TABLE C11. INFANT DEATHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND MORTALITY RATES
BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NUMBER PERCENT RATE* NON- NON- NON- AGE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL UNDER 1 YEAR 468 157 311 100.0 100.0 100.0 10.6 6.7 15.1 NEONATAL (UNDER 28 DAYS) 289 91 198 61.8 58.0 63.7 6.6 3.9 9.6 HEBDOMADAL (UNDER 7 DAYS) 231 72 159 49.4 45.9 51.1 5.2 3.0 7.7 UNDER 1 DAY 170 49 121 36.3 31.2 38.9 3.8 2.1 5.9 1-6 DAYS 61 23 38 13.0 14.6 12.2 1.4 1.0 1.8 7-27 DAYS 58 19 39 12.4 12.1 12.5 1.3 0.8 1.9 POSTNEONATAL (28 DAYS TO 1 YEAR) 179 66 113 38.2 42.0 36.3 4.1 2.8 5.5 * DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.