TABLE C8.  DEATHS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL ACCIDENTAL DEATHS FROM
FIVE LEADING CAUSES OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH, BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1997

                                                                           
TYPE OF ACCIDENT                       NUMBER                 PERCENT      
AND INTERNATIONAL                                NON-                  NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER           TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE

TOTAL OF FIVE LEADING CAUSES    1,281     775     506    81.1   81.0   81.2

1. MOTOR VEHICLE (810-825)        868     520     348    54.9   54.3   55.8
2. FALLS (880-888)                183     156      27    11.6   16.3    4.3
3. FIRES AND FLAMES (890-899)     110      34      76     7.0    3.6   12.2
4. INHALATION AND INGESTION                                                
     OF FOOD OR OTHER OBJECT                                               
     CAUSING OBSTRUCTION OF                                                
     RESPIRATORY TRACT OR                                                  
     SUFFOCATION (911, 912)        65      36      29     4.1    3.8    4.6
5. DROWNING AND SUBMERSION                                                 
     (EXCEPT IN TRANSPORT                                                  
     ACCIDENTS) (910)              55      29      26     3.5    3.0    4.2