TABLE C4.  DEATHS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL DEATHS FROM TEN LEADING CAUSES,
BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                                     
                                                 NUMBER                 PERCENT      
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                                    NON-                  NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER                     TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE

TOTAL OF TEN LEADING CAUSES              22,338  14,944   7,394    83.0   84.3   80.5

 1. HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402,                                                    
      404-429)                            9,567   6,500   3,067    35.6   36.7   33.4
 2. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)         5,725   3,894   1,831    21.3   22.0   19.9
 3. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-438)    1,856   1,174     682     6.9    6.6    7.4
 4. ACCIDENTS (800-949)                   1,605     997     608     6.0    5.6    6.6
 5. EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                      
      OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES                                                 
      (490-496)                           1,019     820     199     3.8    4.6    2.2
 6. PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487)       946     690     256     3.5    3.9    2.8
 7. DIABETES MELLITUS (250)                 485     273     212     1.8    1.5    2.3
 8. HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION                                                  
      (960-978)                             429     128     301     1.6    0.7    3.3
 9. NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                   
      AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)               388     210     178     1.4    1.2    1.9
10. SUICIDE (950-959)                       318     258      60     1.2    1.4    0.6