(HSWWDTDS)
DISTRICT: MISSISSIPPI
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MISSISSIPPI, 2000
--------NUMBER------- ---MORTALITY RATE*--
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH NON- NON-
LISTED IN DESCENDING ORDER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL OF ALL CAUSES 28,529 19,189 9,340 10.0 11.0 8.5
HEART DISEASES 9,228 6,278 2,950 324.4 359.5 268.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 6,060 4,186 1,874 213.0 239.7 170.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 1,980 1,328 652 69.6 76.0 59.4
ACCIDENTS 1,653 1,119 534 58.1 64.1 48.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 1,250 1,049 201 43.9 60.1 18.3
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 804 583 221 28.3 33.4 20.1
DIABETES MELLITUS 670 372 298 23.6 21.3 27.1
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 612 338 274 21.5 19.4 24.9
SEPTICEMIA 532 338 194 18.7 19.4 17.6
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 431 352 79 15.2 20.2 7.2
HOMICIDE 312 97 215 11.0 5.6 19.6
SUICIDE 291 234 57 10.2 13.4 5.2
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 253 121 132 8.9 6.9 12.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 246 190 56 8.6 10.9 5.1
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 221 54 167 5.0 2.3 8.1
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 180 127 53 6.3 7.3 4.8
HIV DISEASE 160 37 123 5.6 2.1 11.2
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 147 109 38 5.2 6.2 3.4
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 132 70 62 4.6 4.0 5.6
PARKINSON'S DISEASE 107 89 18 3.8 5.1 1.6
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 87 54 33 3.0 3.1 3.0
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED
NEOPLASMS 85 57 28 3.0 3.3 2.5
ANEMIAS 67 30 37 2.4 1.7 3.4
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 58 37 21 2.0 2.1 1.9
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 44 27 17 1.5 1.5 1.5
PEPTIC ULCER 41 31 10 1.4 1.8 0.9
CHOLELITHIASIS/GALLBLADDER DISORDER 38 28 10 1.3 1.6 0.9
VIRAL HEPATITIS 35 24 11 1.2 1.4 1.0
HERNIA 16 13 3 0.6 0.7 0.3
TUBERCULOSIS 14 6 8 0.5 0.3 0.7
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 11 7 4 0.4 0.4 0.4
ACUTE BRONCHITIS AND BRONCHIOLITIS 9 5 4 0.3 0.3 0.4
PNEUMOCONIOSES & CHEMICAL EFFECTS 9 9 0 0.3 0.5 -
MATERNAL CAUSES 8 2 6 18.2 8.5 29.2
MENINGITIS 6 2 4 0.2 0.1 0.4
DISEASES OF APPENDIX 6 4 2 0.2 0.2 0.2
HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 4 1 3 0.1 # 0.3
LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 1 2 0.1 # 0.2
FEMALE PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE 2 2 0 0.1 0.1 -
MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION 1 1 0 # # -
SYPHILIS 1 1 0 # # -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 309 187 122 10.9 10.7 11.1
ALL OTHER CAUSES 2,406 1,589 817 84.6 91.0 74.4
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* TOTAL DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION. DEATHS FROM SPECIFIC CAUSES ARE PER
100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT DEATHS FROM MATERNAL CAUSES ARE PER 100,000
LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER
1,000 LIVE BIRTHS. POPULATION FIGURES ARE FROM THE 2000 CENSUS.
# LESS THAN 0.06.
------- TOTAL ------ ------ MALE ------- ----- FEMALE ------
NON- NON- NON-
AGE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL 28,529 19,189 9,340 14,104 9,437 4,667 14,425 9,752 4,673
UNDER 1 468 157 311 259 95 164 209 62 147
(NEONATAL) 289 91 198 158 56 102 131 35 96
(POSTNEONATAL) 179 66 113 101 39 62 78 27 51
1-4 100 49 51 60 31 29 40 18 22
5-9 45 22 23 24 12 12 21 10 11
10-14 73 38 35 44 28 16 29 10 19
15-24 537 277 260 374 200 174 163 77 86
25-34 640 313 327 425 215 210 215 98 117
35-44 1,291 684 607 777 436 341 514 248 266
45-54 2,162 1,154 1,008 1,332 741 591 830 413 417
55-64 3,291 2,129 1,162 1,987 1,279 708 1,304 850 454
65-74 5,540 3,859 1,681 3,164 2,283 881 2,376 1,576 800
75-84 7,458 5,501 1,957 3,550 2,657 893 3,908 2,844 1,064
85 AND OVER 6,919 5,006 1,913 2,103 1,460 643 4,816 3,546 1,270
UNKNOWN 5 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 0
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MORTALITY RATES** 2000 POPULATION
INFANT 10.6 6.7 15.1 TOTAL 2,844,658
NEONATAL 6.6 3.9 9.6 WHITE 1,746,099
POSTNEONATAL 4.1 2.8 5.5 NONWHITE 1,098,559
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** DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.