TABLE C5. DEATHS, PERCENT OF TOTAL DEATHS, AND RATES
FOR FIVE LEADING CAUSES, BY AGE AND CAUSE
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
AGE CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER NUMBER PERCENT RATE*
1-4 ALL CAUSES 88 100.0 0.5
1. ACCIDENTS (800-949) 47 53.4 28.2
2T. HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429) 6 6.8 3.6
2T. HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (960-978) 6 6.8 3.6
4T. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208) 5 5.7 3.0
4T. CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759) 5 5.7 3.0
5-14 ALL CAUSES 120 100.0 0.3
1. ACCIDENTS (800-949) 59 49.2 14.1
2. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208) 11 9.2 2.6
3. HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (960-978) 7 5.8 1.7
4T. HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429) 5 4.2 1.2
4T. SUICIDE (950-959) 5 4.2 1.2
15-24 ALL CAUSES 573 100.0 1.2
1. ACCIDENTS (800-949) 269 46.9 58.2
2. HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (960-978) 117 20.4 25.3
3. SUICIDE (950-959) 51 8.9 11.0
4. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208) 24 4.2 5.2
5. HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429) 14 2.4 3.0
25-44 ALL CAUSES 1,923 100.0 2.5
1. ACCIDENTS (800-949) 461 24.0 59.6
2. HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429) 305 15.9 39.4
3. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208) 270 14.0 34.9
4. HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (960-978) 173 9.0 22.4
5. SUICIDE (950-959) 138 7.2 17.8
45-64 ALL CAUSES 5,143 100.0 10.2
1. HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429) 1,672 32.5 331.6
2. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208) 1,577 30.7 312.7
3. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-438) 277 5.4 54.9
4. ACCIDENTS (800-949) 259 5.0 51.4
5. EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE
PULMONARY DISEASES (490-496) 151 2.9 29.9
65 & ALL CAUSES 19,087 100.0 59.0
OVER
1. HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429) 7,657 40.1 2,367.9
2. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208) 3,924 20.6 1,213.5
3. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-438) 1,482 7.8 458.3
4. EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE
PULMONARY DISEASES (490-496) 922 4.8 285.1
5. PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487) 874 4.6 270.3
* DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES PER 1,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP AND DEATHS
FROM SPECIFIC CAUSES PER 100,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
