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DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 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

320-389  DISEASES OF THE       517   18.8   W    398    M    185    0   3   1   2    3    4    9   10    21    132  0
         NERVOUS SYSTEM                                 F    213    1   2   0   0    2    1    6    6    15    180  0
         AND SENSE ORGANS                  NW    119    M     61    1   2   0   2    6    6    4    4     8     28  0
                                                        F     58    3   2   0   0    3    1    3    5     5     36  0

320-322  MENINGITIS             12    0.4   W      5    M      2    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0      2  0
                                                        F      3    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0     1      2  0
                                           NW      7    M      6    1   1   0   1    2    0    0    1     0      0  0
                                                        F      1    0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0     0      0  0

345      EPILEPSY               25    0.9   W     14    M      6    0   0   0   0    0    0    1    2     1      2  0
                                                        F      8    0   0   0   0    0    1    1    0     2      4  0
                                           NW     11    M      8    0   0   0   0    0    2    2    0     3      1  0
                                                        F      3    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    1     0      2  0

390-459  DISEASES OF THE    11,900  432.4   W  7,952    M  3,753    5   0   4   1    6   17   94  270   513  2,843  0
         CIRCULATORY                                    F  4,199    5   1   0   0    6    7   41   97   233  3,808  1
         SYSTEM                            NW  3,948    M  1,833    5   3   3   2   13   26  118  216   293  1,154  0
                                                        F  2,115    6   4   0   1    7   21   74  142   217  1,643  0

390-398, HEART DISEASES      9,501  345.2   W  6,419    M  3,135    3   0   4   0    6   17   80  235   441  2,349  0
  402,                                                  F  3,284    4   1   0   0    4    6   29   73   182  2,984  1
404-429                                    NW  3,082    M  1,448    2   2   2   2   11   23   97  166   238    905  0
                                                        F  1,634    3   1   0   0    5   18   54  101   179  1,273  0

401,403  HYPERTENSION          213    7.7   W    117    M     38    0   0   0   0    0    0    2    4     5     27  0
                                                        F     79    0   0   0   0    0    0    3    2     3     71  0
                                           NW     96    M     40    1   0   0   0    0    0    3    3     7     26  0
                                                        F     56    0   0   0   1    0    0    4    4     4     43  0

430-438  CEREBROVASCULAR     1,804   65.6   W  1,131    M    429    2   0   0   1    0    0    8   22    44    352  0
         DISEASES                                       F    702    1   0   0   0    1    1    8   16    38    637  0
                                           NW    673    M    301    2   0   1   0    2    1   14   42    41    198  0
                                                        F    372    3   3   0   0    2    3   14   33    31    283  0