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DIVORCES

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.                                                            

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