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DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 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

240-279  ENDOCRINE, NUTRI-      790   29.3   W    420    M    170    1   0   0    1    2    4    7     6    25    124  0
         TIONAL, AND META-                               F    250    0   0   0    0    1    4    9    13    26    197  0
         BOLIC DISEASES                     NW    370    M    159    1   0   1    0    1    4   19    23    26     84  0
         AND IMMUNITY                                    F    211    1   0   0    1    1    5    4    17    29    153  0
         DISORDERS                                                                                                      

250      DIABETES MELLITUS      564   20.9   W    294    M    125    0   0   0    0    0    3    3     5    18     96  0
                                                         F    169    0   0   0    0    0    2    4     8    19    136  0
                                            NW    270    M    115    0   0   0    0    1    1   16    17    22     58  0
                                                         F    155    0   0   0    0    1    1    4    13    27    109  0

260-269  NUTRITIONAL             40    1.5   W     20    M      7    0   0   0    1    0    0    0     0     2      4  0
         DEFICIENCIES                                    F     13    0   0   0    0    0    0    1     0     1     11  0
                                            NW     20    M      9    0   0   0    0    0    0    1     0     1      7  0
                                                         F     11    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     1     0     10  0

280-289  DISEASES OF BLOOD      124    4.6   W     75    M     32    0   0   0    0    0    0    2     0     1     29  0
         AND BLOOD-FORMING                               F     43    0   0   0    0    0    0    1     1     2     39  0
         ORGANS                             NW     49    M     25    0   0   0    2    2    1    1     4     4     11  0
                                                         F     24    0   1   0    1    1    4    0     2     2     13  0

280-285  ANEMIAS                 66    2.4   W     34    M      9    0   0   0    0    0    0    2     0     0      7  0
                                                         F     25    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0     0     25  0
                                            NW     32    M     15    0   0   0    2    2    1    1     3     1      5  0
                                                         F     17    0   0   0    1    1    2    0     2     0     11  0

290-319  MENTAL DISORDERS       307   11.4   W    201    M     75    0   0   1    0    1    1    5    16     6     45  0
                                                         F    126    0   0   0    0    0    3    1     0     5    117  0
                                            NW    106    M     60    0   0   0    0    0    1    8    15     7     29  0
                                                         F     46    0   0   0    0    0    2    2     2     2     38  0

303      ALCOHOLISM              55    2.0   W     30    M     26    0   0   0    0    0    1    3    13     5      4  0
                                                         F      4    0   0   0    0    0    0    1     0     2      1  0
                                            NW     25    M     20    0   0   0    0    0    0    3    10     5      2  0
                                                         F      5    0   0   0    0    0    1    2     2     0      0  0