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                                                       DOCUMENTATION TABLE 6
                               UNLINKED INFANT DEATHS BY RACE, AGE AT DEATH, AND STATE OF RESIDENCE:
                               UNITED STATES, PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM --  1996 PERIOD DATA
                       (INFANT DEATHS ARE UNDER 1 YEAR.  NEONATAL DEATHS ARE UNDER 28 DAYS; EARLY NEONATAL,
                         0-6 DAYS; LATE NEONATAL, 7-27 DAYS; AND POSTNEONATAL, 28 DAYS THROUGH 11 MONTHS)
              (DATA IN THIS TABLE IS FOR INFANT DEATHS IN 1996 THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE LINKED FILE BECAUSE THEY
              WERE NOT LINKED WITH THEIR CORRESPONDING BIRTH CERTIFICATES.  SEE METHODOLOGY SECTION.  RESIDENCE IS OF
                                         INFANT DECEDENT; RACE IS FROM DEATH CERTIFICATE.)
             _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                               |          |          |          |          |
                         AREA AND RACE OF CHILD 1/             |          |  TOTAL   |  EARLY   |   LATE   | POST-
                                                _
                                                               |  INFANT  | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL
                                                               |          |          |          |          |
             _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
             UNITED STATES 2/..................................       618        468        408         60        150
                           _
                WHITE..........................................       386        294        252         42         92
                BLACK..........................................       203        154        140         14         49
             ALABAMA...........................................         1          1          1          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         1          1          1          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             ALASKA............................................         1          1          1          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         1          1          1          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             ARIZONA...........................................         9          7          7          -          2
                WHITE..........................................         7          5          5          -          2
                BLACK..........................................         1          1          1          -          -
             ARKANSAS..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             CALIFORNIA........................................       167        138        124         14         29
                WHITE..........................................       116        101         90         11         15
                BLACK..........................................        38         26         25          1         12
             COLORADO..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             CONNECTICUT.......................................         -          -          -          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             DELAWARE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA..............................         -          -          -          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                                                                ______________________________________________________
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                                                       DOCUMENTATION TABLE 6
                               UNLINKED INFANT DEATHS BY RACE, AGE AT DEATH, AND STATE OF RESIDENCE:
                               UNITED STATES, PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM --  1996 PERIOD DATA
                       (INFANT DEATHS ARE UNDER 1 YEAR.  NEONATAL DEATHS ARE UNDER 28 DAYS; EARLY NEONATAL,
                         0-6 DAYS; LATE NEONATAL, 7-27 DAYS; AND POSTNEONATAL, 28 DAYS THROUGH 11 MONTHS)
              (DATA IN THIS TABLE IS FOR INFANT DEATHS IN 1996 THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE LINKED FILE BECAUSE THEY
              WERE NOT LINKED WITH THEIR CORRESPONDING BIRTH CERTIFICATES.  SEE METHODOLOGY SECTION.  RESIDENCE IS OF
                                         INFANT DECEDENT; RACE IS FROM DEATH CERTIFICATE.)
             _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                               |          |          |          |          |
                         AREA AND RACE OF CHILD 1/             |          |  TOTAL   |  EARLY   |   LATE   | POST-
                                                _
                                                               |  INFANT  | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL
                                                               |          |          |          |          |
             _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
             FLORIDA...........................................         5          5          5          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         3          3          3          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         2          2          2          -          -
             GEORGIA...........................................         2          1          1          -          1
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         1          1          1          -          -
             HAWAII............................................         6          2          -          2          4
                WHITE..........................................         3          1          -          1          2
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             IDAHO.............................................         3          -          -          -          3
                WHITE..........................................         3          -          -          -          3
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             ILLINOIS..........................................        29         25         23          2          4
                WHITE..........................................        13         10          9          1          3
                BLACK..........................................        15         14         14          -          1
             INDIANA...........................................        20          8          4          4         12
                WHITE..........................................        13          5          2          3          8
                BLACK..........................................         6          3          2          1          3
             IOWA..............................................         -          -          -          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             KANSAS............................................         -          -          -          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             KENTUCKY..........................................        14          9          8          1          5
                WHITE..........................................        13          9          8          1          4
                BLACK..........................................         1          -          -          -          1
             LOUISIANA.........................................        20         16         12          4          4
                WHITE..........................................         7          6          6          -          1
                BLACK..........................................        13         10          6          4          3
                                                                ______________________________________________________
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                                                       DOCUMENTATION TABLE 6
                               UNLINKED INFANT DEATHS BY RACE, AGE AT DEATH, AND STATE OF RESIDENCE:
                               UNITED STATES, PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM --  1996 PERIOD DATA
                       (INFANT DEATHS ARE UNDER 1 YEAR.  NEONATAL DEATHS ARE UNDER 28 DAYS; EARLY NEONATAL,
                         0-6 DAYS; LATE NEONATAL, 7-27 DAYS; AND POSTNEONATAL, 28 DAYS THROUGH 11 MONTHS)
              (DATA IN THIS TABLE IS FOR INFANT DEATHS IN 1996 THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE LINKED FILE BECAUSE THEY
              WERE NOT LINKED WITH THEIR CORRESPONDING BIRTH CERTIFICATES.  SEE METHODOLOGY SECTION.  RESIDENCE IS OF
                                         INFANT DECEDENT; RACE IS FROM DEATH CERTIFICATE.)
             _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                               |          |          |          |          |
                         AREA AND RACE OF CHILD 1/             |          |  TOTAL   |  EARLY   |   LATE   | POST-
                                                _
                                                               |  INFANT  | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL
                                                               |          |          |          |          |
             _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
             MAINE.............................................         -          -          -          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             MARYLAND..........................................         5          4          2          2          1
                WHITE..........................................         2          2          -          2          -
                BLACK..........................................         3          2          2          -          1
             MASSACHUSETTS.....................................        14         11          8          3          3
                WHITE..........................................        11         10          7          3          1
                BLACK..........................................         2          1          1          -          1
             MICHIGAN..........................................        15         14         11          3          1
                WHITE..........................................        10         10          7          3          -
                BLACK..........................................         4          3          3          -          1
             MINNESOTA.........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             MISSISSIPPI.......................................         -          -          -          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             MISSOURI..........................................        11         10         10          -          1
                WHITE..........................................         3          2          2          -          1
                BLACK..........................................         7          7          7          -          -
             MONTANA...........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             NEBRASKA..........................................         1          -          -          -          1
                WHITE..........................................         1          -          -          -          1
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             NEVADA............................................         1          1          1          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         1          1          1          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                                                                ______________________________________________________
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                                                       DOCUMENTATION TABLE 6
                               UNLINKED INFANT DEATHS BY RACE, AGE AT DEATH, AND STATE OF RESIDENCE:
                               UNITED STATES, PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM --  1996 PERIOD DATA
                       (INFANT DEATHS ARE UNDER 1 YEAR.  NEONATAL DEATHS ARE UNDER 28 DAYS; EARLY NEONATAL,
                         0-6 DAYS; LATE NEONATAL, 7-27 DAYS; AND POSTNEONATAL, 28 DAYS THROUGH 11 MONTHS)
              (DATA IN THIS TABLE IS FOR INFANT DEATHS IN 1996 THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE LINKED FILE BECAUSE THEY
              WERE NOT LINKED WITH THEIR CORRESPONDING BIRTH CERTIFICATES.  SEE METHODOLOGY SECTION.  RESIDENCE IS OF
                                         INFANT DECEDENT; RACE IS FROM DEATH CERTIFICATE.)
             _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                               |          |          |          |          |
                         AREA AND RACE OF CHILD 1/             |          |  TOTAL   |  EARLY   |   LATE   | POST-
                                                _
                                                               |  INFANT  | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL
                                                               |          |          |          |          |
             _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
             NEW HAMPSHIRE.....................................         3          1          1          -          2
                WHITE..........................................         3          1          1          -          2
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             NEW JERSEY........................................        16         13         12          1          3
                WHITE..........................................         8          7          6          1          1
                BLACK..........................................         8          6          6          -          2
             NEW MEXICO........................................         6          4          4          -          2
                WHITE..........................................         6          4          4          -          2
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             NEW YORK..........................................        17         10          6          4          7
                WHITE..........................................        12          6          5          1          6
                BLACK..........................................         5          4          1          3          1
             NEW YORK CITY.....................................        22          9          8          1         13
                WHITE..........................................        11          5          5          -          6
                BLACK..........................................        11          4          3          1          7
             NORTH CAROLINA....................................         7          2          2          -          5
                WHITE..........................................         4          -          -          -          4
                BLACK..........................................         3          2          2          -          1
             NORTH DAKOTA......................................         -          -          -          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             OHIO..............................................        79         63         59          4         16
                WHITE..........................................        44         34         32          2         10
                BLACK..........................................        35         29         27          2          6
             OKLAHOMA..........................................        31         23         21          2          8
                WHITE..........................................        24         19         17          2          5
                BLACK..........................................         6          4          4          -          2
             OREGON............................................         1          1          -          1          -
                WHITE..........................................         1          1          -          1          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                                                                ______________________________________________________
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                                                       DOCUMENTATION TABLE 6
                               UNLINKED INFANT DEATHS BY RACE, AGE AT DEATH, AND STATE OF RESIDENCE:
                               UNITED STATES, PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM --  1996 PERIOD DATA
                       (INFANT DEATHS ARE UNDER 1 YEAR.  NEONATAL DEATHS ARE UNDER 28 DAYS; EARLY NEONATAL,
                         0-6 DAYS; LATE NEONATAL, 7-27 DAYS; AND POSTNEONATAL, 28 DAYS THROUGH 11 MONTHS)
              (DATA IN THIS TABLE IS FOR INFANT DEATHS IN 1996 THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE LINKED FILE BECAUSE THEY
              WERE NOT LINKED WITH THEIR CORRESPONDING BIRTH CERTIFICATES.  SEE METHODOLOGY SECTION.  RESIDENCE IS OF
                                         INFANT DECEDENT; RACE IS FROM DEATH CERTIFICATE.)
             _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                               |          |          |          |          |
                         AREA AND RACE OF CHILD 1/             |          |  TOTAL   |  EARLY   |   LATE   | POST-
                                                _
                                                               |  INFANT  | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL
                                                               |          |          |          |          |
             _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
             PENNSYLVANIA......................................        35         31         28          3          4
                WHITE..........................................        17         14         13          1          3
                BLACK..........................................        15         14         12          2          1
             RHODE ISLAND......................................         -          -          -          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             SOUTH CAROLINA....................................         6          2          1          1          4
                WHITE..........................................         5          2          1          1          3
                BLACK..........................................         1          -          -          -          1
             SOUTH DAKOTA......................................         -          -          -          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             TENNESSEE.........................................         1          1          -          1          -
                WHITE..........................................         1          1          -          1          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             TEXAS.............................................        48         43         40          3          5
                WHITE..........................................        31         26         23          3          5
                BLACK..........................................        16         16         16          -          -
             UTAH..............................................         2          1          -          1          1
                WHITE..........................................         2          1          -          1          1
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             VERMONT...........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             VIRGINIA..........................................        13         10          8          2          3
                WHITE..........................................         5          5          3          2          -
                BLACK..........................................         8          5          5          -          3
             WASHINGTON........................................         3          -          -          -          3
                WHITE..........................................         2          -          -          -          2
                BLACK..........................................         1          -          -          -          1
                                                                ______________________________________________________
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                                                       DOCUMENTATION TABLE 6
                               UNLINKED INFANT DEATHS BY RACE, AGE AT DEATH, AND STATE OF RESIDENCE:
                               UNITED STATES, PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM --  1996 PERIOD DATA
                       (INFANT DEATHS ARE UNDER 1 YEAR.  NEONATAL DEATHS ARE UNDER 28 DAYS; EARLY NEONATAL,
                         0-6 DAYS; LATE NEONATAL, 7-27 DAYS; AND POSTNEONATAL, 28 DAYS THROUGH 11 MONTHS)
              (DATA IN THIS TABLE IS FOR INFANT DEATHS IN 1996 THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE LINKED FILE BECAUSE THEY
              WERE NOT LINKED WITH THEIR CORRESPONDING BIRTH CERTIFICATES.  SEE METHODOLOGY SECTION.  RESIDENCE IS OF
                                         INFANT DECEDENT; RACE IS FROM DEATH CERTIFICATE.)
             _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                               |          |          |          |          |
                         AREA AND RACE OF CHILD 1/             |          |  TOTAL   |  EARLY   |   LATE   | POST-
                                                _
                                                               |  INFANT  | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL
                                                               |          |          |          |          |
             _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
             WEST VIRGINIA.....................................         1          -          -          -          1
                WHITE..........................................         1          -          -          -          1
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             WISCONSIN.........................................         2          1          -          1          1
                WHITE..........................................         1          1          -          1          -
                BLACK..........................................         1          -          -          -          1
             WYOMING...........................................         1          -          -          -          1
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             FOREIGN RESIDENTS.................................         5          4          3          1          1
                WHITE..........................................         3          3          2          1          -
                BLACK..........................................         1          -          -          -          1
             _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
             PUERTO RICO 3/....................................         1          1          -          1          -
                         _
                WHITE..........................................         1          1          -          1          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             VIRGIN ISLANDS 3/.................................         4          2          2          -          2
                            _
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         4          2          2          -          2
             GUAM 3/...........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                  _
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             FOREIGN RESIDENTS 3/..............................         1          1          1          -          -
                               _
                WHITE..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
                BLACK..........................................         -          -          -          -          -
             _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                1/  TOTALS FOR GEOGRAPHIC AREAS INCLUDE RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK
                _
                2/  EXCLUDES DATA FOR FOREIGN RESIDENTS, PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS, AND GUAM
                _
                3/  DATA FROM THE PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS, AND GUAM FILE
                _