TABLE C6. DEATHS AND RATES FROM MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS,
BY PRIMARY SITE, SEX, AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                                           
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                            2,136  1,060  1,728    808   258.7   227.3   199.3   151.3
 
 1. RESPIRATORY AND INTRA-                                                                 
      THORACIC ORGANS (160-165)    853    353    458    126   103.3    75.7    52.8    23.6
 2. DIGESTIVE ORGANS AND                                                                   
      PERITONEUM (150-159)         455    238    381    220    55.1    51.0    43.9    41.2
 3. GENITAL ORGANS (179-187)       220    217    127     90    26.6    46.5    14.7    16.9
 4. LYMPHATIC AND HEMATOPOIETIC                                                            
      TISSUE (200-208)             188     90    177     69    22.8    19.3    20.4    12.9
 5. BREAST (174, 175)                1      1    267    167     0.1     0.2    30.8    31.3
 6. URINARY ORGANS (188, 189)       81     29     40     25     9.8     6.2     4.6     4.7
 7. BRAIN (191)                     48     10     60     11     5.8     2.1     6.9     2.1
 8. LIP, ORAL CAVITY, AND                                                                  
      PHARYNX (140-149)             50     23     14      5     6.1     4.9     1.6     0.9
 9. SKIN (172, 173)                 50      5     32      3     6.1     1.1     3.7     0.6
10. BONE AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE                                                             
      (170, 171)                    18     16     13     15     2.2     3.4     1.5     2.8
 -  OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED SITES                                                            
      (190, 192-199)               172     78    159     77    20.8    16.7    18.3    14.4
 
* DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.                                        
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TABLE C7.  DEATHS FROM MAJOR CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASES,
1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996

 
                                                                                       
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER   1971   1976   1981   1986   1991   1996
 
TUBERCULOSIS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM (010-012)      34     39     21     24      8     19
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                                              
    (160-165)                                    741    949  1,307  1,458  1,635  1,790
  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS OF TRACHEA, BRONCHUS,                                            
    AND LUNG (162)                               700    914  1,263  1,404  1,586  1,736
CHRONIC AND UNQUALIFIED BRONCHITIS (490, 491)     54     35     28     29     50     40
EMPHYSEMA (492)                                  210    181    102     92    125    135
ASTHMA (493)                                      22     19     34     45     45     60