TABLE C4. DEATHS, MORTALITY RATES, AND PERCENT OF TOTAL DEATHS FROM TEN LEADING CAUSES,
BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
NUMBER RATE* PERCENT
NON- NON- NON-
CAUSE AND GROUP NUMBER** TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL OF TEN LEADING CAUSES 22,972 15,594 7,378 8.3 9.0 7.1 81.8 83.4 78.5
1. HEART DISEASES (156-160,162,
164-181) 9,309 6,346 2,963 336.2 367.1 284.9 33.1 33.9 31.5
2. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (056-108) 6,131 4,197 1,934 221.4 242.8 185.9 21.8 22.4 20.6
3. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE (182-186) 1,849 1,229 620 66.8 71.1 59.6 6.6 6.6 6.6
4. ACCIDENTS (295-330) 1,639 1,036 603 59.2 59.9 58.0 5.8 5.5 6.4
5. EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES (202-207) 1,262 1,033 229 45.6 59.8 22.0 4.5 5.5 2.4
6. INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA (195-198) 796 571 225 28.8 33.0 21.6 2.8 3.0 2.4
7. NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME AND
NEPHROSIS (247-249,251,253) 620 314 306 22.4 18.2 29.4 2.2 1.7 3.2
8. DIABETES MELLITUS (124) 589 325 264 21.3 18.8 25.4 2.1 1.7 2.8
9. SEPTICEMIA (018) 426 253 173 15.4 14.6 16.6 1.5 1.4 1.8
10. ALZHEIMERS DISEASE (148) 351 290 61 12.7 16.8 5.9 1.2 1.6 0.6
* TOTAL DEATHS ARE PER 1,000 POPULATION. DEATHS FROM SPECIFIC CAUSES ARE PER 100,000 POPULATION.
** SEE APPENDIX B FOR EXPLANATION OF CAUSE CATEGORIES AND GROUP NUMBERS.
