TABLE C6. DEATHS AND RATES FROM MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS,
BY PRIMARY SITE, SEX, AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1999

                                                                                           
                                           NUMBER                         RATE**           
PRIMARY SITE (RANKED ACCORDING       MALE         FEMALE          MALE           FEMALE    
TO NUMBER OF DEATHS AMONG TOTAL          NON-          NON-            NON-            NON-
POPULATION) AND GROUP NUMBER*    WHITE  WHITE  WHITE  WHITE   WHITE   WHITE   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL                            2,330  1,055  1,867    879   276.9   217.4   210.5   158.4

 1. RESPIRATORY AND INTRA-                                                                 
      THORACIC ORGANS (071-075)    905    357    529    163   107.6    73.6    59.6    29.4
 2. DIGESTIVE ORGANS (060-070)     484    255    392    244    57.5    52.6    44.2    44.0
 3. GENITAL ORGANS (083-091)       216    215    163    115    25.7    44.3    18.4    20.7
 4. LYMPHOID, HEMATOPOIETIC                                                                
      AND RELATED TISSUE                                                                   
      (100-108)                    222     59    183     66    26.4    12.2    20.6    11.9
 5. BREAST (082)                     1      0    265    163     0.1       -    29.9    29.4
 6. URINARY TRACT (092-094)        126     32     56     31    15.0     6.6     6.3     5.6
 7. BRAIN (096)                     82     19     56     14     9.7     3.9     6.3     2.5
 8. LIP, ORAL CAVITY, AND                                                                  
      PHARYNX (056-059)             48     36     13     11     5.7     7.4     1.5     2.0
 9. SKIN (077,078)                  38      6     25      0     4.5     1.2     2.8       -
10. BONE AND ARTICULAR                                                                     
      CARTILAGE (076)               11      6     11      5     1.3     1.2     1.2     0.9
 -  OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED                                                                  
      SITES (079-081,095,                                                                  
      097-99)                      197     70    174     67    23.4    14.4    19.6    12.1

 * SEE APPENDIX A FOR EXPLANATION OF GROUP NUMBERS.                                        

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.                                       







TABLE C7.  DEATHS FROM MAJOR CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASES,
1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999

                                                                                     
DISEASE*                                      1974   1979   1984   1989   1994   1999

TUBERCULOSIS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM              38     38     23     19     14     13
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM      943  1,143  1,374  1,659  1,697  1,954
  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS OF TRACHEA, BRONCHUS,                                          
    AND LUNG                                   904  1,109  1,312  1,613  1,647  1,906
CHRONIC AND UNQUALIFIED BRONCHITIS              51     32     38     44     53     20
EMPHYSEMA                                      180    124    101    109    129    179
ASTHMA                                          14     24     44     49     53     41

* PERIODIC CHANGES IN THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM WHICH HAVE OCCURRED THROUGH THE YEARS
  HAVE RESULTED IN AN UNAVOIDABLE LACK OF COMPARABILITY FOR SOME CAUSES, AND CAUTION 
  SHOULD BE USED WHEN ANALYZING LONG-TERM TRENDS.