TABLE C8. DEATHS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL ACCIDENTAL DEATHS FROM
FIVE LEADING CAUSES OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH, BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NUMBER PERCENT TYPE OF ACCIDENT NON- NON- AND GROUP NUMBER* TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL OF FIVE LEADING CAUSES 1,368 931 437 82.8 83.2 81.8 1. MOTOR VEHICLE (296-306) 935 613 322 56.6 54.8 60.3 2. FALLS (312-314) 165 140 25 10.0 12.5 4.7 3. EXPOSURE TO SMOKE, FIRE AND FLAMES (322) 96 47 49 5.8 4.2 9.2 4. INHALATION AND INGESTION OF FOOD OR OTHER OBJECTS CAUSING OBSTRUCTION OF RESPIRATORY TRACT (318) 89 55 34 5.4 4.9 6.4 5. POISONING AND EXPO- SURE TO NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES (327-329) 83 76 7 5.0 6.8 1.3 * SEE APPENDIX A FOR EXPLANATION OF GROUP NUMBERS.