TABLE C8. DEATHS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL ACCIDENTAL DEATHS FROM
FIVE LEADING CAUSES OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH, BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
NUMBER PERCENT TYPE OF ACCIDENT NON- NON- AND GROUP NUMBER* TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL OF FIVE LEADING CAUSES 1,271 823 448 81.5 81.9 80.9 1. MOTOR VEHICLE (296-306) 816 504 312 52.3 50.1 56.3 2. FALLS (312-314) 170 143 27 10.9 14.2 4.9 3. POISONING AND EXPO- SURE TO NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES (327-329) 114 98 16 7.3 9.8 2.9 4. INHALATION AND INGESTION OF FOOD OR OTHER OBJECTS CAUSING OBSTRUCTION OF RESPIRATORY TRACT (318) 89 47 42 5.7 4.7 7.6 5. EXPOSURE TO SMOKE, FIRE AND FLAMES (322) 82 31 51 5.3 3.1 9.2 * SEE APPENDIX A FOR EXPLANATION OF GROUP NUMBERS.