TABLE C9.  DEATHS FROM SELECTED TYPES OF ACCIDENTS, BY SEX, ALSO BY AGE
MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS, 1996

 
                                                                                                             
                                                  SEX                             AGE                        
TYPE OF ACCIDENT AND                                        UNDER             15-  25-  35-  45-  65 &    UN-
INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER   TOTAL   MALE  FEMALE    1    1-4  5-14   24   34   44   64  OVER  KNOWN
 
ALL ACCIDENTS                         1,512    995     517     21   40    70  318  204  210  254   395      0
 
MOTOR VEHICLE (810-825)                 868    581     287      7   13    35  252  158  129  146   128      0
WATER TRANSPORT (830-838)                17     16       1      0    0     1    3    5    4    3     1      0
  SUBMERSION, DROWNING (830, 832)        14     14       0      0    0     0    3    3    4    3     1      0
  OTHER (831, 833-838)                    3      2       1      0    0     1    0    2    0    0     0      0
AIR AND SPACE TRANSPORT (840-845)         6      5       1      0    0     0    1    1    3    1     0      0
POISONING (850-869)                      37     23      14      0    3     1    4    2   14    6     7      0
  BY DRUGS, MEDICAMENTS, AND BIO-                                                                            
    LOGICALS (850-858)                   28     17      11      0    0     1    4    0   12    5     6      0
  BY OTHER SOLID AND LIQUID SUB-                                                                             
    STANCES, GASES, AND VAPORS                                                                               
    (860-869)                             9      6       3      0    3     0    0    2    2    1     1      0
FALLS (880-888)                         142     73      69      0    0     0    2    3    8   19   110      0
FIRES AND FLAMES (890-899)              100     62      38      1   17     5   13    5   12   20    27      0
DROWNING AND SUBMERSION (EXCEPT IN                                                                           
    TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS) (910)           51     43       8      0    5    10   17    4    7    8     0      0
INHALATION AND INGESTION OF FOOD OR                                                                          
    OTHER OBJECT CAUSING OBSTRUCTION                                                                         
    OF RESPIRATORY TRACT OR SUFFOCA-                                                                         
    TION (911, 912)                      67     28      39      4    1     2    2    3    1    8    46      0
MECHANICAL SUFFOCATION (INCLUDING IN                                                                         
    BED OR CRADLE) (913)                 18     12       6      8    0     1    2    0    4    2     1      0
STRUCK BY, STRIKING AGAINST, AND                                                                             
    CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN OBJECTS                                                                             
    (916-918)                            20     17       3      0    0     1    1    4    4    5     5      0
CAUSED BY MACHINERY (919)                20     18       2      0    0     0    3    1    1    5    10      0
CAUSED BY FIREARM MISSILE (922)          41     39       2      0    0     9   14    3    7    5     3      0
CAUSED BY ELECTRIC CURRENT (925)          8      8       0      0    0     0    1    4    1    2     0      0