TABLE C5.  DEATHS, PERCENT OF TOTAL DEATHS, AND RATES
FOR FIVE LEADING CAUSES, BY AGE AND CAUSE
MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                              
AGE    CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER  NUMBER  PERCENT    RATE*

1-4    ALL CAUSES                                         92    100.0      0.6

       1.  ACCIDENTS (800-949)                            43     46.7     26.6
       2.  HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (960-978)       8      8.7      4.9
       3T. HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429)          4      4.3      2.5
       3T. CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)                  4      4.3      2.5
       5T. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-438)              3      3.3      1.9
       5T. PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487)               3      3.3      1.9

5-14   ALL CAUSES                                        151    100.0      0.4

       1.  ACCIDENTS (800-949)                            89     58.9     21.4
       2T. HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429)          8      5.3      1.9
       2T. SUICIDE (950-959)                               8      5.3      1.9
       2T. HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (960-978)       8      5.3      1.9
       5T. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)                   5      3.3      1.2
       5T. EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE                            
             PULMONARY DISEASES (490-496)                  5      3.3      1.2

15-24  ALL CAUSES                                        545    100.0      1.2

       1.  ACCIDENTS (800-949)                           278     51.0     63.5
       2.  HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (960-978)      84     15.4     19.2
       3.  SUICIDE (950-959)                              59     10.8     13.5
       4.  HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429)         26      4.8      5.9
       5.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)                  21      3.9      4.8

25-44  ALL CAUSES                                      1,905    100.0      2.4

       1.  ACCIDENTS (800-949)                           456     23.9     57.3
       2.  HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429)        324     17.0     40.7
       3.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)                 267     14.0     33.6
       4.  HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (960-978)     161      8.5     20.2
       5.  SUICIDE (950-959)                             126      6.6     15.8

45-64  ALL CAUSES                                      5,227    100.0      9.3

       1.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)               1,620     31.0    287.3
       2.  HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429)      1,615     30.9    286.4
       3.  ACCIDENTS (800-949)                           316      6.0     56.0
       4.  CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-438)            267      5.1     47.4
       5.  EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE                            
             PULMONARY DISEASES (490-496)                175      3.3     31.0

65 &   ALL CAUSES                                     19,378    100.0     57.6
OVER                                                                          
       1.  HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429)      7,511     38.8  2,233.4
       2.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)               4,028     20.8  1,197.7
       3.  CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-438)          1,470      7.6    437.1
       4.  EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE                            
             PULMONARY DISEASES (490-496)                933      4.8    277.4
       5.  PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487)             911      4.7    270.9

* DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES PER 1,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP AND DEATHS   
  FROM SPECIFIC CAUSES PER 100,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.