TABLE C1. DEATHS AND AVERAGE PER DAY, BY MONTH
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
AVERAGE AVERAGE
MONTH DEATHS PER DAY MONTH DEATHS PER DAY
TOTAL 28,529 78
JANUARY 2,972 96 JULY 2,303 74
FEBRUARY 2,434 84 AUGUST 2,206 71
MARCH 2,417 78 SEPTEMBER 2,181 73
APRIL 2,242 75 OCTOBER 2,447 79
MAY 2,310 74 NOVEMBER 2,248 75
JUNE 2,145 72 DECEMBER 2,624 85
TABLE C2. DEATHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND RATES, BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NUMBER PERCENT RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
AGE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 28,529 19,189 9,340 100.0 100.0 100.0 10.0 11.0 8.5
UNDER 1 468 157 311 1.6 0.8 3.3 11.4 7.3 15.8
1-4 100 49 51 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6
5-9 45 22 23 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
10-14 73 38 35 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
15-24 537 277 260 1.9 1.4 2.8 1.2 1.1 1.3
25-34 640 313 327 2.2 1.6 3.5 1.7 1.4 2.1
35-44 1,291 684 607 4.5 3.6 6.5 3.0 2.6 3.8
45-54 2,162 1,154 1,008 7.6 6.0 10.8 6.0 4.8 8.4
55-64 3,291 2,129 1,162 11.5 11.1 12.4 13.4 11.8 17.5
65-74 5,540 3,859 1,681 19.4 20.1 18.0 29.8 27.8 35.7
75 & OVER 14,377 10,507 3,870 50.4 54.8 41.4 91.1 90.8 92.0
UNKNOWN 5 0 5 ** - **
* DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
