TABLE C4.  DEATHS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL DEATHS FROM TEN LEADING CAUSES,
BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                                     
                                                 NUMBER                 PERCENT      
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                                    NON-                  NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER                     TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE
 
TOTAL OF TEN LEADING CAUSES              21,892  14,604   7,288    82.4   83.5   80.3
 
 1. HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402,                                                    
      404-429)                            9,499   6,446   3,053    35.8   36.9   33.6
 2. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)         5,732   3,864   1,868    21.6   22.1   20.6
 3. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-438)    1,691   1,089     602     6.4    6.2    6.6
 4. ACCIDENTS (800-949)                   1,512     907     605     5.7    5.2    6.7
 5. EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                      
      OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES                                                 
      (490-496)                           1,003     823     180     3.8    4.7    2.0
 6. PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487)       884     637     247     3.3    3.6    2.7
 7. DIABETES MELLITUS (250)                 533     268     265     2.0    1.5    2.9
 8. HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION                                                  
      (960-978)                             377     131     246     1.4    0.7    2.7
 9. NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                   
      AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)               351     176     175     1.3    1.0    1.9
10. SUICIDE (950-959)                       310     263      47     1.2    1.5    0.5