
TABLE C9. DEATHS FROM SELECTED TYPES OF ACCIDENTS, BY SEX, ALSO BY AGE
MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS, 2001
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 1,559 1,024 535 19 45 65 242 203 254 322 409
MOTOR VEHICLE (296-306) 816 549 267 8 15 36 186 142 144 167 118
OTHER LAND TRANSPORT (295,307-308) 17 14 3 0 0 1 5 6 1 3 1
WATER TRANSPORT (309) 22 21 1 0 0 2 2 3 6 3 6
AIR AND SPACE TRANSPORT (310) 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
FALLS (312-314) 170 85 85 0 0 0 2 1 6 20 141
DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS (315) 22 18 4 0 0 2 7 5 1 4 3
EXPLOSION (316) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
DROWNING AND SUBMERSION (EXCEPT IN
TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS) (317) 69 57 12 1 13 12 13 9 6 11 4
INHALATION AND INGESTION OF FOOD OR
OTHER OBJECTS CAUSING OBSTRUC-
TION OF RESPIRATORY TRACT (318 89 44 45 4 4 1 1 1 5 17 56
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED THREATS TO
BREATHING (319) 17 14 3 5 1 0 2 2 3 2 2
EXPOSURE TO ELECTRIC CURRENT (320) 13 12 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 6 0
EXPOSURE TO SMOKE, FIRE AND FLAMES
(322) 82 53 29 0 11 8 3 5 20 19 16
CONTACT WITH HEAT AND HOT SUBSTANCES
(323) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
POISONING (327-329) 114 77 37 0 0 0 15 20 42 29 8
BY DRUGS AND OTHER BIOLOGICAL
SUBSTANCES (327) 107 70 37 0 0 0 14 19 40 26 8
BY OTHER SOLID AND LIQUID SUB-
STANCES, GASES AND VAPORS
(328,329) 7 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0
ALL OTHER ACCIDENTS (311,321,324-
326,330) 120 74 46 1 1 3 6 5 14 38 52
* SEE APPENDIX A FOR EXPLANATION OF GROUP NUMBERS.
