TABLE 11
DEATHS FROM MAJOR CAUSE GROUPS AND CERTAIN SELECTED CAUSES, BY RACE, SEX, AND AGE,
ALSO RATES FOR MAJOR CAUSE GROUPS AND CERTAIN SELECTED CAUSES,
MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS, 1998

                                                                                                                     
INTER-                                                     TOTAL                          AGE                        
NATIONAL                                    R                BY                                                      
CLASSI-                                     A  TOTAL        RACE                                                65  U
FICATION                        TOTAL       C    BY          AND       1-  5- 10-  15-  25-  35-  45-   55-    AND  N
NUMBER*  CAUSE*             NUMBER  RATE#   E   RACE  SEX    SEX   <1   4   9  14   24   34   44   54    64   OVER  K

001-999  ALL CAUSES         27,737   10.1   W 18,343    M  9,298   78  15  21  29  203  215  412  728 1,280  6,317  0
                                                        F  9,045   68  19   9  12   79   87  208  390   749  7,422  2
                                           NW  9,394    M  4,825  167  29  21  29  190  234  392  520   704  2,538  1
                                                        F  4,569  123  29  19  11   73   86  271  356   500  3,101  0

001-139  INFECTIOUS AND        602   21.9   W    291    M    127    0   0   0   1    1    5   23   13    15     69  0
         PARASITIC                                      F    164    4   1   0   0    2    5    5    9    15    123  0
         DISEASES                          NW    311    M    169    8   1   0   0    5   24   47   18    14     52  0
                                                        F    142    6   3   0   0    4    8   22    9    19     71  0

010-018  TUBERCULOSIS           15    0.5   W      6    M      5    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0      5  0
                                                        F      1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0      1  0
                                           NW      9    M      3    0   0   0   0    0    1    0    0     0      2  0
                                                        F      6    0   0   0   0    1    0    2    0     0      3  0

042-044  HUMAN                 139    5.0   W     28    M     22    0   0   0   0    0    4   13    2     2      1  0
         IMMUNODEFICIENCY                               F      6    0   0   0   0    1    3    1    1     0      0  0
         VIRUS INFECTION                   NW    111    M     83    0   0   0   0    2   21   41   12     7      0  0
                                                        F     28    0   2   0   0    2    5   14    1     1      3  0

140-208  MALIGNANT           5,944  216.0   W  4,017    M  2,276    0   1   0   1    8   11   51  192   432  1,580  0
         NEOPLASMS                                      F  1,741    0   0   1   1    6   12   59  149   268  1,245  0
                                           NW  1,927    M  1,076    0   1   1   0    3   12   49  115   216    678  1
                                                        F    851    0   0   1   0    4   11   62  108   140    525  0

210-239  BENIGN NEOPLASMS       59    2.1   W     39    M     15    0   0   0   0    0    1    1    0     4      9  0
         AND NEOPLASMS OF                               F     24    0   0   0   0    0    1    1    1     4     17  0
         UNDETERMINED                      NW     20    M      6    0   0   1   0    0    1    1    0     0      3  0
         NATURE                                         F     14    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    1     0     13  0