TABLE C8.  DEATHS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL ACCIDENTAL DEATHS FROM
FIVE LEADING CAUSES OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH, BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                           
TYPE OF ACCIDENT                       NUMBER                 PERCENT      
AND INTERNATIONAL                                NON-                  NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER           TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE

TOTAL OF FIVE LEADING CAUSES    1,299     813     486    80.9   81.5   79.9

1. MOTOR VEHICLE (810-825)        898     583     315    56.0   58.5   51.8
2. FALLS (880-888)                147     117      30     9.2   11.7    4.9
3. FIRES AND FLAMES (890-899)     123      44      79     7.7    4.4   13.0
4. DROWNING AND SUBMERSION                                                 
     (EXCEPT IN TRANSPORT                                                  
     ACCIDENTS) (910)              74      30      44     4.6    3.0    7.2
5. INHALATION AND INGESTION                                                
     OF FOOD OR OTHER OBJECT                                               
     CAUSING OBSTRUCTION OF                                                
     RESPIRATORY TRACT OR                                                  
     SUFFOCATION (911, 912)        57      39      18     3.6    3.9    3.0