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Postneonatal 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 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 2.7 222 2.5
White 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 2.3 153 2.0
Black 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 62 6.6
Ratio   2.1   2.2   2.3   2.7   1.9   3.1   2.3   2.7   2.7   3.3
ALL RACES 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 3.1 109 2.9
Allen 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 12 2.3
Elkhart 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 12 3.6
Lake 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 25 3.6
Marion 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 44 3.0
St. Joseph 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 11 2.8
Vanderburgh 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 5 2.1
WHITE 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 53 2.0
Allen 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 8 1.8
Elkhart 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 12 3.9
Lake 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 4 0.9
Marion 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 22 2.2
St. Joseph 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 3 0.9
Vanderburgh 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 4 2.0
BLACK 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 52 5.5
Allen 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 2 2.7
Elkhart 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 0 0.0
Lake 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 21 9.3
Marion 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 20 5.0
St. Joseph 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 8 12.7
Vanderburgh 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 1 3.5
RATIO                                        
Allen   0.8   3.2   2.4   5.3   3.3   3.9   6.0   4.6   1.8   1.5
Elkhart   0.0   5.2   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   3.7   5.3   3.1   0.0
Lake   1.7   2.6   2.0   2.1   1.5   3.2   1.9   3.7   5.5   10.9
Marion   2.2   2.0   2.1   3.6   1.5   2.9   2.6   1.8   2.1   2.3
St. Joseph   4.4   1.3   4.3   7.2   1.3   2.5   1.1   3.4   5.1   13.7
Vanderburgh   3.2   2.7   2.0   1.6   3.1   2.5   1.2   0.0   0.0   1.8
Shaded area: Numerator is less than 20 and the rate is unstable.
Source: Indiana State Department of Health, Data Analysis Team