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Infant 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 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 7.5 670 7.8
White 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 6.3 505 6.8
Black 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 17.1 157 17.0
Ratio   2.0   2.5   2.5   2.3   2.6   2.4   2.5   2.2   2.7   2.5
ALL RACES 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 8.9 334 9.4
Allen 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 37 7.3
Elkhart 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 21 6.7
Lake 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 62 8.8
Marion 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 8.3 158 11.1
St. Joseph 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 42 10.8
Vanderburgh 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 14 6.1
WHITE 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 6.4 197 7.3
Allen 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 28 6.6
Elkhart 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 16 5.5
Lake 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 29 6.2
Marion 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 84 8.4
St. Joseph 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 28 8.8
Vanderburgh 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 12 6.0
BLACK 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 17.0 133 16.6
Allen 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 8 11.1
Elkhart 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 5 23.7
Lake 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 33 14.4
Marion 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 71 18.2
St. Joseph 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 14 22.7
Vanderburgh 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 2 7.8
RATIO                                        
Allen   3.6   1.8   3.3   3.3   4.6   2.0   4.0   2.8   3.7   1.7
Elkhart   0.5   3.1   7.3   1.3   2.5   4.0   1.2   3.9   2.1   4.3
Lake   1.5   2.0   2.1   2.4   2.0   2.4   2.6   2.5   4.1   2.3
Marion   2.0   2.8   2.3   1.8   2.8   2.1   2.3   1.6   2.3   2.2
St. Joseph   2.5   1.8   3.3   2.6   4.8   2.7   1.6   1.2   2.2   2.6
Vanderburgh   1.3   3.1   4.1   3.5   1.6   1.4   1.1   2.1   0.4   1.3
Shaded area: Numerator is less than 20 and the rate is unstable.
Source: Indiana State Department of Health, Data Analysis Team

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