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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

710-739  DISEASES OF THE        89    3.2   W     57    M     14    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0     1     13  0
         MUSCULOSKELETAL                                F     43    0   0   0   0    0    2    1    4     7     29  0
         SYSTEM                            NW     32    M     12    0   0   0   0    1    2    0    3     1      5  0
                                                        F     20    0   0   0   0    1    1    9    3     1      5  0

740-759  CONGENITAL            139    5.0   W     73    M     41   23   2   0   1    0    2    1    2     2      8  0
         ANOMALIES                                      F     32   13   1   0   0    0    4    1    1     4      8  0
                                           NW     66    M     38   27   1   1   2    1    2    1    2     0      1  0
                                                        F     28   16   0   1   0    4    1    2    2     0      2  0

760-779  CERTAIN CONDI-        194    4.5   W     48    M     25   25   0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0      0  0
         TIONS ORIGINATING                              F     23   23   0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0      0  0
         IN THE PERINATAL                  NW    146    M     87   87   0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0      0  0
         PERIOD                                         F     59   59   0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0      0  0

780-799  SYMPTOMS, SIGNS,      271    9.8   W    157    M     65   18   0   0   0    1    5    5    5     4     27  0
         AND ILL-DEFINED                                F     92    9   1   0   0    0    1    2    3     2     74  0
         CONDITIONS                        NW    114    M     61   23   1   0   1    2    2    5    5     2     20  0
                                                        F     53   17   1   0   1    1    2    2    2     1     26  0

800-999  ALL EXTERNAL        2,424   88.1   W  1,475    M    977    1   9  13  22  177  150  175  111    84    235  0
         CAUSES                                         F    498    3  10   6  11   56   41   57   56    37    220  1
                                           NW    949    M    672    7  18  15  18  152  140  111   71    57     83  0
                                                        F    277    5  14  15   7   40   28   49   29    17     73  0

810-825  MOTOR VEHICLE         957   34.8   W    586    M    383    0   4   3  10   92   79   56   46    25     68  0
         ACCIDENTS                                      F    203    1   3   4   8   43   22   22   27    16     56  1
                                           NW    371    M    251    0   8   7   5   61   58   39   31    22     20  0
                                                        F    120    1   4   7   2   23   13   29   20     7     14  0

800-807, ALL OTHER             755   27.4   W    474    M    273    0   4   9   5   31   22   47   20    23    112  0
826-949  ACCIDENTS AND                                  F    201    0   6   1   2    4    4   12   13    12    147  0
         ADVERSE EFFECTS                   NW    281    M    183    4   9   8   7   20   20   24   17    24     50  0
                                                        F     98    4   5   7   4    4    3    6    4     9     52  0