SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MISSISSIPPI , 1997

                                   --------NUMBER-------  ---MORTALITY RATE*--
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH                             NON-                  NON-
LISTED IN DESCENDING ORDER           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE
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TOTAL OF ALL CAUSES                 27,380 18,034  9,346    10.2   10.6    9.3

HEART DISEASES                       9,674  6,468  3,206   359.2  382.1  320.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS                  5,815  3,920  1,895   215.9  231.6  189.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES             1,848  1,194    654    68.6   70.5   65.4
ACCIDENTS                            1,580    957    623    58.7   56.5   62.3
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD             1,099    916    183    40.8   54.1   18.3
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA              1,030    746    284    38.2   44.1   28.4
DIABETES MELLITUS                      564    294    270    20.9   17.4   27.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS    417    243    174    15.5   14.4   17.4
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION        388    123    265    14.4    7.3   26.5
SUICIDE                                338    278     60    12.6   16.4    6.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS    255    192     63     9.5   11.3    6.3
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD    183     56    127     4.4    2.5    6.5
HYPERTENSION                           180     93     87     6.7    5.5    8.7
INFECTION                          155     46    109     5.8    2.7   10.9
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES                   145     83     62     5.4    4.9    6.2
ATHEROSCLEROSIS                        102     80     22     3.8    4.7    2.2
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY                    22     15      7     0.8    0.9    0.7
TUBERCULOSIS                            13      4      9     0.5    0.2    0.9
MATERNAL CAUSES                         11      4      7    26.5   18.2   35.9


--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED           287    154    133    10.6    9.1   13.3
ALL OTHER                            3,274  2,168  1,106   121.6  128.1  110.6
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* TOTAL DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION.  DEATHS FROM SPECIFIC CAUSES ARE PER
  100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT DEATHS FROM MATERNAL CAUSES ARE PER 100,000
  LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER
  1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.  POPULATION FIGURES ARE 1995 PROJECTIONS.

# LESS THAN 0.06.




                ------- TOTAL ------  ------ MALE -------  ----- FEMALE ------
                                NON-                 NON-                 NON-
AGE              TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE  TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE  TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE
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TOTAL           27,380 18,034  9,346 13,980  9,115  4,865 13,400  8,919  4,481

UNDER 1            440    156    284    249     75    174    191     81    110
 (NEONATAL)        269     96    173    156     45    111    113     51     62
 (POSTNEONATAL)    171     60    111     93     30     63     78     30     48

1-4                 88     32     56     44     20     24     44     12     32
5-9                 46     19     27     24     11     13     22      8     14
10-14               74     38     36     49     25     24     25     13     12
15-24              573    262    311    423    193    230    150     69     81
25-34              674    307    367    440    205    235    234    102    132
35-44            1,249    603    646    802    395    407    447    208    239
45-54            1,964  1,046    918  1,245    680    565    719    366    353
55-64            3,179  1,988  1,191  1,903  1,231    672  1,276    757    519
65-74            5,490  3,830  1,660  3,131  2,270    861  2,359  1,560    799
75-84            7,267  5,248  2,019  3,543  2,581    962  3,724  2,667  1,057
85 AND OVER      6,330  4,502  1,828  2,121  1,426    695  4,209  3,076  1,133
UNKNOWN              6      3      3      6      3      3      0      0      0
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MORTALITY RATES**                                        1995 POPULATION
  INFANT          10.6    7.1   14.6                       TOTAL     2,693,053
  NEONATAL         6.5    4.4    8.9                       WHITE     1,692,681
  POSTNEONATAL     4.1    2.7    5.7                       NONWHITE  1,000,372
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** DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.