TABLE C9.  DEATHS FROM SELECTED TYPES OF ACCIDENTS, BY SEX, ALSO BY AGE
MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS, 1997

                                                                                                             
                                                  SEX                             AGE                        
TYPE OF ACCIDENT AND                                        UNDER             15-  25-  35-  45-  65 &    UN-
INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER   TOTAL   MALE  FEMALE    1    1-4  5-14   24   34   44   64  OVER  KNOWN

ALL ACCIDENTS                         1,580  1,027     553     15   47    59  269  226  235  259   468      2

MOTOR VEHICLE (810-825)                 868    572     296      5   16    35  208  168  146  148   142      0
WATER TRANSPORT (830-838)                20     17       3      0    1     1    3    6    3    5     1      0
  SUBMERSION, DROWNING (830, 832)        14     11       3      0    1     1    2    5    2    3     0      0
  OTHER (831, 833-838)                    6      6       0      0    0     0    1    1    1    2     1      0
AIR AND SPACE TRANSPORT (840-845)         5      5       0      0    0     0    0    1    1    3     0      0
POISONING (850-869)                      41     28      13      0    0     0    3    9   13   12     4      0
  BY DRUGS, MEDICAMENTS, AND BIO-                                                                            
    LOGICALS (850-858)                   28     19       9      0    0     0    2    6    9    7     4      0
  BY OTHER SOLID AND LIQUID SUB-                                                                             
    STANCES, GASES, AND VAPORS                                                                               
    (860-869)                            13      9       4      0    0     0    1    3    4    5     0      0
FALLS (880-888)                         183     96      87      1    0     0    2    2   10   19   148      1
FIRES AND FLAMES (890-899)              110     60      50      3   19     4    7    8   10   19    39      1
DROWNING AND SUBMERSION (EXCEPT IN                                                                           
    TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS) (910)           55     47       8      0    5     7   16    6   13    5     3      0
INHALATION AND INGESTION OF FOOD OR                                                                          
    OTHER OBJECT CAUSING OBSTRUCTION                                                                         
    OF RESPIRATORY TRACT OR SUFFOCA-                                                                         
    TION (911, 912)                      65     32      33      1    1     1    2    3    5   10    42      0
MECHANICAL SUFFOCATION (INCLUDING IN                                                                         
    BED OR CRADLE) (913)                 13     11       2      4    1     2    3    1    1    0     1      0
STRUCK BY, STRIKING AGAINST, AND                                                                             
    CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN OBJECTS                                                                             
    (916-918)                            25     24       1      0    0     2    1    4    1   12     5      0
CAUSED BY MACHINERY (919)                24     22       2      0    0     0    2    2    5    7     8      0
CAUSED BY FIREARM MISSILE (922)          39     32       7      0    0     6   13    8    8    3     1      0
CAUSED BY ELECTRIC CURRENT (925)         12     12       0      1    0     0    6    3    2    0     0      0