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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

440      ATHEROSCLEROSIS        87    3.2   W     60    M     28    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    1     2     25  0
                                                        F     32    0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0     3     28  0
                                           NW     27    M     14    0   0   0   0    0    1    0    2     2      9  0
                                                        F     13    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    1     1     11  0

460-519  DISEASES OF THE     2,624   95.3   W  2,013    M  1,006    3   0   2   1    2    5    4   38    94    857  0
         RESPIRATORY                                    F  1,007    4   3   1   0    0    4    9   20    87    879  0
         SYSTEM                            NW    611    M    345    5   1   0   3    2    8   12   17    35    262  0
                                                        F    266    5   3   2   1    1    5   13   13    28    195  0

480-486  PNEUMONIA           1,058   38.4   W    771    M    331    0   0   0   0    1    1    2   12    23    292  0
                                                        F    440    4   2   1   0    0    3    3    7    20    400  0
                                           NW    287    M    156    4   0   0   1    1    6    9    9    12    114  0
                                                        F    131    4   1   0   0    0    4    3    7    14     98  0

487      INFLUENZA               7    0.2   W      4    M      1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0      1  0
                                                        F      3    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0      3  0
                                           NW      3    M      1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0      1  0
                                                        F      2    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0      2  0

492      EMPHYSEMA             150    5.4   W    126    M     75    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    2    13     60  0
                                                        F     51    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    2    13     36  0
                                           NW     24    M     17    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0     3     14  0
                                                        F      7    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0     1      6  0

490,491  OTHER CHRONIC         978   35.5   W    813    M    460    1   0   2   1    0    0    1   14    44    397  0
         OBSTRUCTIVE PUL-                               F    353    0   0   0   0    0    0    5    6    44    298  0
         MONARY DISEASES                   NW    165    M    105    0   0   0   2    1    0    2    4    14     82  0
         AND ALLIED                                     F     60    0   0   0   0    0    0    5    5    10     40  0
         CONDITIONS                                                                                                  

520-579  DISEASES OF THE       820   29.8   W    587    M    282    1   0   0   0    1    3   31   53    42    151  0
         DIGESTIVE SYSTEM                               F    305    3   0   0   0    0    2   16   21    30    233  0
                                           NW    233    M    115    1   0   0   0    0    1   19   30    19     45  0
                                                        F    118    2   1   0   0    2    0   15   12     7     79  0