TABLE C4.  DEATHS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL DEATHS FROM TEN LEADING CAUSES,
BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1997

                                                                                     
                                                 NUMBER                 PERCENT      
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                                    NON-                  NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER                     TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE

TOTAL OF TEN LEADING CAUSES              22,753  15,139   7,614    83.1   83.9   81.5

 1. HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402,                                                    
      404-429)                            9,674   6,468   3,206    35.3   35.9   34.3
 2. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)         5,815   3,920   1,895    21.2   21.7   20.3
 3. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-438)    1,848   1,194     654     6.7    6.6    7.0
 4. ACCIDENTS (800-949)                   1,580     957     623     5.8    5.3    6.7
 5. EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                      
      OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES                                                 
      (490-496)                           1,099     916     183     4.0    5.1    2.0
 6. PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487)     1,030     746     284     3.8    4.1    3.0
 7. DIABETES MELLITUS (250)                 564     294     270     2.1    1.6    2.9
 8. NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                   
      AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)               417     243     174     1.5    1.3    1.9
 9. HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION                                                  
      (960-978)                             388     123     265     1.4    0.7    2.8
10. SUICIDE (950-959)                       338     278      60     1.2    1.5    0.6