
TABLE C9. DEATHS FROM SELECTED TYPES OF ACCIDENTS, BY SEX, ALSO BY AGE
MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS, 2000
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 1,653 1,090 563 16 50 62 274 217 227 346 461
MOTOR VEHICLE (296-306) 935 647 288 5 19 34 226 160 134 204 153
OTHER LAND TRANSPORT (295,307-308) 5 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1
WATER TRANSPORT (309) 22 20 2 0 0 1 6 6 3 3 3
AIR AND SPACE TRANSPORT (310) 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
FALLS (312-314) 165 78 87 0 0 0 0 3 6 22 134
DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS (315) 24 21 3 0 1 7 8 1 3 3 1
EXPLOSION (316) 6 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1
DROWNING AND SUBMERSION (EXCEPT IN
TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS) (317) 56 50 6 1 12 10 11 5 3 9 5
INHALATION AND INGESTION OF FOOD OR
OTHER OBJECTS CAUSING OBSTRUC-
TION OF RESPIRATORY TRACT (318 89 39 50 3 3 1 0 4 3 14 61
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED THREATS TO
BREATHING (319) 20 16 4 5 2 1 2 2 5 2 1
EXPOSURE TO ELECTRIC CURRENT (320) 12 12 0 0 0 1 3 3 1 4 0
EXPOSURE TO SMOKE, FIRE AND FLAMES
(322) 96 57 39 1 11 3 4 5 15 22 35
CONTACT WITH HEAT AND HOT SUBSTANCES
(323) 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
POISONING (327-329) 83 46 37 0 0 0 5 19 32 20 7
BY DRUGS AND OTHER BIOLOGICAL
SUBSTANCES (327) 75 39 36 0 0 0 4 15 32 19 5
BY OTHER SOLID AND LIQUID SUB-
STANCES, GASES AND VAPORS
(328,329) 8 7 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 2
ALL OTHER ACCIDENTS (311,321,324-
326,330) 134 91 43 1 1 2 6 7 20 39 58
* SEE APPENDIX A FOR EXPLANATION OF GROUP NUMBERS.
