
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.
