TABLE C9.  DEATHS FROM SELECTED TYPES OF ACCIDENTS, BY SEX, ALSO BY AGE
MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS, 1998

                                                                                                             
                                                  SEX                             AGE                        
TYPE OF ACCIDENT AND                                        UNDER             15-  25-  35-  45-  65 &    UN-
INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER   TOTAL   MALE  FEMALE    1    1-4  5-14   24   34   44   64  OVER  KNOWN

ALL ACCIDENTS                         1,712  1,090     622     10   43    89  278  221  235  316   519      1

MOTOR VEHICLE (810-825)                 957    634     323      2   19    46  219  172  146  194   158      1
WATER TRANSPORT (830-838)                16     16       0      0    0     0    2    4    5    2     3      0
  SUBMERSION, DROWNING (830, 832)        15     15       0      0    0     0    2    4    4    2     3      0
  OTHER (831, 833-838)                    1      1       0      0    0     0    0    0    1    0     0      0
AIR AND SPACE TRANSPORT (840-845)         3      3       0      0    0     0    0    0    3    0     0      0
POISONING (850-869)                      57     40      17      0    3     2    4    5   23   11     9      0
  BY DRUGS, MEDICAMENTS, AND BIO-                                                                            
    LOGICALS (850-858)                   45     30      15      0    0     0    3    4   22    9     7      0
  BY OTHER SOLID AND LIQUID SUB-                                                                             
    STANCES, GASES, AND VAPORS                                                                               
    (860-869)                            12     10       2      0    3     2    1    1    1    2     2      0
FALLS (880-888)                         181     83      98      0    0     0    3    5    7   15   151      0
FIRES AND FLAMES (890-899)              105     55      50      1   11    14    9    8   12   19    31      0
DROWNING AND SUBMERSION (EXCEPT IN                                                                           
    TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS) (910)           81     66      15      0    6    14   21    9    9   11    11      0
INHALATION AND INGESTION OF FOOD OR                                                                          
    OTHER OBJECT CAUSING OBSTRUCTION                                                                         
    OF RESPIRATORY TRACT OR SUFFOCA-                                                                         
    TION (911, 912)                      86     37      49      3    2     2    0    4    3   11    61      0
MECHANICAL SUFFOCATION (INCLUDING IN                                                                         
    BED OR CRADLE) (913)                 13     11       2      4    1     2    0    2    1    1     2      0
STRUCK BY, STRIKING AGAINST, AND                                                                             
    CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN OBJECTS                                                                             
    (916-918)                            14     13       1      0    0     0    2    1    3    6     2      0
CAUSED BY MACHINERY (919)                22     21       1      0    0     2    1    1    2    7     9      0
CAUSED BY FIREARM MISSILE (922)          18     13       5      0    1     5    6    1    0    4     1      0
CAUSED BY ELECTRIC CURRENT (925)         12     11       1      0    0     1    3    2    4    2     0      0