TABLE 12B
INFANT, NEONATAL, AND POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY RATES*,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE,
MISSISSIPPI, 1997-2001 (5-YEAR AVERAGE)
INFANT** NEONATAL** POSTNEONATAL**
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 10.4 6.7 14.6 5.2 3.3 7.4 5.2 3.4 7.2
ADAMS 13.6 11.8 14.6 7.0 5.9 7.6 6.6 5.9 7.0
ALCORN 8.0 5.8 19.6 4.0 3.1 8.4 4.0 2.6 11.2
AMITE 7.0 4.6 9.7 3.5 2.3 4.8 3.5 2.3 4.8
ATTALA 11.2 9.0 13.3 7.4 4.5 10.4 3.7 4.5 3.0
BENTON 11.8 15.2 7.6 3.4 6.1 - 8.4 9.1 7.6
BOLIVAR 11.1 7.5 12.2 4.2 3.8 4.3 6.9 3.8 7.8
CALHOUN 4.8 6.1 2.6 3.8 4.5 2.6 1.0 1.5 -
CARROLL 7.6 3.3 13.4 3.8 3.3 4.5 3.8 - 9.0
CHICKASAW 8.1 6.2 10.1 4.4 3.7 5.1 3.8 2.5 5.1
CHOCTAW 10.4 5.6 18.3 5.2 - 13.8 5.2 5.6 4.6
CLAIBORNE 13.4 12.3 13.5 7.8 12.3 7.4 5.6 - 6.2
CLARKE 5.0 3.0 7.4 2.5 3.0 1.8 2.5 - 5.5
CLAY 11.8 7.6 13.6 6.5 5.7 6.8 5.3 1.9 6.8
COAHOMA 12.2 5.8 13.5 6.0 1.9 6.8 6.3 3.9 6.8
COPIAH 17.0 8.3 22.7 9.4 4.8 12.5 7.6 3.6 10.2
COVINGTON 11.2 10.8 11.7 6.6 4.8 8.8 4.6 6.0 2.9
DESOTO 9.0 6.9 21.1 4.4 3.2 11.0 4.6 3.7 10.1
FORREST 7.7 5.7 10.3 4.6 4.0 5.4 3.1 1.7 5.0
FRANKLIN 8.3 3.0 14.8 3.3 - 7.4 5.0 3.0 7.4
GEORGE 12.1 13.0 5.0 7.5 7.8 5.0 4.6 5.2 -
GREENE 7.9 8.5 6.0 4.0 5.1 - 4.0 3.4 6.0
GRENADA 10.4 2.5 18.4 7.1 - 14.5 3.2 2.5 3.9
HANCOCK 7.0 6.9 8.1 2.3 2.2 4.1 4.7 4.7 4.1
HARRISON 9.8 7.4 15.3 4.4 3.4 6.8 5.4 4.0 8.4
HINDS 12.9 8.5 14.5 6.6 5.1 7.1 6.4 3.4 7.4
HOLMES 13.6 4.2 14.9 7.5 - 8.6 6.0 4.2 6.3
HUMPHREYS 11.8 5.4 13.2 4.9 - 6.0 6.9 5.4 7.2
ISSAQUENA - - - - - - - - -
ITAWAMBA 8.3 8.3 8.6 4.6 4.2 8.6 3.8 4.2 -
JACKSON 7.7 5.4 13.3 3.6 1.8 7.6 4.2 3.5 5.8
JASPER 9.1 7.6 10.0 2.8 - 4.4 6.3 7.6 5.5
JEFFERSON 11.8 23.8 11.0 4.4 - 4.7 7.4 23.8 6.3
JEFF DAVIS 14.3 9.0 17.0 7.1 6.0 7.7 7.1 3.0 9.3
JONES 11.4 10.2 13.3 5.7 4.9 6.9 5.7 5.2 6.4
KEMPER 13.4 - 18.1 8.9 - 12.0 4.4 - 6.0
LAFAYETTE 9.2 9.5 8.8 6.0 6.4 5.5 3.2 3.2 3.3
LAMAR 8.9 6.7 19.8 4.6 3.6 9.9 4.3 3.2 9.9
LAUDERDALE 12.8 5.3 20.7 6.1 1.0 11.6 6.6 4.3 9.1
LAWRENCE 6.6 5.6 8.1 4.4 3.8 5.4 2.2 1.9 2.7
LEAKE 9.8 7.0 12.6 4.6 4.7 4.6 5.2 2.3 8.0
LEE 9.7 4.6 20.1 4.9 2.2 10.6 4.8 2.4 9.6
LEFLORE 12.4 7.6 13.7 6.4 1.5 7.7 6.0 6.1 6.0
TABLE 12B - PAGE 2
INFANT, NEONATAL, AND POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY RATES - MISSISSIPPI - 1997-2001 AVERAGE
INFANT** NEONATAL** POSTNEONATAL**
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 8.9 6.0 14.0 6.0 4.7 8.1 3.0 1.3 5.8
LOWNDES 11.7 6.2 17.0 7.4 2.9 11.7 4.3 3.3 5.2
MADISON 10.3 5.6 15.5 5.9 3.4 8.6 4.4 2.2 6.9
MARION 6.9 5.4 9.2 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.2 1.8 5.2
MARSHALL 12.1 8.8 14.7 7.2 4.4 9.4 4.9 4.4 5.4
MONROE 11.5 7.6 18.0 3.6 2.5 5.3 7.9 5.1 12.7
MONTGOMERY 27.1 13.9 36.8 17.7 8.4 24.5 9.4 5.6 12.3
NESHOBA 9.9 7.4 12.6 3.4 2.5 4.5 6.4 4.9 8.1
NEWTON 12.8 6.6 20.4 7.3 5.5 9.5 5.5 1.1 10.9
NOXUBEE 24.8 - 32.1 11.5 - 14.9 13.3 - 17.2
OKTIBBEHA 7.8 4.0 11.0 6.3 4.0 8.2 1.5 - 2.7
PANOLA 13.8 9.9 16.3 5.5 2.7 7.3 8.3 7.2 9.0
PEARL RIVER 5.2 3.7 12.7 1.5 1.5 1.8 3.7 2.2 10.9
PERRY 6.4 2.9 15.3 4.2 1.5 11.4 2.1 1.5 3.8
PIKE 8.0 4.0 10.6 4.8 2.4 6.3 3.2 1.6 4.2
PONTOTOC 5.4 5.2 6.9 2.7 2.6 3.5 2.7 2.6 3.5
PRENTISS 9.7 11.6 - 6.1 7.2 - 3.6 4.3 -
QUITMAN 11.5 12.7 11.2 4.6 6.4 4.2 6.9 6.4 7.0
RANKIN 7.2 5.7 13.4 3.8 2.6 8.9 3.3 3.1 4.4
SCOTT 12.8 11.8 14.0 5.5 5.0 6.0 7.3 6.7 8.0
SHARKEY 3.4 - 4.2 - - - 3.4 - 4.2
SIMPSON 12.4 9.1 16.6 6.2 1.8 11.9 6.2 7.3 4.8
SMITH 9.9 7.2 15.8 4.9 7.2 - 4.9 - 15.8
STONE 6.9 5.4 11.2 2.0 1.3 3.7 4.9 4.0 7.5
SUNFLOWER 13.4 5.7 15.2 4.5 1.9 5.1 8.9 3.8 10.2
TALLAHATCHIE 11.2 - 15.9 4.7 - 6.6 6.5 - 9.2
TATE 11.7 6.0 21.0 4.8 1.7 9.8 6.9 4.3 11.2
TIPPAH 6.8 5.4 13.1 2.5 1.5 6.5 4.4 3.8 6.5
TISHOMINGO 7.9 8.1 - 0.9 0.9 - 7.0 7.2 -
TUNICA 18.7 - 22.2 5.8 - 6.9 12.8 - 15.2
UNION 6.8 6.0 10.1 3.7 3.3 5.0 3.2 2.7 5.0
WALTHALL 11.7 6.3 15.8 5.4 4.2 6.3 6.3 2.1 9.5
WARREN 12.2 6.6 16.8 6.2 3.8 8.1 6.0 2.8 8.6
WASHINGTON 11.9 6.6 13.6 5.3 4.4 5.5 6.7 2.2 8.1
WAYNE 11.7 5.0 18.1 6.8 2.5 10.9 4.9 2.5 7.2
WEBSTER 8.1 5.6 14.7 - - - 8.1 5.6 14.7
WILKINSON 6.1 - 7.9 1.5 - 2.0 4.6 - 5.9
WINSTON 8.1 3.4 11.6 6.6 3.4 9.1 1.5 - 2.6
YALOBUSHA 7.6 6.2 9.1 3.2 4.2 2.3 4.3 2.1 6.8
YAZOO 11.0 7.7 12.6 7.0 3.9 8.6 3.9 3.9 4.0
* DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
** INFANT - AGE LESS THAN ONE YEAR; NEONATAL - AGE LESS THAN 28 DAYS; POSTNEONATAL -
AGE 28 DAYS TO ONE YEAR.
