TABLE 11
DEATHS FROM MAJOR CAUSE GROUPS AND CERTAIN SELECTED CAUSES, BY RACE, SEX, AND AGE,
ALSO RATES FOR MAJOR CAUSE GROUPS AND CERTAIN SELECTED CAUSES,
MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS, 1996

 
                                                                                                                       
INTER-                                                    TOTAL                           AGE                          
NATIONAL                                    R               BY                                                         
CLASSI-                                     A  TOTAL       RACE                                                   65  U
FICATION                        TOTAL       C    BY         AND       1-  5-  10-  15-  25-  35-   45-    55-    AND  N
NUMBER*  CAUSE*             NUMBER  RATE#   E   RACE SEX    SEX   <1   4   9   14   24   34   44    54     64   OVER  K
 
001-999  ALL CAUSES         26,566    9.9   W 17,488   M  8,936   92  21  17   25  192  230  417   665  1,248  6,027  2
                                                       F  8,552   77  11  10   15   83  112  177   378    692  6,997  0
                                           NW  9,078   M  4,731  155  36  24   25  245  263  369   513    666  2,432  3
                                                       F  4,347  127  19  16   17   79  119  238   336    476  2,919  1
 
001-139  INFECTIOUS AND        621   23.0   W    293   M    165    3   2   1    0    1   30   30    20     12     66  0
         PARASITIC                                     F    128    2   0   0    0    0    2    7    11      9     97  0
         DISEASES                          NW    328   M    209    7   1   3    1    5   52   56    21     17     45  1
                                                       F    119    0   1   0    0    6   22   19    14     11     46  0
 
010-018  TUBERCULOSIS           25    0.9   W     10   M      6    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0      1      5  0
                                                       F      4    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0      0      4  0
                                           NW     15   M     13    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     1      3      9  0
                                                       F      2    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0      0      2  0
 
042-044  HUMAN                 229    8.5   W     73   M     67    0   0   0    0    1   28   26    11      1      0  0
         IMMUNODEFICIENCY                              F      6    0   0   0    0    0    0    3     2      1      0  0
         VIRUS INFECTION                   NW    156   M    115    0   0   2    0    3   46   49     8      4      2  1
                                                       F     41    0   0   0    0    4   17   12     6      1      1  0
 
140-208  MALIGNANT           5,732  212.8   W  3,864   M  2,136    0   0   1    1    6   16   51   162    401  1,498  0
         NEOPLASMS                                     F  1,728    1   1   1    3    6   17   66   150    266  1,217  0
                                           NW  1,868   M  1,060    0   0   1    2    6   12   47   120    207    665  0
                                                       F    808    0   1   2    2    6   14   56    97    137    493  0
 
210-239  BENIGN NEOPLASMS       79    2.9   W     49   M     28    0   1   0    0    0    1    3     4      5     14  0
         AND NEOPLASMS OF                              F     21    0   0   0    0    0    0    1     1      2     17  0
         UNDETERMINED                      NW     30   M     11    0   1   0    0    0    1    0     0      2      7  0
         NATURE                                        F     19    0   2   0    0    0    0    0     1      1     15  0