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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.                                                              

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