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Infant Mortality by Race for Urban Counties and Ratio of Black to White Mortality Rates 
Indiana, 1989-1998
    1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
INDIANA 845 10.2 828 9.6 796 9.3 785 9.3 762 9.1 724 8.8 685 8.3 724 8.7 675 8.1 641 7.5
White 664 9.1 657 8.7 602 8.0 586 8.0 587 8.0 548 7.6 526 7.2 550 7.5 526 7.2 468 6.3
Black 176 19.7 166 17.6 188 19.8 190 20.3 171 18.4 172 19.2 149 17.0 161 18.4 136 15.6 158 17.1
Ratio     2.2     2.0     2.5     2.5     2.3     2.6     2.4     2.5     2.2   2.7
ALL RACES 422 11.8 424 11.4 407 11.1 398 11.0 365 10.2 355 10.1 319 9.1 312 9.0 330 8.7 314 8.9
Allen 59 11.6 51 9.6 55 10.4 50 9.7 45 9.2 37 7.4 31 6.3 27 5.6 40 8.0 48 9.5
Elkhart 36 13.0 27 10.0 26 9.9 25 9.5 24 8.8 24 8.9 22 8.0 16 5.9 20 6.9 28 9.3
Lake 93 12.9 77 10.2 102 13.3 79 10.4 91 12.2 90 12.3 80 10.9 75 10.5 65 9.4 76 10.7
Marion 176 12.1 188 12.4 160 10.7 177 12.0 153 10.7 143 10.2 132 9.5 143 10.3 147 10.6 116 8.3
St. Joseph 33 8.5 43 11.0 39 10.2 45 11.8 32 8.3 33 9.0 30 8.0 27 7.1 40 10.6 27 6.8
Vanderburgh 25 10.6 38 14.9 25 10.6 22 9.5 20 8.5 28 12.2 24 10.9 24 10.7 18 8.3 19 8.4
WHITE 261 9.5 272 9.6 239 8.5 221 8.0 218 8.1 198 7.4 192 7.2 182 6.9 206 7.8 171 6.4
Allen 48 11.4 30 6.9 40 9.1 31 7.3 27 6.7 20 4.8 22 5.4 16 4.0 26 6.3 28 6.7
Elkhart 36 14.1 26 10.5 21 8.7 16 6.7 22 8.7 20 8.1 16 6.3 14 5.5 15 5.6 24 8.8
Lake 46 9.4 46 9.0 53 10.1 39 7.7 42 8.4 46 9.4 37 7.5 34 7.1 29 6.2 24 5.1
Marion 94 8.9 108 9.9 78 7.2 95 9.0 92 8.9 72 7.0 77 7.6 78 7.8 91 9.1 61 6.2
St. Joseph 19 5.9 29 9.0 29 9.2 26 8.3 21 6.6 17 5.7 20 6.4 19 6.1 31 9.9 16 4.9
Vanderburgh 18 8.6 33 14.6 18 8.7 14 6.8 14 6.7 23 11.6 20 10.5 21 10.8 14 7.5 18 9.2
BLACK 157 20.2 150 18.3 164 19.9 173 21.1 146 18.1 156 20.2 123 16.1 126 16.7 116 15.3 136 17.0
Allen 11 14.4 20 25.0 13 16.2 19 24.2 17 21.9 17 22.0 8 10.9 11 16.0 14 17.9 19 25.1
Elkhart 0 0.0 1 4.9 5 27.2 9 48.6 2 11.6 4 19.9 4 25.0 1 6.5 4 22.0 4 18.5
Lake 46 20.6 31 13.1 48 20.1 39 16.0 49 20.1 44 18.9 42 18.1 41 18.3 34 15.7 49 20.9
Marion 82 21.8 79 20.1 81 20.3 82 21.0 61 16.0 70 19.7 55 15.6 64 17.9 53 14.7 53 14.1
St. Joseph 11 17.9 14 22.1 10 16.3 17 27.0 11 17.3 16 27.3 10 17.2 6 9.9 7 12.3 10 15.5
Vanderburgh 7 29.4 5 18.9 7 27.0 7 27.6 6 23.3 5 18.1 4 15.2 3 11.5 4 15.4 1 3.6
RATIO                                                                                             
Allen     1.3     3.6      1.8      3.3      3.3     4.6     2.0      4.0     2.8     3.7
Elkhart     0.0     0.5      3.1      7.3      1.3     2.5     4.0      1.2      3.9     2.1
Lake     2.2     1.5      2.0      2.1      2.4     2.0     2.4      2.6      2.5     4.1
Marion     2.4     2.0      2.8      2.3      1.8     2.8     2.1      2.3      1.6     2.3
St. Joseph     3.0     2.5      1.8      3.3      2.6     4.8     2.7      1.6      1.2     2.2
Vanderburgh     3.4     1.3      3.1     4.1      3.5     1.6     1.4      1.1      2.1     0.4

Shaded area: numerator is less than 20 and the rate is unstable.

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