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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

710-739  DISEASES OF THE         92    3.4   W     45    M     14    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     1     2     11  0
         MUSCULOSKELETAL                                 F     31    1   0   0    0    0    0    0     1     4     25  0
         SYSTEM                             NW     47    M     19    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     8     4      7  0
                                                         F     28    0   0   0    0    1    4    7     3     3     10  0

740-759  CONGENITAL             145    5.4   W     83    M     40   21   1   0    0    1    4    2     4     1      6  0
         ANOMALIES                                       F     43   21   1   0    0    1    1    5     3     2      9  0
                                            NW     62    M     37   31   1   0    1    0    1    2     0     0      1  0
                                                         F     25   19   2   0    1    1    1    0     0     0      1  0

760-779  CERTAIN CONDI-         183    4.4   W     56    M     24   24   0   0    0    0    0    0     0     0      0  0
         TIONS ORIGINATING                               F     32   32   0   0    0    0    0    0     0     0      0  0
         IN THE PERINATAL                   NW    127    M     81   81   0   0    0    0    0    0     0     0      0  0
         PERIOD                                          F     46   46   0   0    0    0    0    0     0     0      0  0

780-799  SYMPTOMS, SIGNS,       287   10.6   W    154    M     54   13   0   0    1    1    2    4     3     6     24  0
         AND ILL-DEFINED                                 F    100    6   0   1    0    2    4    1     1     2     83  0
         CONDITIONS                         NW    133    M     73   25   1   0    0    4    4    6     6     7     20  0
                                                         F     60   22   0   0    0    1    5    4     2     1     25  0

800-999  ALL EXTERNAL         2,341   86.9   W  1,372    M    950    4  12   7   16  165  144  171   112    83    234  2
         CAUSES                                          F    422    5   7   4    8   50   51   53    24    35    185  0
                                            NW    969    M    676    9  14   7   14  194  137  131    62    37     70  1
                                                         F    293    3  21  10    6   36   50   51    28    17     71  0

810-825  MOTOR VEHICLE          868   32.2   W    520    M    330    1   4   2    7   95   59   53    29    28     52  0
         ACCIDENTS                                       F    190    2   5   4    6   38   26   27    13    19     50  0
                                            NW    348    M    242    1   2   2    5   62   60   46    26    13     25  0
                                                         F    106    1   5   7    2   13   23   20    16     4     15  0

800-807, ALL OTHER              712   26.4   W    437    M    288    3   6   5    6   25   26   41    33    24    118  1
826-949  ACCIDENTS AND                                   F    149    3   2   0    0    3    4    9     2     7    119  0
         ADVERSE EFFECTS                    NW    275    M    167    4   9   4    6   27   19   30    16    15     36  1
                                                         F    108    0  14   0    3    6    9    9     6     8     53  0