TABLE C12. DEATHS AND MORTALITY RATES FOR TEN LEADING CAUSES
OF INFANT DEATHS, BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
NUMBER RATE* NON- NON- CAUSE AND GROUP NUMBER** TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE ALL CAUSES 443 157 286 10.5 6.9 14.7 1. DISORDERS RELATED TO SHORT GESTATION AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED (071,072) 91 11 80 2.2 0.5 4.1 2. CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS, DEFORMATIONS AND CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES (096-110) 78 46 32 1.8 2.0 1.6 3. SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (111) 54 28 26 1.3 1.2 1.3 4. ACCIDENTS (114-124) 19 8 11 0.4 0.4 0.6 5. NEWBORN AFFECTED BY MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY (060-063) 14 5 9 0.3 0.2 0.5 6. RESPIRATORY DISTRESS OF NEWBORN (077) 12 6 6 0.3 0.3 0.3 7T. DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM (039-044) 11 4 7 0.3 0.2 0.4 7T. PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD (081) 11 1 10 0.3 # 0.5 7T. NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS OF NEWBORN (093) 11 4 7 0.3 0.2 0.4 10T. NEWBORN AFFECTED BY COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA, CORD AND MEMBRANES (064-067) 10 5 5 0.2 0.2 0.2 10T. CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD (082) 10 2 8 0.2 0.1 0.4 * DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS. ** SEE APPENDIX C FOR EXPLANATION OF CAUSE CATEGORIES AND GROUP NUMBERS. # LESS THAN 0.06.