TABLE C8.  DEATHS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL ACCIDENTAL DEATHS FROM
FIVE LEADING CAUSES OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH, BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1999

                                                                             
                                       NUMBER                  PERCENT       
TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                 NON-                    NON-
AND GROUP NUMBER*               TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL OF FIVE LEADING CAUSES    1,325     849     476    80.8    82.0    78.9

1. MOTOR VEHICLE (296-306)        954     591     363    58.2    57.0    60.2
2. FALLS (312-314)                151     125      26     9.2    12.1     4.3
3. EXPOSURE TO SMOKE, FIRE                                                   
     AND FLAMES (322)              83      38      45     5.1     3.7     7.5
4. INHALATION AND INGESTION                                                  
     OF FOOD OR OTHER OBJECTS                                                
     CAUSING OBSTRUCTION OF                                                  
     RESPIRATORY TRACT (318)       74      47      27     4.5     4.5     4.5
5. POISONING AND EXPOSURE TO                                                 
     NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES                                                      
     (327-329)                     63      48      15     3.8     4.6     2.5

* SEE APPENDIX A FOR EXPLANATION OF GROUP NUMBERS.