TABLE C9. DEATHS FROM SELECTED TYPES OF ACCIDENTS, BY SEX, ALSO BY AGE
MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS, 1999
SEX AGE
UNDER 15- 25- 35- 45- 65 &
TYPE OF ACCIDENT AND GROUP NUMBER* TOTAL MALE FEMALE 1 1-4 5-14 24 34 44 64 OVER
ALL ACCIDENTS 1,639 1,104 535 15 41 82 272 222 243 321 443
MOTOR VEHICLE (296-306) 954 667 287 5 17 46 225 164 154 190 153
OTHER LAND TRANSPORT (295,307-308) 17 13 4 0 0 1 2 7 4 2 1
WATER TRANSPORT (309) 25 21 4 0 1 2 5 5 4 7 1
AIR AND SPACE TRANSPORT (310) 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
FALLS (312-314) 151 78 73 0 1 2 1 5 4 24 114
DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS (315) 41 38 3 0 0 6 11 7 4 8 5
EXPLOSION (316) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
DROWNING AND SUBMERSION (EXCEPT IN
TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS) (317) 57 46 11 0 8 11 9 7 8 7 7
INHALATION AND INGESTION OF FOOD OR
OTHER OBJECTS CAUSING OBSTRUC-
TION OF RESPIRATORY TRACT (318) 74 30 44 1 4 1 0 0 3 10 55
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED THREATS TO
BREATHING (319) 16 9 7 7 1 2 0 0 3 1 2
EXPOSURE TO ELECTRIC CURRENT (320) 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2
EXPOSURE TO SMOKE, FIRE AND FLAMES
(322) 83 51 32 2 7 9 8 7 7 18 25
CONTACT WITH HEAT AND HOT SUBSTANCES
(323) 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1
POISONING (327-329) 63 41 22 0 0 1 4 11 25 15 7
BY DRUGS AND OTHER BIOLOGICAL
SUBSTANCES (327) 59 38 21 0 0 1 4 10 23 15 6
BY OTHER SOLID AND LIQUID SUB-
STANCES, GASES AND VAPORS
(328,329) 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1
ALL OTHER ACCIDENTS (311,321,324-
326,330) 139 93 46 0 1 1 7 7 22 33 68
* SEE APPENDIX A FOR EXPLANATION OF GROUP NUMBERS.
