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Postneonatal 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 305 3.7 301 3.5 304 3.5 288 3.4 300 3.6 271 3.3 220 2.7 258 3.1 241 2.9 207 2.4
White 241 3.3 245 3.3 237 3.2 222 3.0 231 3.1 203 2.8 176 2.4 183 2.5 184 2.5 152 2.0
Black 63 7.0 55 5.8 64 6.8 63 6.7 67 7.2 67 7.5 40 4.6 67 7.7 51 5.8 49 5.3
Ratio   2.1   1.8   2.1   2.2   2.3   2.7   1.9   3.1   2.3   2.7
ALL RACES 156 4.4 143 3.8 160 4.4 146 4.0 137 3.8 128 3.7 101 2.9 114 3.3 102 2.9 100 2.8
Allen 21 4.1 19 3.6 24 4.6 27 5.3 19 3.9 12 2.4 8 1.6 10 2.1 13 2.6 14 2.8
Elkhart 15 5.4 8 2.9 9 3.4 7 2.7 8 2.9 9 3.3 5 1.8 7 2.6 6 2.1 10 3.3
Lake 31 4.3 24 3.2 49 6.4 30 3.9 30 4.0 30 4.1 25 3.4 25 3.5 21 3.0 29 4.1
Marion 63 4.3 65 4.3 58 3.9 54 3.7 62 4.3 54 3.8 43 3.1 50 3.6 42 3.0 32 2.3
St. Joseph 12 3.1 17 4.4 13 3.4 20 5.3 13 3.4 12 3.3 10 2.7 14 3.7 13 3.5 5 1.3
Vanderburgh 14 6.0 10 3.9 7 3.0 8 3.4 5 2.1 11 4.8 10 4.5 8 3.6 7 3.2 10 4.4
WHITE 98 3.6 94 3.3 100 3.6 87 3.2 82 3.0 68 2.5 67 2.5 60 2.3 57 2.2 55 2.1
Allen 17 4.0 9 2.1 20 4.6 17 4.0 13 3.2 6 1.5 5 1.2 6 1.5 6 1.5 7 1.7
Elkhart 15 5.9 7 2.8 9 3.7 5 2.1 8 3.2 9 3.7 5 2.0 6 2.4 4 1.5 7 2.6
Lake 12 2.5 11 2.2 27 5.2 13 2.6 15 3.0 15 3.1 14 2.8 10 2.1 10 2.2 10 2.1
Marion 39 3.7 43 3.9 32 3.0 31 2.9 35 3.4 24 2.3 28 2.8 24 2.4 21 2.1 18 1.8
St. Joseph 7 2.2 15 4.7 7 2.2 15 4.8 7 2.2 5 1.7 8 2.6 8 2.6 10 3.2 3 0.9
Vanderburgh 8 3.8 9 4.0 5 2.4 6 2.9 4 1.9 9 4.6 7 3.7 6 3.1 6 3.2 10 5.1
BLACK 58 7.7 48 5.9 58 7.0 57 7.0 55 6.8 60 7.8 33 4.4 50 6.6 40 5.3 41 5.1
Allen 4 5.2 9 11.3 3 3.7 10 12.7 6 7.7 6 7.8 3 4.1 4 5.8 7 9.0 6 7.9
Elkhart 0 0.0 1 4.9 0 0.0 2 10.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 5.5 3 13.9
Lake 19 8.5 13 5.5 21 8.8 16 6.6 15 6.2 15 6.4 10 4.3 15 6.7 9 4.2 18 7.7
Marion 24 6.4 22 5.6 26 6.5 23 5.9 27 7.1 30 8.4 15 4.3 25 7.0 20 5.5 12 3.2
St. Joseph 5 8.1 2 3.2 6 9.8 4 6.3 6 9.4 7 11.9 2 3.4 4 6.6 2 3.5 2 3.1
Vanderburgh 6 25.2 1 3.8 2 7.7 2 7.9 1 3.9 2 7.2 3 11.4 2 7.7 1 3.8 0 0.0
RATIO                                        
Allen   1.3   5.4   0.8   3.2   2.4   5.3   3.3   3.9   6.0   4.6
Elkhart   0.0   1.7   0.0   5.2   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   3.7   5.3
Lake   3.4   2.5   1.7   2.6   2.0   2.1   1.5   3.2   1.9   3.7
Marion   1.7   1.4   2.2   2.0   2.1   3.6   1.5   2.9   2.6   1.8
St. Joseph   3.7   0.7   4.4   1.3   4.3   7.2   1.3   2.5   1.1   3.4
Vanderburgh   6.6   1.0   3.2   2.7   2.0   1.6   3.1   2.5   1.2   0.0

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

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