Neonatal Mortality by Race for Urban Counties and Ratio of Black to White Mortality Rates Indiana, 1991-2000
	1991		1992		1993		1994		1995		1996		1997		1998		1999		2000
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
INDIANA	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	454	5.2
White	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	358	4.7
Black	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	88	9.3
Ratio		2.7		2.7		2.3		2.5		2.6		2.1		2.1		2.8		2.4		2.0
ALL RACES	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	204	5.1
Allen	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	20	3.8
Elkhart	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	19	5.7
Lake	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	36	5.1
Marion	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	101	6.9
St. Joseph	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	18	4.5
Vanderburgh	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	10	4.3
WHITE	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	123	4.3
Allen	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	10	2.3
Elkhart	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	17	5.6
Lake	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	22	4.7
Marion	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	54	5.3
St. Joseph	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	11	3.4
Vanderburgh	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	9	4.5
BLACK	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	76	8.1
Allen	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	9	12.1
Elkhart	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	1	4.7
Lake	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	14	6.2
Marion	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	44	10.9
St. Joseph	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	7	11.1
Vanderburgh	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	1	3.5
RATIO
Allen		2.7		3.5		4.1		4.2		1.6		4.1		1.8		3.4		1.6		5.2
Elkhart		5.5		8.3		2.1		4.4		5.8		2.0		4.0		0.7		5.9		0.8
Lake		2.3		1.8		2.6		2.0		2.9		2.3		2.8		4.4		1.6		1.3
Marion		3.2		2.5		1.6		2.4		2.3		2.0		1.3		2.5		2.2		2.1
St. Joseph		0.9		5.9		1.8		3.8		3.6		0.9		1.3		3.1		1.9		3.3
Vanderburgh		3.1		5.0		4.0		1.5		0.6		0.5		2.7		0.9		2.0		0.8
Shaded area: Numerator is less than 20 and the rate is unstable.
Source: Indiana State Department of Health, Data Analysis Team