TABLE C5.  DEATHS, PERCENT OF TOTAL DEATHS, AND RATES
FOR FIVE LEADING CAUSES, BY AGE AND CAUSE
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                              
AGE    CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER  NUMBER  PERCENT    RATE*

1-4    ALL CAUSES                                        114    100.0      0.7

       1.  ACCIDENTS (800-949)                            53     46.5     31.8
       2.  HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (960-978)      15     13.2      9.0
       3.  HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429)          7      6.1      4.2
       4.  CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)                  6      5.3      3.6
       5.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)                   4      3.5      2.4

5-14   ALL CAUSES                                        132    100.0      0.3

       1.  ACCIDENTS (800-949)                            72     54.5     17.2
       2.  HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (960-978)      14     10.6      3.3
       3.  HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429)          9      6.8      2.1
       4.  SUICIDE (950-959)                               6      4.5      1.4
       5.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)                   5      3.8      1.2

15-24  ALL CAUSES                                        575    100.0      1.2

       1.  ACCIDENTS (800-949)                           294     51.1     63.6
       2.  HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (960-978)     108     18.8     23.4
       3.  SUICIDE (950-959)                              61     10.6     13.2
       4.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)                  24      4.2      5.2
       5.  HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429)         18      3.1      3.9

25-44  ALL CAUSES                                      2,008    100.0      2.6

       1.  ACCIDENTS (800-949)                           446     22.2     57.7
       2.  HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429)        297     14.8     38.4
       3.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)                 273     13.6     35.3
       4.  HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (960-978)     201     10.0     26.0
       5.  HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS                                       
             INFECTION (042-044)                         198      9.9     25.6

45-64  ALL CAUSES                                      5,048    100.0     10.0

       1.  HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429)      1,644     32.6    326.0
       2.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)               1,571     31.1    311.5
       3.  ACCIDENTS (800-949)                           282      5.6     55.9
       4.  CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-438)            271      5.4     53.7
       5.  EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE                            
             PULMONARY DISEASES (490-496)                142      2.8     28.2

65 &   ALL CAUSES                                     18,597    100.0     57.5
OVER                                                                          
       1.  HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402, 404-429)      7,574     40.7  2,342.2
       2.  MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)               3,848     20.7  1,190.0
       3.  CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-438)          1,518      8.2    469.4
       4.  EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE                            
             PULMONARY DISEASES (490-496)                858      4.6    265.3
       5.  PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487)             813      4.4    251.4

* DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES PER 1,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP AND DEATHS   
  FROM SPECIFIC CAUSES PER 100,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.