TABLE 22
MATERNAL DEATHS* AND MORTALITY RATES, BY YEAR AND RACE,
MISSISSIPPI, 1913-2001,
(OCCURRENCE DATA 1913-1943, RESIDENCE DATA 1944-2001)
NUMBER RATE**
NON- NON-
YEAR TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
1913 447 162 285 1087.5 740.6 1482.1
1914 413 124 289 1016.7 580.5 1500.3
1915 289 88 201 731.9 419.1 1087.4
1916 326 102 224 835.2 506.7 1185.0
1917 297 105 192 799.6 551.0 1061.6
1918 302 82 220 766.7 409.9 1134.8
1919 407 173 234 957.8 785.4 1143.5
1920 393 127 266 898.4 566.0 1248.5
1921 391 145 246 841.2 611.7 1079.9
1922 313 110 203 715.9 516.8 904.8
1923 321 108 213 741.9 510.9 962.7
1924 413 137 276 939.5 617.7 1267.2
1925 435 143 292 954.7 642.3 1253.3
1926 388 153 235 769.1 622.0 909.1
1927 409 134 275 831.2 554.6 1098.2
1928 421 161 260 874.8 681.0 1061.9
1929 410 152 258 899.7 687.6 1099.5
1930 489 171 318 1019.1 737.3 1282.8
1931 352 131 221 780.1 605.4 941.0
1932 279 103 176 600.2 470.7 715.5
1933 315 116 199 712.9 568.4 836.9
1934 306 116 190 638.8 519.2 743.3
1935 334 137 197 691.6 623.5 748.5
1936 358 134 224 726.7 603.8 827.6
1937 370 150 220 709.2 644.2 761.6
1938 333 116 217 619.8 482.4 731.0
1939 311 97 214 594.8 412.7 743.5
1940 327 106 221 622.5 459.2 750.6
1941 293 93 200 537.0 384.8 658.0
1942 248 77 171 438.8 304.3 547.8
1943 233 66 167 392.2 239.0 525.2
1944 225 72 153 397.6 280.7 494.5
1945 216 64 152 403.4 273.2 504.7
1946 199 67 132 323.9 225.5 416.2
1947 175 50 125 264.0 154.2 369.1
1948 177 38 139 271.1 128.1 390.2
1949 147 32 115 222.3 111.2 308.0
1950 165 30 135 256.1 110.3 362.5
1951 143 28 115 218.3 100.7 304.9
1952 119 15 104 184.5 53.4 285.4
1953 119 24 95 185.8 84.8 265.7
1954 104 11 93 160.6 38.2 258.6
1955 76 12 64 120.2 43.6 179.3
1956 74 12 62 119.0 44.0 177.6
1957 75 14 61 123.5 52.2 179.9
1958 53 10 43 89.5 37.3 132.8
1959 55 9 46 90.8 32.2 141.2
TABLE 22 - PAGE 2
MATERNAL DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1913-2001
NUMBER RATE**
NON- NON-
YEAR TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
1960 59 8 51 99.6 29.4 159.3
1961 49 9 40 82.3 32.8 124.6
1962 55 7 48 93.3 25.4 152.8
1963 44 9 35 76.8 33.6 114.8
1964 57 9 48 100.6 34.7 156.3
1965 40 3 37 78.2 12.8 133.1
1966 27 6 21 56.0 26.4 82.4
1967 36 10 26 77.3 44.1 108.7
1968 21 3 18 45.9 13.2 78.6
1969 23 3 20 48.8 12.5 86.6
1970 34 5 29 70.6 20.1 124.7
1971 21 5 16 43.2 19.8 68.4
1972 24 5 19 52.3 21.0 85.7
1973 12 4 8 26.9 17.3 37.2
1974 12 4 8 27.2 17.4 38.1
1975 6 0 6 13.8 - 28.9
1976 8 4 4 18.6 17.7 19.6
1977 10 2 8 22.0 8.6 36.1
1978 6 1 5 13.5 4.4 23.0
1979 10 3 7 21.8 12.8 31.2
1980 2 1 1 4.2 4.0 4.3
1981 7 5 2 15.1 21.0 8.9
1982 1 1 0 2.2 4.2 -
1983 1 0 1 2.3 - 4.7
1984 3 1 2 6.8 4.4 9.5
1985 3 2 1 6.9 8.7 4.9
1986 3 0 3 7.2 - 15.1
1987 4 2 2 9.7 9.3 10.2
1988 7 2 5 16.6 9.2 24.6
1989 6 1 5 13.9 4.5 23.8
1990 6 0 6 13.8 - 28.2
1991 3 2 1 6.9 9.1 4.7
1992 4 1 3 9.4 4.6 14.3
1993 11 2 9 26.1 9.4 43.1
1994 4 1 3 9.5 4.6 14.7
1995 5 0 5 12.1 - 25.3
1996 1 0 1 2.4 - 5.1
1997 11 4 7 26.5 18.2 35.9
1998 4 2 2 9.3 8.7 10.0
1999 6 2 4 14.0 8.8 20.0
2000 8 2 6 18.2 8.5 29.2
2001 12 4 8 28.4 17.5 41.1
* DEATHS RESULTING FROM DELIVERIES AND COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY,
CHILDBIRTH, AND THE PUERPERIUM.
** DEATHS PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
