TABLE 14
ACCIDENTAL DEATHS, BY COUNTY OF OCCURRENCE AND TYPE OF ACCIDENT,
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
WATER POI- FIRES DROWNING
MOTOR TRANS- SON- AND AND SUB- FIRE- ALL
COUNTY TOTAL VEHICLE PORT ING FALLS FLAMES MERSION ARMS OTHER
STATE 1,577 896 18 40 187 106 54 31 245
ADAMS 26 6 0 0 8 4 0 2 6
ALCORN 28 15 0 0 7 2 0 0 4
AMITE 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
ATTALA 9 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
BENTON 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOLIVAR 21 13 1 0 0 3 0 0 4
CALHOUN 9 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
CARROLL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHICKASAW 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
CHOCTAW 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
CLAIBORNE 8 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
CLARKE 12 6 0 2 0 0 1 0 3
CLAY 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
COAHOMA 20 9 0 2 2 4 0 0 3
COPIAH 13 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
COVINGTON 17 10 0 0 1 2 2 0 2
DESOTO 38 21 2 1 3 4 1 0 6
FORREST 59 35 0 0 9 0 1 2 12
FRANKLIN 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
GEORGE 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
GREENE 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
GRENADA 10 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 2
HANCOCK 20 9 0 0 3 2 3 0 3
HARRISON 69 37 3 3 11 1 2 0 12
HINDS 203 99 0 7 43 9 3 6 36
HOLMES 16 12 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
HUMPHREYS 13 8 0 0 0 2 2 0 1
ISSAQUENA 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ITAWAMBA 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
JACKSON 68 38 2 4 7 1 4 0 12
JASPER 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
JEFFERSON 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
JEFF DAVIS 9 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
JONES 28 15 0 1 4 2 1 0 5
KEMPER 8 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
LAFAYETTE 22 8 0 1 6 1 1 0 5
LAMAR 21 14 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
LAUDERDALE 61 33 0 0 16 2 1 0 9
LAWRENCE 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
LEAKE 12 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
LEE 86 39 0 3 25 4 1 3 11
LEFLORE 24 12 1 0 4 0 2 1 4
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ACCIDENTAL DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1997
WATER POI- FIRES DROWNING
MOTOR TRANS- SON- AND AND SUB- FIRE- ALL
COUNTY TOTAL VEHICLE PORT ING FALLS FLAMES MERSION ARMS OTHER
LINCOLN 12 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 2
LOWNDES 42 26 0 1 2 3 4 2 4
MADISON 24 10 0 1 3 2 4 0 4
MARION 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
MARSHALL 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
MONROE 16 12 1 0 2 1 0 0 0
MONTGOMERY 18 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
NESHOBA 15 10 3 0 0 0 0 1 1
NEWTON 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
NOXUBEE 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OKTIBBEHA 19 10 0 0 2 2 1 0 4
PANOLA 14 10 0 0 0 1 2 0 1
PEARL RIVER 28 17 0 3 1 1 2 1 3
PERRY 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
PIKE 25 12 0 0 4 2 2 0 5
PONTOTOC 8 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
PRENTISS 8 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
QUITMAN 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
RANKIN 43 24 0 0 8 2 0 2 7
SCOTT 19 10 0 2 0 0 3 0 4
SHARKEY 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SIMPSON 20 12 0 1 0 2 0 1 4
SMITH 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
STONE 11 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
SUNFLOWER 18 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
TALLAHATCHIE 14 7 1 0 0 4 0 1 1
TATE 8 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
TIPPAH 8 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
TISHOMINGO 7 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
TUNICA 15 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
UNION 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
WALTHALL 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
WARREN 19 7 2 0 1 2 0 1 6
WASHINGTON 50 25 0 2 3 14 1 0 5
WAYNE 12 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
WEBSTER 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WILKINSON 7 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
WINSTON 11 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
YALOBUSHA 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
YAZOO 23 13 0 0 0 5 0 1 4
