TABLE C6. DEATHS AND RATES FROM MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS,
BY PRIMARY SITE, SEX, AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
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 2,275 1,045 1,911 829 265.8 201.9 214.7 142.7
1. RESPIRATORY AND INTRA-
THORACIC ORGANS (071-075) 943 363 526 146 110.2 70.1 59.1 25.1
2. DIGESTIVE ORGANS (060-070) 496 266 437 227 57.9 51.4 49.1 39.1
3. GENITAL ORGANS (083-091) 195 208 171 96 22.8 40.2 19.2 16.5
4. LYMPHOID, HEMATOPOIETIC
AND RELATED TISSUE
(100-108) 207 63 190 58 24.2 12.2 21.3 10.0
5. BREAST (082) 3 2 296 166 0.4 0.4 33.3 28.6
6. URINARY TRACT (092-094) 91 27 63 33 10.6 5.2 7.1 5.7
7. BRAIN (096) 71 17 47 21 8.3 3.3 5.3 3.6
8. LIP, ORAL CAVITY, AND
PHARYNX (056-059) 48 27 19 9 5.6 5.2 2.1 1.5
9. SKIN (077,078) 51 7 32 4 6.0 1.4 3.6 0.7
10. BONE AND ARTICULAR
CARTILAGE (076) 11 3 8 4 1.3 0.6 0.9 0.7
- OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED
SITES (079-081,095,
097-99) 159 62 122 65 18.6 12.0 13.7 11.2
* SEE APPENDIX A FOR EXPLANATION OF GROUP NUMBERS.
** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
TABLE C7. DEATHS FROM MAJOR CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASES,
1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000
DISEASE* 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000
TUBERCULOSIS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 26 26 20 27 14 12
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 950 1,202 1,416 1,639 1,766 1,978
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS OF TRACHEA, BRONCHUS,
AND LUNG 898 1,151 1,355 1,602 1,710 1,930
CHRONIC AND UNQUALIFIED BRONCHITIS 38 15 17 37 45 15
EMPHYSEMA 181 130 90 126 143 136
ASTHMA 15 45 51 49 50 60
* 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.
