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.