463 145 703 556 147 10.8 12.0 7.8
KEMPER 43 26 17 100 55 45 9.6 13.5 7.1
LAFAYETTE 514 388 126 270 200 70 7.0 7.2 6.4
LAMAR 336 294 42 291 259 32 7.4 7.8 5.6
LAUDERDALE 1,386 886 500 975 641 334 12.5 13.6 10.7
LAWRENCE 100 73 27 151 110 41 11.4 12.4 9.4
LEAKE 175 120 55 233 151 82 11.1 12.8 8.9
LEE 1,530 1,198 332 776 636 140 10.2 11.4 7.0
LEFLORE 507 205 302 418 172 246 11.0 15.1 9.3
TABLE 9 - PAGE 2
DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 2000
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 397 295 102 447 333 114 13.5 14.5 11.2
LOWNDES 520 318 202 468 287 181 7.6 8.2 6.8
MADISON 576 386 190 798 523 275 10.7 11.6 9.3
MARION 253 184 69 350 255 95 13.7 14.9 11.2
MARSHALL 181 91 90 320 158 162 9.1 9.3 9.0
MONROE 332 261 71 417 312 105 11.0 12.0 8.7
MONTGOMERY 120 64 56 154 85 69 12.6 12.8 12.4
NESHOBA 180 117 63 318 206 112 11.1 11.0 11.3
NEWTON 193 135 58 237 166 71 10.8 11.7 9.3
NOXUBEE 69 31 38 115 45 70 9.2 12.2 7.9
OKTIBBEHA 238 145 93 285 169 116 6.6 6.7 6.5
PANOLA 225 137 88 367 220 147 10.7 12.7 8.7
PEARL RIVER 356 316 40 476 417 59 9.8 10.0 8.4
PERRY 95 80 15 151 119 32 12.4 12.9 11.1
PIKE 400 264 136 424 250 174 10.9 12.5 9.2
PONTOTOC 145 130 15 256 227 29 9.6 10.1 7.0
PRENTISS 147 135 12 226 205 21 8.8 9.3 5.8
QUITMAN 87 33 54 131 53 78 12.9 17.2 11.1
RANKIN 598 460 138 778 630 148 6.7 6.7 6.8
SCOTT 153 103 50 244 155 89 8.6 9.5 7.3
SHARKEY 40 20 20 59 27 32 9.0 14.0 6.9
SIMPSON 255 188 67 320 232 88 11.6 13.0 8.9
SMITH 74 58 16 154 126 28 9.5 10.2 7.2
STONE 61 47 14 139 107 32 10.2 9.9 11.4
SUNFLOWER 252 116 136 338 149 189 9.8 15.0 7.7
TALLAHATCHIE 88 39 49 153 72 81 10.3 12.2 9.0
TATE 142 105 37 240 173 67 9.5 10.0 8.2
TIPPAH 188 166 22 247 218 29 11.9 12.8 7.7
TISHOMINGO 176 168 8 274 262 12 14.3 14.4 12.4
TUNICA 71 34 37 90 30 60 9.8 11.8 9.0
UNION 244 218 26 275 245 30 10.8 11.6 7.1
WALTHALL 121 80 41 176 116 60 11.6 14.0 8.7
WARREN 521 286 235 500 289 211 10.1 10.6 9.4
WASHINGTON 713 282 431 681 273 408 10.8 12.8 9.8
WAYNE 166 117 49 191 131 60 9.0 10.1 7.3
WEBSTER 106 90 16 145 124 21 14.1 15.5 9.1
WILKINSON 108 56 52 122 54 68 11.8 16.8 9.6
WINSTON 171 114 57 233 148 85 11.6 13.3 9.4
YALOBUSHA 75 60 15 150 108 42 11.5 13.7 8.1
YAZOO 226 118 108 315 159 156 11.2 12.6 10.0
OUT OF STATE 1,584 1,138 446 948 691 257
* DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION.
TABLE 9 - PAGE 3
DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 2000
RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER
NON-
TOWN** TOTAL WHITE WHITE
BILOXI 446 370 76
BRANDON 173 146 27
CANTON 141 40 101
CLARKSDALE 270 107 163
CLEVELAND 164 87 77
CLINTON 165 124 41
COLUMBUS 280 160 120
CORINTH 306 254 52
GAUTIER 108 99 9
GREENVILLE 481 191 290
GREENWOOD 256 92 164
GRENADA 248 143 105
GULFPORT 744 549 195
HATTIESBURG 517 330 187
HORN LAKE 73 67 6
INDIANOLA 145 65 80
JACKSON 1,669 724 945
LAUREL 274 181 93
LONG BEACH 128 120 8
MADISON 145 140 5
MCCOMB 213 137 76
MERIDIAN 661 384 277
MOSS POINT 223 110 113
NATCHEZ 274 141 133
OCEAN SPRINGS 212 195 17
OLIVE BRANCH 142 125 17
OXFORD 137 103 34
PASCAGOULA 249 196 53
PEARL 156 141 15
PICAYUNE 152 109 43
RIDGELAND 377 289 88
SOUTHAVEN 251 234 17
STARKVILLE 157 89 68
TUPELO 409 332 77
VICKSBURG 348 168 180
WEST POINT 138 71 67
YAZOO CITY 180 73 107
** TOWNS OF 10,000 POPULATION OR MORE.
