TABLE C5.  DEATHS, PERCENT OF TOTAL DEATHS, AND RATES 
FOR FIVE LEADING CAUSES, BY AGE AND CAUSE
MISSISSIPPI, 1999

                                                                                
AGE     CAUSE AND GROUP NUMBER*                        NUMBER   PERCENT   RATE**

1-4     ALL CAUSES                                         91     100.0      0.6
        1.  ACCIDENTS (295-330)                            41      45.0     25.5
        2.  CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND DEFORMATIONS                           
              (282-290)                                     9       9.9      5.6
        3.  HOMICIDE (338-346)                              5       5.5      3.1
        4.  INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA (195-198)               4       4.4      2.5
        5T. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (056-108)                   3       3.3      1.9
        5T. CONDITIONS ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL                             
              PERIOD (274-281)                              3       3.3      1.9

5-14    ALL CAUSES                                        138     100.0      0.3
        1.  ACCIDENTS (295-330)                            82      59.4     19.7
        2.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (056-108)                  13       9.4      3.1
        3T. CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND DEFORMATIONS                           
              (282-290)                                     6       4.3      1.4
        3T. HOMICIDE (338-346)                              6       4.3      1.4
        5T. ANEMIAS (116-119)                               3       2.2      0.7
        5T. HEART DISEASES (156-160,162,164-181)            3       2.2      0.7

15-24   ALL CAUSES                                        535     100.0      1.2
        1.  ACCIDENTS (295-330)                           272      50.8     62.2
        2.  HOMICIDE (338-346)                             94      17.6     21.5
        3.  SUICIDE (331-337)                              43       8.0      9.8
        4.  HEART DISEASES (156-160,162,164-181)           22       4.1      5.0
        5.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (056-108)                  21       3.9      4.8

25-44   ALL CAUSES                                      1,915     100.0      2.4
        1.  ACCIDENTS (295-330)                           465      24.3     58.5
        2.  HEART DISEASES (156-160,162,164-181)          313      16.3     39.4
        3.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (056-108)                 271      14.2     34.1
        4.  HOMICIDE (338-346)                            139       7.2     17.5
        5.  SUICIDE (331-337)                             118       6.2     14.8

45-64   ALL CAUSES                                      5,324     100.0      9.1
        1.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (056-108)               1,691      31.8    290.4
        2.  HEART DISEASES (156-160,162,164-181)        1,600      30.0    274.7
        3.  ACCIDENTS (295-330)                           321       6.0     55.1
        4.  CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE (182-186)             268       5.0     46.0
        5.  EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER                                   
              RESPIRATORY DISEASES (202-207)              158       3.0     27.1

65 &    ALL CAUSES                                     19,652     100.0     58.6
OVER    1.  HEART DISEASES (156-160,162,164-181)        7,350      37.4  2,190.8
        2.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (056-108)               4,130      21.0  1,231.0
        3.  CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE (182-186)           1,499       7.6    446.8
        4.  EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                         
              LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES (202-207)      1,082       5.5    322.5
        5.  INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA (195-198)             698       3.6    208.0

 * SEE APPENDIX B FOR EXPLANATION OF CAUSE CATEGORIES AND GROUP NUMBERS.        

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