TABLE C6. DEATHS AND RATES FROM MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS,
BY PRIMARY SITE, SEX, AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
PRIMARY SITE (RANKED ACCORDING NUMBER RATE*
TO NUMBER OF DEATHS AMONG TOTAL MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE
POPULATION) AND INTERNATIONAL NON- NON- NON- NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 2,150 1,060 1,770 835 260.4 227.3 204.2 156.3
1. RESPIRATORY AND INTRA-
THORACIC ORGANS (160-165) 854 385 492 148 103.4 82.6 56.8 27.7
2. DIGESTIVE ORGANS AND
PERITONEUM (150-159) 446 242 354 223 54.0 51.9 40.8 41.8
3. GENITAL ORGANS (179-187) 188 188 156 93 22.8 40.3 18.0 17.4
4. LYMPHATIC AND HEMATOPOIETIC
TISSUE (200-208) 219 74 182 75 26.5 15.9 21.0 14.0
5. BREAST (174, 175) 1 1 264 160 0.1 0.2 30.5 30.0
6. URINARY ORGANS (188, 189) 101 25 49 19 12.2 5.4 5.7 3.6
7. BRAIN (191) 55 13 56 17 6.7 2.8 6.5 3.2
8. SKIN (172, 173) 50 9 33 6 6.1 1.9 3.8 1.1
9. LIP, ORAL CAVITY, AND
PHARYNX (140-149) 39 29 18 6 4.7 6.2 2.1 1.1
10. BONE AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE
(170, 171) 15 16 21 10 1.8 3.4 2.4 1.9
- OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED SITES
(190, 192-199) 182 78 145 78 22.0 16.7 16.7 14.6
* DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
TABLE C7. DEATHS FROM MAJOR CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASES,
1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER 1972 1977 1982 1987 1992 1997
TUBERCULOSIS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM (010-012) 41 41 19 17 27 9
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
(160-165) 764 1,069 1,333 1,601 1,660 1,879
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS OF TRACHEA, BRONCHUS,
AND LUNG (162) 736 1,019 1,268 1,555 1,615 1,834
CHRONIC AND UNQUALIFIED BRONCHITIS (490, 491) 54 39 18 43 44 51
EMPHYSEMA (492) 170 146 82 104 134 133
ASTHMA (493) 22 15 29 34 53 61
