TABLE E1. DIVORCES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, BY CAUSE AND RACE*
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
NUMBER PERCENT NON- UN- NON- UN- CAUSE TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN TOTAL 14,198 10,683 3,370 145 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES 12,538 9,698 2,718 122 88.3 90.8 80.6 84.1 CRUEL AND INHUMAN TREATMENT 835 526 295 14 5.9 4.9 8.8 9.6 DESERTION 377 164 206 7 2.6 1.5 6.1 4.8 ADULTERY 269 183 85 1 1.9 1.7 2.5 0.7 DRUNKENNESS 80 42 38 0 0.6 0.4 1.1 - PENITENTIARY 57 35 22 0 0.4 0.3 0.6 - ANNULMENT 29 25 3 1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.7 BIGAMY 2 1 1 0 ** ** ** - MISCELLANEOUS & OTHER 1 1 0 0 ** ** - - UNKNOWN 10 8 2 0 0.1 0.1 ** - * DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES. ** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.