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, 1997

                                                                                                                        
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          27,380   10.2   W 18,034    M  9,115   75  20  11   25  193  205  395   680 1,231  6,277  3
                                                         F  8,919   81  12   8   13   69  102  208   366   757  7,303  0
                                            NW  9,346    M  4,865  174  24  13   24  230  235  407   565   672  2,518  3
                                                         F  4,481  110  32  14   12   81  132  239   353   519  2,989  0

001-139  INFECTIOUS AND         567   21.0   W    277    M    153    2   0   2    0    0    9   27    16    21     76  0
         PARASITIC                                       F    124    1   1   0    0    1    4    6     7    15     89  0
         DISEASES                           NW    290    M    181    8   1   1    0    6   26   39    31    17     52  0
                                                         F    109    3   1   1    0    8   12   11     9    13     51  0

010-018  TUBERCULOSIS            13    0.5   W      4    M      2    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0     0      2  0
                                                         F      2    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0     0      2  0
                                            NW      9    M      6    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     1     0      5  0
                                                         F      3    0   0   0    0    0    0    1     0     0      2  0

042-044  HUMAN                  155    5.8   W     46    M     39    0   0   1    0    0    7   21     8     2      0  0
         IMMUNODEFICIENCY                                F      7    0   0   0    0    1    3    1     1     0      1  0
         VIRUS INFECTION                    NW    109    M     86    0   0   1    0    5   23   33    18     3      3  0
                                                         F     23    1   0   1    0    3    7    5     3     2      1  0

140-208  MALIGNANT            5,815  215.9   W  3,920    M  2,150    0   3   1    1    7   11   45   167   422  1,492  1
         NEOPLASMS                                       F  1,770    2   0   1    2    3   19   62   144   287  1,250  0
                                            NW  1,895    M  1,060    0   1   3    0    6    9   55   118   200    668  0
                                                         F    835    1   1   2    1    8   11   58    98   141    514  0

210-239  BENIGN NEOPLASMS        53    2.0   W     35    M     16    0   0   0    0    0    2    2     0     2     10  0
         AND NEOPLASMS OF                                F     19    0   0   0    0    0    0    2     2     2     13  0
         UNDETERMINED                       NW     18    M      5    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0     1      4  0
         NATURE                                          F     13    0   1   0    0    2    2    1     2     0      5  0