(HSWWDTDS)
DISTRICT: MISSISSIPPI
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MISSISSIPPI, 1999
--------NUMBER------- ---MORTALITY RATE*--
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH NON- NON-
LISTED IN DESCENDING ORDER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL OF ALL CAUSES 28,090 18,693 9,397 10.1 10.8 9.0
HEART DISEASES 9,309 6,346 2,963 336.2 367.1 284.9
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 6,131 4,197 1,934 221.4 242.8 185.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 1,849 1,229 620 66.8 71.1 59.6
ACCIDENTS 1,639 1,036 603 59.2 59.9 58.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 1,262 1,033 229 45.6 59.8 22.0
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 796 571 225 28.8 33.0 21.6
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 620 314 306 22.4 18.2 29.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 589 325 264 21.3 18.8 25.4
SEPTICEMIA 426 253 173 15.4 14.6 16.6
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE 351 290 61 12.7 16.8 5.9
HOMICIDE 312 89 223 11.3 5.1 21.4
SUICIDE 305 246 59 11.0 14.2 5.7
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 249 126 123 9.0 7.3 11.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 248 174 74 9.0 10.1 7.1
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 215 68 147 5.0 3.0 7.3
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 187 120 67 6.8 6.9 6.4
HIV DISEASE 153 22 131 5.5 1.3 12.6
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 137 102 35 4.9 5.9 3.4
PARKINSONS DISEASE 118 104 14 4.3 6.0 1.3
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 107 53 54 3.9 3.1 5.2
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 100 72 28 3.6 4.2 2.7
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED
NEOPLASMS 94 67 27 3.4 3.9 2.6
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 54 35 19 2.0 2.0 1.8
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 51 28 23 1.8 1.6 2.2
ANEMIAS 50 21 29 1.8 1.2 2.8
PEPTIC ULCER 39 27 12 1.4 1.6 1.2
VIRAL HEPATITIS 26 20 6 0.9 1.2 0.6
CHOLELITHIASIS/GALLBLADDER DISORDER 24 14 10 0.9 0.8 1.0
MENINGITIS 16 9 7 0.6 0.5 0.7
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 16 12 4 0.6 0.7 0.4
HERNIA 15 13 2 0.5 0.8 0.2
TUBERCULOSIS 13 3 10 0.5 0.2 1.0
ACUTE BRONCHITIS AND BRONCHIOLITIS 8 5 3 0.3 0.3 0.3
MATERNAL CAUSES 6 2 4 14.0 8.8 20.0
PNEUMOCONIOSES & CHEMICAL EFFECTS 5 5 0 0.2 0.3 -
LEGAL INTERVENTION 5 2 3 0.2 0.1 0.3
HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 4 3 1 0.1 0.2 0.1
FEMALE PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE 3 2 1 0.1 0.1 0.1
MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION 2 2 0 0.1 0.1 -
DISEASES OF APPENDIX 1 1 0 # # -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 290 158 132 10.5 9.1 12.7
ALL OTHER CAUSES 2,265 1,494 771 81.8 86.4 74.1
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* TOTAL DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION. DEATHS FROM SPECIFIC CAUSES ARE PER
100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT DEATHS FROM MATERNAL CAUSES ARE PER 100,000
LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER
1,000 LIVE BIRTHS. POPULATION FIGURES ARE 1999 ESTIMATES.
# LESS THAN 0.06.
------- TOTAL ------ ------ MALE ------- ----- FEMALE ------
NON- NON- NON-
AGE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL 28,090 18,693 9,397 14,191 9,412 4,779 13,899 9,281 4,618
UNDER 1 435 152 283 248 93 155 187 59 128
(NEONATAL) 267 91 176 157 57 100 110 34 76
(POSTNEONATAL) 168 61 107 91 36 55 77 25 52
1-4 91 39 52 57 24 33 34 15 19
5-9 59 34 25 35 21 14 24 13 11
10-14 79 43 36 54 26 28 25 17 8
15-24 535 262 273 377 187 190 158 75 83
25-34 624 308 316 418 214 204 206 94 112
35-44 1,291 632 659 803 419 384 488 213 275
45-54 2,051 1,116 935 1,317 751 566 734 365 369
55-64 3,273 2,095 1,178 1,998 1,345 653 1,275 750 525
65-74 5,658 3,927 1,731 3,181 2,299 882 2,477 1,628 849
75-84 7,350 5,363 1,987 3,540 2,613 927 3,810 2,750 1,060
85 AND OVER 6,644 4,722 1,922 2,163 1,420 743 4,481 3,302 1,179
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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MORTALITY RATES** 1999 POPULATION
INFANT 10.2 6.7 14.1 TOTAL 2,768,619
NEONATAL 6.2 4.0 8.8 WHITE 1,728,520
POSTNEONATAL 3.9 2.7 5.3 NONWHITE 1,040,099
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** DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.