TABLE C12. DEATHS AND MORTALITY RATES FOR TEN LEADING CAUSES
OF INFANT DEATHS, BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NUMBER RATE* NON- NON- CAUSE AND GROUP NUMBER** TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE ALL CAUSES 468 157 311 10.6 6.7 15.1 1. DISORDERS RELATED TO SHORT GESTATION AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED (071,072) 88 19 69 2.0 0.8 3.4 2. CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS, DEFORMATIONS AND CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES (096-110) 84 43 41 1.9 1.8 2.0 3. SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (111) 64 23 41 1.4 1.0 2.0 4. BACTERIAL SEPSIS OF NEWBORN (085) 19 4 15 0.4 0.2 0.7 5. RESPIRATORY DISTRESS OF NEWBORN (077) 17 5 12 0.4 0.2 0.6 6. ACCIDENTS (114-124) 16 8 8 0.4 0.3 0.4 7. NEWBORN AFFECTED BY MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY (060-063) 12 2 10 0.3 0.1 0.5 8T. INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA (046,047) 11 3 8 0.2 0.1 0.4 8T. PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD (081) 11 2 9 0.2 0.1 0.4 10. DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM (039-044) 10 3 7 0.2 0.1 0.3 * DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS. ** SEE APPENDIX C FOR EXPLANATION OF CAUSE CATEGORIES AND GROUP NUMBERS.