TABLE C6. DEATHS AND RATES FROM MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS,
BY PRIMARY SITE, SEX, AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
PRIMARY SITE (RANKED ACCORDING NUMBER RATE*
TO NUMBER OF DEATHS AMONG TOTAL MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE
POPULATION) AND INTERNATIONAL NON- NON- NON- NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 2,276 1,076 1,741 851 271.7 223.5 197.4 154.4
1. RESPIRATORY AND INTRA-
THORACIC ORGANS (160-165) 955 380 465 154 114.0 78.9 52.7 27.9
2. DIGESTIVE ORGANS AND
PERITONEUM (150-159) 433 240 347 242 51.7 49.9 39.3 43.9
3. GENITAL ORGANS (179-187) 202 224 160 100 24.1 46.5 18.1 18.1
4. LYMPHATIC AND HEMATOPOIETIC
TISSUE (200-208) 213 80 221 69 25.4 16.6 25.1 12.5
5. BREAST (174, 175) 1 0 244 152 0.1 - 27.7 27.6
6. URINARY ORGANS (188, 189) 101 31 54 22 12.1 6.4 6.1 4.0
7. BRAIN (191) 63 16 49 11 7.5 3.3 5.6 2.0
8. LIP, ORAL CAVITY, AND
PHARYNX (140-149) 41 24 24 7 4.9 5.0 2.7 1.3
9. SKIN (172, 173) 58 2 24 5 6.9 0.4 2.7 0.9
10. BONE AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE
(170, 171) 28 8 23 15 3.3 1.7 2.6 2.7
- OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED SITES
(190, 192-199) 181 71 130 74 21.6 14.7 14.7 13.4
* DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
TABLE C7. DEATHS FROM MAJOR CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASES,
1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998
TUBERCULOSIS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM (010-012) 31 42 23 23 21 11
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
(160-165) 811 1,113 1,378 1,619 1,713 1,954
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS OF TRACHEA, BRONCHUS,
AND LUNG (162) 768 1,069 1,340 1,567 1,761 1,887
CHRONIC AND UNQUALIFIED BRONCHITIS (490, 491) 42 38 32 44 41 33
EMPHYSEMA (492) 191 138 85 132 154 150
ASTHMA (493) 21 23 35 38 64 63
