Neonatal Mortality by Race for Urban Counties and Ratio of Black to White Mortality Rates Indiana, 1990-1999
	1990		1991		1992		1993		1994		1995		1996		1997		1998		1999
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
INDIANA	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	440	5.1
White	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	334	4.5
Black	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	99	10.7
Ratio		2.2		2.7		2.7		2.3		2.5		2.6		2.1		2.1		2.8		2.4
ALL RACES	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	224	6.3
Allen	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	24	4.7
Elkhart	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	10	3.2
Lake	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	43	6.1
Marion	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	107	7.5
St. Joseph	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	30	7.7
Vanderburgh	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	10	4.4
WHITE	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	135	5.0
Allen	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	18	4.3
Elkhart	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	7	2.4
Lake	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	24	5.1
Marion	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	56	5.6
St. Joseph	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	22	6.9
Vanderburgh	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	8	4.0
BLACK	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	85	10.6
Allen	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	5	6.9
Elkhart	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	3	14.2
Lake	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	19	8.3
Marion	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	48	12.3
St. Joseph	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	8	12.9
Vanderburgh	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	2	7.8
RATIO
Allen		2.8		2.7		3.5		4.1		4.2		1.6		4.1		1.8		3.4		1.6
Elkhart		0.0		5.5		8.3		2.1		4.4		5.8		2.0		4.0		0.7		5.9
Lake		1.1		2.3		1.8		2.6		2.0		2.9		2.3		2.8		4.4		1.6
Marion		2.4		3.2		2.5		1.6		2.4		2.3		2.0		1.3		2.5		2.2
St. Joseph		4.3		0.9		5.9		1.8		3.8		3.6		0.9		1.3		3.1		1.9
Vanderburgh		1.4		3.1		5.0		4.0		1.5		0.6		0.5		2.7		0.9		2.0
Shaded area: Numerator is less than 20 and the rate is unstable. Source: Indiana State Department of Health, Data Analysis Team