TABLE C5. DEATHS, PERCENT OF TOTAL DEATHS, AND RATES
FOR FIVE LEADING CAUSES, BY AGE AND CAUSE
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
AGE CAUSE AND GROUP NUMBER* NUMBER PERCENT RATE** 1-4 ALL CAUSES 100 100.0 0.6 1. ACCIDENTS (295-330) 50 50.0 30.6 2T. CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND DEFORMATIONS (282-290) 9 9.0 5.5 2T. HOMICIDE (338-346) 9 9.0 5.5 4. INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA (195-198) 5 5.0 3.1 5. ANEMIAS (116-119) 2 2.0 1.2 5-14 ALL CAUSES 118 100.0 0.3 1. ACCIDENTS (295-330) 62 52.5 14.2 2. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (056-108) 9 7.6 2.1 3. HEART DISEASES (156-160,162,164-181) 6 5.1 1.4 4. HOMICIDE (338-346) 5 4.2 1.1 5T. ANEMIAS (116-119) 3 2.5 0.7 5T. CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND DEFORMATIONS (282-290) 3 2.5 0.7 15-24 ALL CAUSES 537 100.0 1.2 1. ACCIDENTS (295-330) 274 51.0 61.4 2. HOMICIDE (338-346) 87 16.2 19.5 3. SUICIDE (331-337) 52 9.7 11.6 4. HEART DISEASES (156-160,162,164-181) 24 4.5 5.4 5. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (056-108) 15 2.8 3.4 25-44 ALL CAUSES 1,931 100.0 2.4 1. ACCIDENTS (295-330) 444 23.0 55.0 2. HEART DISEASES (156-160,162,164-181) 303 15.7 37.5 3. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (056-108) 255 13.2 31.6 4. HOMICIDE (338-346) 138 7.1 17.1 5. SUICIDE (331-337) 119 6.2 14.7 45-64 ALL CAUSES 5,453 100.0 9.0 1. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (056-108) 1,663 30.5 273.6 2. HEART DISEASES (156-160,162,164-181) 1,608 29.5 264.6 3. ACCIDENTS (295-330) 346 6.3 56.9 4. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE (182-186) 286 5.2 47.0 5. EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES (202-207) 174 3.2 28.6 65 & ALL CAUSES 19,917 100.0 58.0 OVER 1. HEART DISEASES (156-160,162,164-181) 7,270 36.5 2,116.3 2. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (056-108) 4,116 20.7 1,198.2 3. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE (182-186) 1,611 8.1 469.0 4. EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES (202-207) 1,055 5.3 307.1 5. INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA (195-198) 695 3.5 202.3 * SEE APPENDIX B FOR EXPLANATION OF CAUSE CATEGORIES AND GROUP NUMBERS. ** DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES PER 1,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP AND DEATHS FROM SPECIFIC CAUSES PER 100,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.