TABLE C5.  DEATHS, PERCENT OF TOTAL DEATHS, AND RATES
FOR FIVE LEADING CAUSES, BY AGE AND CAUSE
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                              
AGE    CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER  NUMBER  PERCENT    RATE*
 
1-4    ALL CAUSES                                         87    100.0      0.5
 
       1.  ACCIDENTS (800-949)                            40     46.0     24.0
       2.  CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)                  8      9.2      4.8
       3.  HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (960-978)       7      8.0      4.2
       4.  BENIGN NEOPLASMS AND NEOPLASMS OF                                  
             UNDETERMINED NATURE (210-239)                 4      4.6      2.4
       5T. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)                   2      2.3      1.2
       5T. PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487)               2      2.3      1.2
       5T. SEPTICEMIA (038)                                2      2.3      1.2
 
5-14   ALL CAUSES                                        149    100.0      0.4
 
       1.  ACCIDENTS (800-949)                            70     47.0     16.7
       2.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)                  13      8.7      3.1
       3T. HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429)         10      6.7      2.4
       3T. CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)                 10      6.7      2.4
       5.  HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (960-978)       7      4.7      1.7
 
15-24  ALL CAUSES                                        599    100.0      1.3
 
       1.  ACCIDENTS (800-949)                           318     53.1     68.8
       2.  HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (960-978)     117     19.5     25.3
       3.  SUICIDE (950-959)                              48      8.0     10.4
       4.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)                  24      4.0      5.2
       5.  HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429)         20      3.3      4.3
 
25-44  ALL CAUSES                                      1,925    100.0      2.5
 
       1.  ACCIDENTS (800-949)                           414     21.5     53.5
       2.  HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429)        306     15.9     39.6
       3.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)                 279     14.5     36.1
       4.  HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS                                       
             INFECTION (042-044)                         181      9.4     23.4
       5.  HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (960-978)     156      8.1     20.2
 
45-64  ALL CAUSES                                      4,974    100.0      9.9
 
       1.  HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429)      1,632     32.8    323.6
       2.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)               1,540     31.0    305.4
       3.  ACCIDENTS (800-949)                           254      5.1     50.4
       4.  CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-438)            236      4.7     46.8
       5.  EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE                            
             PULMONARY DISEASES (490-496)                174      3.5     34.5
 
65 &   ALL CAUSES                                     18,375    100.0     56.8
OVER                                                                          
       1.  HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429)      7,522     40.9  2,326.1
       2.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)               3,873     21.1  1,197.7
       3.  CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-438)          1,397      7.6    432.0
       4.  EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE                            
             PULMONARY DISEASES (490-496)                809      4.4    250.2
       5.  PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487)             755      4.1    233.5
 
* DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES PER 1,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP AND DEATHS   
  FROM SPECIFIC CAUSES PER 100,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.