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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

950-959  SUICIDE                338   12.6   W    278    M    228    0   0   0    2   29   34   52    34    21     55  1
                                                         F     50    0   0   0    1    4   12   13     7     6      7  0
                                            NW     60    M     50    0   0   0    1   16   10   12     5     1      5  0
                                                         F     10    0   0   0    1    2    4    1     1     0      1  0

960-978  HOMICIDE AND           388   14.4   W    123    M     94    0   2   0    1   13   23   22    16    10      7  0
         LEGAL                                           F     29    0   0   0    0    4    8    4     2     3      8  0
         INTERVENTION                       NW    265    M    202    4   2   1    2   85   45   41    12     7      3  0
                                                         F     63    1   2   3    0   15   12   18     5     5      2  0

* NUMBERS AND CAUSES ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND    
  CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                      

# TOTAL DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION.  DEATHS FROM SPECIFIC CAUSES PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT DEATHS FROM MATERNAL   
  CAUSES (CLASSIFICATION NUMBERS 630-676) ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING IN 
  THE PERINATAL PERIOD (CLASSIFICATION NUMBERS 760-779) ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.