TABLE C3A. DEATHS BY AGE, RACE, AND SEX,
AND MALE/FEMALE RATIOS BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
TOTAL WHITE NONWHITE
MALES MALES MALES
PER PER PER
AGE MALE FEMALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE FEMALE
TOTAL 14,104 14,425 0.98 9,437 9,752 0.97 4,667 4,673 1.00
UNDER 1 259 209 1.24 95 62 1.53 164 147 1.12
1-4 60 40 1.50 31 18 1.72 29 22 1.32
5-9 24 21 1.14 12 10 1.20 12 11 1.09
10-14 44 29 1.52 28 10 2.80 16 19 0.84
15-24 374 163 2.29 200 77 2.60 174 86 2.02
25-34 425 215 1.98 215 98 2.19 210 117 1.79
35-44 777 514 1.51 436 248 1.76 341 266 1.28
45-54 1,332 830 1.60 741 413 1.79 591 417 1.42
55-64 1,987 1,304 1.52 1,279 850 1.50 708 454 1.56
65-74 3,164 2,376 1.33 2,283 1,576 1.45 881 800 1.10
75-84 3,550 3,908 0.91 2,657 2,844 0.93 893 1,064 0.84
85 & OVER 2,103 4,816 0.44 1,460 3,546 0.41 643 1,270 0.51
UNKNOWN 5 0 0 0 5 0
MEDIAN AGE 70.6 78.9 72.4 80.3 66.0 75.0
TABLE C3B. DEATH RATES*, BY AGE, RACE, AND SEX
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
TOTAL WHITE NONWHITE
AGE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE
TOTAL 10.3 9.8 11.0 11.0 9.0 8.0
UNDER 1 12.2 10.4 8.5 6.0 16.4 15.2
1-4 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.6
5-9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
10-14 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.4
15-24 1.6 0.7 1.6 0.6 1.7 0.8
25-34 2.3 1.1 1.8 0.9 3.0 1.4
35-44 3.8 2.3 3.2 1.9 4.7 3.1
45-54 7.6 4.5 6.2 3.4 10.6 6.5
55-64 17.0 10.1 14.7 9.2 23.9 12.4
65-74 38.8 22.8 36.4 20.7 46.6 28.4
75 AND OVER 104.0 84.3 103.4 84.1 105.5 84.9
* DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
