TABLE 9
DEATHS, BY PLACE OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE,
ALSO DEATHS AND RATES, BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND RACE,
(PLACE INCLUDES COUNTIES, OUT OF STATE, TOWNS OF 10,000 OR MORE),
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 27,502 18,333 9,169 28,134 18,774 9,360 9.9 10.8 8.5
ADAMS 502 245 257 439 205 234 12.8 13.0 12.6
ALCORN 410 378 32 407 369 38 11.8 12.2 8.7
AMITE 72 34 38 146 80 66 10.7 10.4 11.1
ATTALA 232 161 71 275 180 95 14.0 15.7 11.6
BENTON 49 37 12 99 74 25 12.3 14.9 8.1
BOLIVAR 373 147 226 440 189 251 10.8 14.0 9.2
CALHOUN 121 98 23 197 159 38 13.1 15.2 8.2
CARROLL 36 23 13 94 56 38 8.7 8.3 9.4
CHICKASAW 152 109 43 228 155 73 11.7 14.0 8.7
CHOCTAW 66 51 15 103 79 24 10.6 11.9 7.7
CLAIBORNE 73 23 50 113 30 83 9.6 16.7 8.3
CLARKE 138 97 41 200 129 71 11.1 11.1 11.1
CLAY 183 93 90 236 116 120 10.7 12.3 9.5
COAHOMA 342 102 240 339 108 231 11.1 12.0 10.7
COPIAH 192 110 82 305 155 150 10.6 11.3 10.0
COVINGTON 151 111 40 214 153 61 11.0 12.4 8.6
DESOTO 729 590 139 796 693 103 7.4 7.5 6.8
FORREST 1,131 783 348 704 473 231 9.7 10.1 8.9
FRANKLIN 73 42 31 94 54 40 11.1 10.2 12.7
GEORGE 162 149 13 192 177 15 10.0 10.3 7.4
GREENE 55 42 13 123 101 22 9.2 10.4 6.1
GRENADA 306 194 112 297 181 116 12.8 13.4 11.8
HANCOCK 323 297 26 434 406 28 10.1 10.5 6.6
HARRISON 1,932 1,577 355 1,699 1,365 334 9.0 9.8 6.6
HINDS 3,689 1,932 1,757 2,025 955 1,070 8.1 10.2 6.8
HOLMES 177 55 122 251 74 177 11.6 16.7 10.3
HUMPHREYS 82 23 59 107 30 77 9.5 9.8 9.4
ISSAQUENA 6 3 3 12 4 8 5.3 4.8 5.5
ITAWAMBA 179 171 8 300 288 12 13.2 13.7 7.0
JACKSON 1,061 866 195 1,121 914 207 8.5 9.2 6.4
JASPER 91 62 29 178 95 83 9.8 11.3 8.5
JEFFERSON 40 7 33 95 16 79 9.8 12.6 9.3
JEFF DAVIS 92 52 40 143 77 66 10.2 13.2 8.1
JONES 641 483 158 715 554 161 11.0 12.0 8.6
KEMPER 50 21 29 117 49 68 11.2 12.0 10.7
LAFAYETTE 507 391 116 293 228 65 7.6 8.2 6.0
LAMAR 348 292 56 282 250 32 7.2 7.5 5.6
LAUDERDALE 1,370 867 503 948 639 309 12.1 13.6 9.9
LAWRENCE 93 64 29 143 100 43 10.8 11.3 9.8
LEAKE 177 121 56 231 151 80 11.0 12.8 8.7
LEE 1,362 1,062 300 724 577 147 9.6 10.3 7.4
LEFLORE 533 212 321 410 164 246 10.8 14.4 9.3
TABLE 9 - PAGE 2
DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 2001
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 332 243 89 401 305 96 12.1 13.2 9.4
LOWNDES 590 382 208 534 339 195 8.7 9.7 7.3
MADISON 599 382 217 846 526 320 11.3 11.7 10.8
MARION 239 193 46 312 241 71 12.2 14.1 8.4
MARSHALL 185 97 88 343 188 155 9.8 11.1 8.6
MONROE 289 223 66 384 279 105 10.1 10.7 8.7
MONTGOMERY 82 48 34 115 66 49 9.4 10.0 8.8
NESHOBA 210 136 74 345 236 109 12.0 12.6 11.0
NEWTON 194 132 62 243 163 80 11.1 11.5 10.5
NOXUBEE 84 38 46 115 43 72 9.2 11.6 8.1
OKTIBBEHA 223 126 97 249 144 105 5.8 5.7 5.9
PANOLA 218 143 75 348 217 131 10.2 12.5 7.7
PEARL RIVER 337 303 34 465 421 44 9.6 10.1 6.3
PERRY 71 60 11 121 93 28 10.0 10.0 9.7
PIKE 412 238 174 437 244 193 11.2 12.2 10.2
PONTOTOC 157 145 12 244 224 20 9.1 9.9 4.8
PRENTISS 167 157 10 236 221 15 9.2 10.1 4.1
QUITMAN 79 28 51 111 46 65 11.0 14.9 9.2
RANKIN 619 486 133 827 669 158 7.2 7.2 7.2
SCOTT 223 151 72 321 204 117 11.3 12.5 9.6
SHARKEY 53 21 32 65 27 38 9.9 14.0 8.2
SIMPSON 276 209 67 320 230 90 11.6 12.9 9.1
SMITH 81 63 18 175 138 37 10.8 11.2 9.6
STONE 64 58 6 151 122 29 11.1 11.3 10.3
SUNFLOWER 220 83 137 317 116 201 9.2 11.7 8.2
TALLAHATCHIE 80 34 46 162 77 85 10.9 13.0 9.4
TATE 159 104 55 261 177 84 10.3 10.3 10.3
TIPPAH 210 185 25 279 246 33 13.4 14.4 8.7
TISHOMINGO 214 209 5 287 280 7 15.0 15.4 7.2
TUNICA 65 34 31 102 35 67 11.0 13.8 10.0
UNION 253 229 24 270 243 27 10.6 11.5 6.4
WALTHALL 130 88 42 167 111 56 11.0 13.4 8.1
WARREN 586 329 257 539 313 226 10.8 11.5 10.1
WASHINGTON 679 296 383 652 283 369 10.4 13.2 8.9
WAYNE 179 117 62 210 132 78 9.9 10.2 9.5
WEBSTER 124 103 21 140 112 28 13.6 14.0 12.1
WILKINSON 121 52 69 141 46 95 13.7 14.3 13.4
WINSTON 141 84 57 213 115 98 10.6 10.3 10.9
YALOBUSHA 71 52 19 133 99 34 10.2 12.5 6.6
YAZOO 185 95 90 284 151 133 10.1 12.0 8.6
OUT OF STATE 1,538 1,099 439 906 658 248
* DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION.
TABLE 9 - PAGE 3
DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 2001
NUMBER
NON-
TOWN** TOTAL WHITE WHITE
BILOXI 445 362 83
BRANDON 199 175 24
BROOKHAVEN 216 160 56
CANTON 130 36 94
CLARKSDALE 245 78 167
CLEVELAND 182 104 78
CLINTON 184 132 52
COLUMBUS 313 179 134
CORINTH 234 207 27
GAUTIER 93 80 13
GREENVILLE 487 209 278
GREENWOOD 232 75 157
GRENADA 229 133 96
GULFPORT 716 526 190
HATTIESBURG 504 299 205
INDIANOLA 110 43 67
JACKSON 1,548 652 896
LAUREL 280 175 105
LONG BEACH 130 117 13
MCCOMB 209 121 88
MERIDIAN 579 348 231
MOSS POINT 207 113 94
NATCHEZ 307 148 159
OCEAN SPRINGS 219 203 16
PASCAGOULA 268 209 59
PEARL 156 132 24
PICAYUNE 145 114 31
RIDGELAND 443 342 101
SOUTHAVEN 273 258 15
STARKVILLE 141 83 58
TUPELO 343 262 81
VICKSBURG 404 201 203
YAZOO CITY 151 65 86
** TOWNS OF 10,000 POPULATION OR MORE.
