TABLE C8.  DEATHS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL ACCIDENTAL DEATHS FROM
FIVE LEADING CAUSES OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH, BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                           
TYPE OF ACCIDENT                       NUMBER                 PERCENT      
AND INTERNATIONAL                                NON-                  NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER           TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE

TOTAL OF FIVE LEADING CAUSES    1,410     865     545    82.4   81.6   83.6

1. MOTOR VEHICLE (810-825)        957     586     371    55.9   55.3   56.9
2. FALLS (880-888)                181     154      27    10.6   14.5    4.1
3. FIRES AND FLAMES (890-899)     105      34      71     6.1    3.2   10.9
4. INHALATION AND INGESTION                                                
     OF FOOD OR OTHER OBJECT                                               
     CAUSING OBSTRUCTION OF                                                
     RESPIRATORY TRACT OR                                                  
     SUFFOCATION (911, 912)        86      51      35     5.0    4.8    5.4
5. DROWNING AND SUBMERSION                                                 
     (EXCEPT IN TRANSPORT                                                  
     ACCIDENTS) (910)              81      40      41     4.7    3.8    6.3