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Neonatal 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 540 6.5 527 6.1 492 5.7 497 5.9 462 5.5 453 5.5 465 5.6 466 5.6 434 5.2 434 5.1
White 423 5.8 412 5.5 365 4.9 364 4.9 356 4.8 345 4.8 350 4.8 367 5.0 342 4.7 316 4.2
Black 113 12.6 111 11.8 124 13.1 127 13.5 104 11.2 105 11.7 109 12.5 94 10.7 85 9.7 109 11.8
Ratio   2.2   2.2   2.7   2.7   2.3   2.5   2.6   2.1   2.1   2.8
ALL RACES 266 7.5 281 7.6 247 6.7 252 7.0 228 6.4 227 6.5 218 6.3 198 5.7 228 6.6 214 6.0
Allen 38 7.5 32 6.0 31 5.9 23 4.5 26 5.3 25 5.0 23 4.7 17 3.5 27 5.4 34 6.7
Elkhart 21 7.6 19 7.0 17 6.5 18 6.9 16 5.9 15 5.6 17 6.2 9 3.3 14 4.8 18 6.0
Lake 62 8.6 53 7.0 53 6.9 49 6.4 61 8.2 60 8.2 55 7.5 50 7.0 44 6.4 47 6.6
Marion 113 7.8 123 8.1 102 6.8 123 8.4 91 6.3 89 6.3 89 6.4 93 6.7 105 7.6 84 6.0
St. Joseph 21 5.4 26 6.7 26 6.8 25 6.6 19 4.9 21 5.8 20 5.3 13 3.4 27 7.2 22 5.5
Vanderburgh 11 4.7 28 11.0 18 7.6 14 6.0 15 6.4 17 7.4 14 6.4 16 7.1 11 5.1 9 4.0
WHITE 163 5.9 178 6.3 139 5.0 134 4.9 136 5.0 130 4.9 125 4.7 122 4.6 149 5.6 116 4.4
Allen 31 7.3 21 4.9 20 4.6 14 3.3 14 3.5 14 3.4 17 4.2 10 2.5 20 4.9 21 5.0
Elkhart 21 8.2 19 7.7 12 4.9 11 4.6 14 5.5 11 4.5 11 4.3 8 3.2 11 4.1 17 6.2
Lake 34 7.0 35 6.9 26 5.0 26 5.1 27 5.4 31 6.3 23 4.7 24 5.0 19 4.1 14 3.0
Marion 55 5.2 65 6.0 46 4.3 64 6.0 57 5.5 48 4.7 49 4.8 54 5.4 70 7.0 43 4.4
St. Joseph 12 3.7 14 4.4 22 7.0 11 3.5 14 4.4 12 4.0 12 3.9 11 3.6 21 6.7 13 4.0
Vanderburgh 10 4.8 24 10.6 13 6.3 8 3.9 10 4.8 14 7.1 13 6.8 15 7.7 8 4.3 8 4.1
BLACK 99 13.1 102 12.5 106 12.9 116 14.1 86 10.6 96 12.4 90 11.9 76 10.1 76 10.0 95 11.9
Allen 7 9.2 11 13.8 10 12.5 9 11.5 11 14.2 11 14.2 5 6.8 7 10.2 7 9.0 13 17.2
Elkhart 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 27.2 7 37.8 2 11.6 4 19.9 4 25.0 1 6.5 3 16.5 1 4.6
Lake 27 12.1 18 7.6 27 11.3 23 9.5 34 14.0 29 12.4 32 13.8 26 11.6 25 11.5 31 13.3
Marion 58 15.4 57 14.5 55 13.8 59 15.1 34 8.9 40 11.2 40 11.4 39 10.9 33 9.1 41 10.9
St. Joseph 6 9.8 12 18.9 4 6.5 13 20.6 5 7.9 9 15.3 8 13.8 2 3.3 5 8.8 8 12.4
Vanderburgh 1 4.2 4 15.2 5 19.3 5 19.7 5 19.5 3 10.9 1 3.8 1 3.8 3 11.5 1 3.6
RATIO                                        
Allen   1.3   2.8   2.7   3.5   4.1   4.2   1.6   4.1   1.8   3.4
Elkhart   0.0   0.0   5.5   8.3   2.1   4.4   5.8   2.0   4.0   0.7
Lake   1.7   1.1   2.3   1.8   2.6   2.0   2.9   2.3   2.8   4.4
Marion   3.0   2.4   3.2   2.5   1.6   2.4   2.3   2.0   1.3   2.5
St. Joseph   2.6   4.3   0.9   5.9   1.8   3.8   3.6   0.9   1.3   3.1
Vanderburgh   0.9   1.4   3.1   5.0   4.0   1.5   0.6   0.5   2.7   0.9

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

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