
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.
