Infant Mortality by Race for Urban Counties and Ratio of Black to White Mortality Rates Indiana, 1989-1998 |
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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 | 845 | 10.2 | 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 |
White | 664 | 9.1 | 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 |
Black | 176 | 19.7 | 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 |
Ratio | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 | ||||||||||
ALL RACES | 422 | 11.8 | 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 |
Allen | 59 | 11.6 | 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 |
Elkhart | 36 | 13.0 | 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 |
Lake | 93 | 12.9 | 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 |
Marion | 176 | 12.1 | 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 |
St. Joseph | 33 | 8.5 | 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 |
Vanderburgh | 25 | 10.6 | 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 |
WHITE | 261 | 9.5 | 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 |
Allen | 48 | 11.4 | 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 |
Elkhart | 36 | 14.1 | 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 |
Lake | 46 | 9.4 | 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 |
Marion | 94 | 8.9 | 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 |
St. Joseph | 19 | 5.9 | 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 |
Vanderburgh | 18 | 8.6 | 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 |
BLACK | 157 | 20.2 | 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 |
Allen | 11 | 14.4 | 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 |
Elkhart | 0 | 0.0 | 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 |
Lake | 46 | 20.6 | 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 |
Marion | 82 | 21.8 | 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 |
St. Joseph | 11 | 17.9 | 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 |
Vanderburgh | 7 | 29.4 | 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 |
RATIO | ||||||||||||||||||||
Allen | 1.3 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.7 | ||||||||||
Elkhart | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 2.1 | ||||||||||
Lake | 2.2 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 4.1 | ||||||||||
Marion | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 2.3 | ||||||||||
St. Joseph | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.2 | ||||||||||
Vanderburgh | 3.4 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.4 | ||||||||||
Shaded area: numerator is less than 20 and the rate is unstable. |