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Postneonatal 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 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 2.4 230 2.7
White 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 2.0 171 2.3
Black 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 58 6.3
Ratio   1.8   2.1   2.2   2.3   2.7   1.9   3.1   2.3   2.7   2.7
ALL RACES 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 2.8 110 3.1
Allen 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 13 2.6
Elkhart 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 11 3.5
Lake 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 19 2.7
Marion 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 51 3.6
St. Joseph 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 12 3.1
Vanderburgh 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 4 1.8
WHITE 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 62 2.3
Allen 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 10 2.4
Elkhart 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 9 3.1
Lake 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 5 1.1
Marion 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 28 2.8
St. Joseph 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 6 1.9
Vanderburgh 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 4 2.0
BLACK 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 48 6.0
Allen 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 3 4.2
Elkhart 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 2 9.5
Lake 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 14 6.1
Marion 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 23 5.9
St. Joseph 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 6 9.7
Vanderburgh 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 0 0.0
RATIO                                        
Allen   5.4   0.8   3.2   2.4   5.3   3.3   3.9   6.0   4.6   1.8
Elkhart   1.7   0.0   5.2   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   3.7   5.3   3.1
Lake   2.5   1.7   2.6   2.0   2.1   1.5   3.2   1.9   3.7   5.5
Marion   1.4   2.2   2.0   2.1   3.6   1.5   2.9   2.6   1.8   2.1
St. Joseph   0.7   4.4   1.3   4.3   7.2   1.3   2.5   1.1   3.4   5.1
Vanderburgh   1.0   3.2   2.7   2.0   1.6   3.1   2.5   1.2   0.0   0.0
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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