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.