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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

531-533  ULCER OF STOMACH        40    1.5   W     25    M     12    0   0   0    0    0    0    2     1     0      9  0
         AND DUODENUM                                    F     13    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0     1     12  0
                                            NW     15    M     10    1   0   0    0    1    1    1     0     0      6  0
                                                         F      5    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     1     0      4  0

571      CHRONIC LIVER          255    9.5   W    192    M    126    0   0   0    0    0    1   12    36    35     42  0
         DISEASE AND                                     F     66    0   0   0    0    0    0    3    14     7     42  0
         CIRRHOSIS                          NW     63    M     38    0   0   0    0    0    3    4    11    15      5  0
                                                         F     25    0   0   0    0    0    0    6     6     3     10  0

580-629  DISEASES OF THE        746   27.7   W    428    M    195    0   0   0    0    1    0    5     7     9    173  0
         GENITOURINARY                                   F    233    0   0   0    0    0    1    1     8    14    209  0
         SYSTEM                             NW    318    M    135    1   0   0    2    0    4    7    11    18     92  0
                                                         F    183    1   0   0    0    0    2    2    10    21    147  0

580-589  NEPHRITIS,             417   15.5   W    243    M    130    0   0   0    0    1    0    3     7     6    113  0
         NEPHROTIC SYN-                                  F    113    0   0   0    0    0    0    1     5     8     99  0
         DROME, AND                         NW    174    M     79    1   0   0    1    0    2    4     6    12     53  0
         NEPHROSIS                                       F     95    1   0   0    0    0    1    1     4    13     75  0

590      INFECTIONS OF           22    0.8   W     15    M      5    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0     0      5  0
         KIDNEY                                          F     10    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0     0     10  0
                                            NW      7    M      1    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0     0      1  0
                                                         F      6    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     1     0      5  0

630-676  COMPLICATIONS OF        11   26.5   W      4    M      0    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0     0      0  0
         PREGNANCY, CHILD-                               F      4    0   0   0    0    2    1    1     0     0      0  0
         BIRTH, AND THE                     NW      7    M      0    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0     0      0  0
         PUERPERIUM                                      F      7    0   0   0    0    6    0    1     0     0      0  0

680-709  DISEASES OF THE         63    2.3   W     19    M      7    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0     2      5  0
         SKIN AND                                        F     12    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0     1     11  0
         SUBCUTANEOUS                       NW     44    M     16    0   0   0    0    0    0    1     1     0     14  0
         TISSUES                                         F     28    0   0   0    0    0    1    2     0     5     20  0