TABLE C6. DEATHS AND RATES FROM MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS,
BY PRIMARY SITE, SEX, AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                                           
PRIMARY SITE (RANKED ACCORDING             NUMBER                         RATE*            
TO NUMBER OF DEATHS AMONG TOTAL      MALE         FEMALE          MALE           FEMALE    
POPULATION) AND INTERNATIONAL            NON-          NON-            NON-            NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER            WHITE  WHITE  WHITE  WHITE   WHITE   WHITE   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL                            2,167  1,044  1,727    787   262.4   223.9   199.2   147.4

 1. RESPIRATORY AND INTRA-                                                                 
      THORACIC ORGANS (160-165)    875    318    448    125   106.0    68.2    51.7    23.4
 2. DIGESTIVE ORGANS AND                                                                   
      PERITONEUM (150-159)         431    252    376    228    52.2    54.0    43.4    42.7
 3. GENITAL ORGANS (179-187)       239    213    125     86    28.9    45.7    14.4    16.1
 4. LYMPHATIC AND HEMATOPOIETIC                                                            
      TISSUE (200-208)             197     76    174     61    23.9    16.3    20.1    11.4
 5. BREAST (174, 175)                1      1    260    138     0.1     0.2    30.0    25.8
 6. URINARY ORGANS (188, 189)      100     34     58     26    12.1     7.3     6.7     4.9
 7. BRAIN (191)                     54     16     59     11     6.5     3.4     6.8     2.1
 8. LIP, ORAL CAVITY, AND                                                                  
      PHARYNX (140-149)             33     30     24     13     4.0     6.4     2.8     2.4
 9. SKIN (172, 173)                 40      4     25      3     4.8     0.9     2.9     0.6
10. BONE AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE                                                             
      (170, 171)                    12     10     22      8     1.5     2.1     2.5     1.5
 -  OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED SITES                                                            
      (190, 192-199)               185     90    156     88    22.4    19.3    18.0    16.5

* DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.                                        

TABLE C7.  DEATHS FROM MAJOR CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASES,
1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995

                                                                                          
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER      1970   1975   1980   1985   1990   1995

TUBERCULOSIS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM (010-012)         35     26     26     20     27     14
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                                              
    (160-165)                                       691    950  1,202  1,416  1,639  1,766
  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS OF TRACHEA, BRONCHUS,                                            
    AND LUNG (162)                                  658    898  1,151  1,355  1,602  1,710
CHRONIC AND UNQUALIFIED BRONCHITIS (490, 491)        45     38     15     17     37     45
 EMPHYSEMA (492)                                    200    181    130     90    126    143
ASTHMA (493)                                         22     15     45     51     49     50