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TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF ADAMS, ALCORN, AMITE, AND ATTALA COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                                 ADAMS COUNTY                                 ALCORN COUNTY               
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                  NON-                    NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              2      0      2     5.8       -    11.4       0      0      0       -       -       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       89     42     47   260.0   251.3   268.4      75     65     10   229.2   227.2   243.4
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)             11      7      4    32.1    41.9    22.8      12     10      2    36.7    35.0    48.7
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)               174     78     96   508.4   466.7   548.2     103     93     10   314.8   325.1   243.4
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              4      2      2    11.7    12.0    11.4       8      5      3    24.4    17.5    73.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              40     18     22   116.9   107.7   125.6      26     22      4    79.5    76.9    97.3
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                1      0      1     2.9       -     5.7       1      1      0     3.0     3.5       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                              16     10      6    46.7    59.8    34.3      26     24      2    79.5    83.9    48.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                20     12      8    58.4    71.8    45.7      23     20      3    70.3    69.9    73.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    3      2      1     8.8    12.0     5.7       2      2      0     6.1     7.0       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            4      1      3    11.7     6.0    17.1       6      3      3    18.3    10.5    73.0
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       3      1      2     8.8     6.0    11.4       1      1      0     3.0     3.5       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          3      1      2     5.6     5.0     6.0       1      0      1     2.2       -    13.9
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 14      6      8    40.9    35.9    45.7      30     25      5    91.7    87.4   121.7
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          5      1      4    14.6     6.0    22.8      12      9      3    36.7    31.5    73.0
SUICIDE (950-959)                    3      3      0     8.8    18.0       -       5      5      0    15.3    17.5       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  1      0      1     2.9       -     5.7       0      0      0       -       -       -
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      1      0      1     2.9       -     5.7       4      4      0    12.2    14.0       -


                                                                                                                          
                                                 AMITE COUNTY                                 ATTALA COUNTY               
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                  NON-                    NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       2      0      2    10.9       -    25.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       41     26     15   298.1   361.1   228.9      69     49     20   374.9   460.4   257.7
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              6      4      2    43.6    55.6    30.5       3      2      1    16.3    18.8    12.9
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                33     13     20   240.0   180.6   305.2      98     71     27   532.5   667.2   347.8
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              0      0      0       -       -       -       5      1      4    27.2     9.4    51.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                               5      1      4    36.4    13.9    61.0      20     10     10   108.7    94.0   128.8
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       6      4      2    32.6    37.6    25.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               1      1      0     7.3    13.9       -       8      4      4    43.5    37.6    51.5
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 3      3      0    21.8    41.7       -      10     10      0    54.3    94.0       -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    1      0      1     7.3       -    15.3       3      3      0    16.3    28.2       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            0      0      0       -       -       -       6      3      3    32.6    28.2    38.6
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       2      2      0    10.9    18.8       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1     3.9       -     8.7
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 13      5      8    94.5    69.4   122.1      21     14      7   114.1   131.6    90.2
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          9      3      6    65.4    41.7    91.6       9      6      3    48.9    56.4    38.6
SUICIDE (950-959)                    3      3      0    21.8    41.7       -       2      2      0    10.9    18.8       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  2      1      1    14.5    13.9    15.3       6      1      5    32.6     9.4    64.4
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      1      1      0     7.3    13.9       -       2      1      1    10.9     9.4    12.9

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF BENTON,  BOLIVAR, CALHOUN, AND CARROLL COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                                BENTON COUNTY                                 BOLIVAR COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1     2.5       -     3.8
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1     2.5       -     3.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       21     16      5   258.0   334.8   148.8      85     31     54   210.8   220.7   205.5
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              0      0      0       -       -       -      13      1     12    32.2     7.1    45.7
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                28     26      2   344.0   544.0    59.5     133     42     91   329.9   299.0   346.4
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              3      2      1    36.8    41.8    29.8       3      0      3     7.4       -    11.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              18     15      3   221.1   313.9    89.2      30      6     24    74.4    42.7    91.3
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               9      7      2   110.6   146.5    59.5      23     11     12    57.0    78.3    45.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 7      6      1    86.0   125.5    29.8      15     10      5    37.2    71.2    19.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    0      0      0       -       -       -       2      1      1     5.0     7.1     3.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            2      0      2    24.6       -    59.5       3      1      2     7.4     7.1     7.6
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       1      1      0     2.5     7.1       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       2      1      1     5.0     7.1     3.8
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          0      0      0       -       -       -       5      1      4     7.2     6.2     7.6
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 11      6      5   135.1   125.5   148.8      27     11     16    67.0    78.3    60.9
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          5      3      2    61.4    62.8    59.5      15      7      8    37.2    49.8    30.4
SUICIDE (950-959)                    2      2      0    24.6    41.8       -       4      2      2     9.9    14.2     7.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  0      0      0       -       -       -       6      1      5    14.9     7.1    19.0
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      6      4      2    73.7    83.7    59.5       3      2      1     7.4    14.2     3.8


                                                                                                                          
                                                CALHOUN COUNTY                                CARROLL COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       34     27      7   229.4   256.1   163.5      32     19     13   320.2   329.0   308.0
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              4      3      1    27.0    28.5    23.4       3      1      2    30.0    17.3    47.4
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                66     53     13   445.3   502.8   303.7      36     26     10   360.2   450.2   237.0
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              1      0      1     6.7       -    23.4       1      0      1    10.0       -    23.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              26     22      4   175.4   208.7    93.4       6      3      3    60.0    51.9    71.1
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               4      4      0    27.0    37.9       -       3      1      2    30.0    17.3    47.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 7      6      1    47.2    56.9    23.4       5      3      2    50.0    51.9    47.4
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    1      1      0     6.7     9.5       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            5      3      2    33.7    28.5    46.7       0      0      0       -       -       -
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       1      1      0     6.7     9.5       -       1      0      1    10.0       -    23.7
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          1      1      0     5.0     7.5       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 10     10      0    67.5    94.9       -       8      4      4    80.0    69.3    94.8
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          4      4      0    27.0    37.9       -       5      3      2    50.0    51.9    47.4
SUICIDE (950-959)                    0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1    10.0       -    23.7
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF CHICKASAW, CHOCTAW, CLAIBORNE, AND CLARKE COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                               CHICKASAW COUNTY                               CHOCTAW COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1    10.6       -    33.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       42     30     12   233.2   283.3   161.6      25     16      9   266.4   251.8   297.0
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              4      0      4    22.2       -    53.9       3      1      2    32.0    15.7    66.0
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                64     42     22   355.3   396.7   296.3      33     21     12   351.6   330.4   396.0
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              1      1      0     5.6     9.4       -       1      0      1    10.6       -    33.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              12      6      6    66.6    56.7    80.8       5      3      2    53.3    47.2    66.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                              10      6      4    55.5    56.7    53.9       0      0      0       -       -       -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 6      4      2    33.3    37.8    26.9       4      4      0    42.6    62.9       -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    2      2      0    11.1    18.9       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            3      2      1    16.6    18.9    13.5       1      1      0    10.6    15.7       -
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                  9      7      2    50.0    66.1    26.9       3      3      0    32.0    47.2       -
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          6      4      2    33.3    37.8    26.9       1      1      0    10.6    15.7       -
SUICIDE (950-959)                    4      3      1    22.2    28.3    13.5       1      0      1    10.6       -    33.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  5      3      2    27.8    28.3    26.9       0      0      0       -       -       -
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      0      0      0       -       -       -       2      1      1    21.3    15.7    33.0


                                                                                                                          
                                               CLAIBORNE COUNTY                               CLARKE COUNTY               
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       1      1      0     5.5     8.7       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       19      5     14   162.9   251.5   144.7      20     10     10   109.7    86.7   149.3
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              1      0      1     8.6       -    10.3       6      3      3    32.9    26.0    44.8
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                54     15     39   463.0   754.5   403.1      78     40     38   427.8   346.8   567.5
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              1      0      1     8.6       -    10.3       2      0      2    11.0       -    29.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                               7      1      6    60.0    50.3    62.0       9      3      6    49.4    26.0    89.6
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               4      0      4    34.3       -    41.3       6      4      2    32.9    34.7    29.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 1      1      0     8.6    50.3       -       6      4      2    32.9    34.7    29.9
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    0      0      0       -       -       -       2      2      0    11.0    17.3       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            1      0      1     8.6       -    10.3       4      3      1    21.9    26.0    14.9
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          1      0      1     6.1       -     6.7       0      0      0       -       -       -
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                  4      1      3    34.3    50.3    31.0       7      5      2    38.4    43.3    29.9
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          4      1      3    34.3    50.3    31.0       4      3      1    21.9    26.0    14.9
SUICIDE (950-959)                    0      0      0       -       -       -       2      1      1    11.0     8.7    14.9
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  2      0      2    17.2       -    20.7       1      0      1     5.5       -    14.9
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      1      1      0     8.6    50.3       -       2      1      1    11.0     8.7    14.9

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF CLAY, COAHOMA, COPIAH, AND COVINGTON COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                                 CLAY COUNTY                                  COAHOMA COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       1      1      0     3.2     9.7       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              2      0      2     9.2       -    16.6       3      0      3     9.6       -    14.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       45     24     21   208.0   250.5   174.2      83     28     55   267.0   270.7   265.1
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              3      2      1    13.9    20.9     8.3      11      6      5    35.4    58.0    24.1
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)               101     53     48   466.8   553.2   398.1     119     45     74   382.8   435.0   356.7
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              0      0      0       -       -       -       2      1      1     6.4     9.7     4.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              15      7      8    69.3    73.1    66.4      23      5     18    74.0    48.3    86.8
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               6      5      1    27.7    52.2     8.3      16      5     11    51.5    48.3    53.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 6      4      2    27.7    41.7    16.6       8      6      2    25.7    58.0     9.6
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    5      4      1    23.1    41.7     8.3       2      0      2     6.4       -     9.6
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            5      3      2    23.1    31.3    16.6       4      1      3    12.9     9.7    14.5
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       2      0      2     6.4       -     9.6
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          1      0      1     2.8       -     4.0       4      1      3     6.4     8.7     5.8
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 19      9     10    87.8    93.9    82.9      28     13     15    90.1   125.7    72.3
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          6      5      1    27.7    52.2     8.3      10      5      5    32.2    48.3    24.1
SUICIDE (950-959)                    2      1      1     9.2    10.4     8.3       3      2      1     9.6    19.3     4.8
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  2      1      1     9.2    10.4     8.3       7      0      7    22.5       -    33.7
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      4      2      2    18.5    20.9    16.6       4      1      3    12.9     9.7    14.5


                                                                                                                          
                                                COPIAH COUNTY                                COVINGTON COUNTY             
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              1      0      1     3.4       -     6.5       0      0      0       -       -       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       64     39     25   221.1   285.5   163.5      55     37     18   309.0   332.8   269.2
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              6      2      4    20.7    14.6    26.2       4      3      1    22.5    27.0    15.0
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)               102     53     49   352.4   388.0   320.6      86     64     22   483.1   575.7   329.0
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              0      0      0       -       -       -       2      2      0    11.2    18.0       -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              16      9      7    55.3    65.9    45.8      10      7      3    56.2    63.0    44.9
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                1      1      0     3.4     7.3       -       5      1      4    28.1     9.0    59.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               9      5      4    31.1    36.6    26.2       5      5      0    28.1    45.0       -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                14      8      6    48.4    58.6    39.2       3      2      1    16.8    18.0    15.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    4      1      3    13.8     7.3    19.6       3      2      1    16.8    18.0    15.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            2      0      2     6.9       -    13.1       2      1      1    11.2     9.0    15.0
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          3      1      2     6.9     5.6     7.8       1      1      0     3.1     5.6       -
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 22     14      8    76.0   102.5    52.3      20     12      8   112.3   108.0   119.6
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                         12      8      4    41.4    58.6    26.2      12      6      6    67.4    54.0    89.7
SUICIDE (950-959)                    2      2      0     6.9    14.6       -       2      2      0    11.2    18.0       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  4      0      4    13.8       -    26.2       3      0      3    16.8       -    44.9
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      1      0      1     3.4       -     6.5       1      1      0     5.6     9.0       -

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF DESOTO, FORREST, FRANKLIN, AND GEORGE COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                                DESOTO COUNTY                                 FORREST COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              1      1      0     1.0     1.2       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)      164    141     23   169.2   170.4   162.6     166    126     40   223.2   256.8   158.1
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)             12      9      3    12.4    10.9    21.2       6      4      2     8.1     8.2     7.9
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)               182    155     27   187.8   187.3   190.9     257    191     66   345.6   389.3   260.8
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)             52     41     11    53.7    49.5    77.8       2      1      1     2.7     2.0     4.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              35     31      4    36.1    37.5    28.3      44     25     19    59.2    51.0    75.1
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                1      1      0     1.0     1.2       -       1      1      0     1.3     2.0       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                              22     20      2    22.7    24.2    14.1      24     19      5    32.3    38.7    19.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                33     32      1    34.0    38.7     7.1      43     36      7    57.8    73.4    27.7
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    6      6      0     6.2     7.2       -       9      4      5    12.1     8.2    19.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)           12     10      2    12.4    12.1    14.1       9      6      3    12.1    12.2    11.8
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           1      1      0     1.0     1.2       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            1      1      0    63.7    73.7       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       3      2      1     3.1     2.4     7.1       1      1      0     1.3     2.0       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          6      5      1     3.8     3.7     4.7       3      1      2     2.8     1.7     4.0
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 43     39      4    44.4    47.1    28.3      34     26      8    45.7    53.0    31.6
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                         29     28      1    29.9    33.8     7.1      20     15      5    26.9    30.6    19.8
SUICIDE (950-959)                    9      9      0     9.3    10.9       -       4      3      1     5.4     6.1     4.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  3      1      2     3.1     1.2    14.1       6      3      3     8.1     6.1    11.8
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      4      3      1     4.1     3.6     7.1       3      2      1     4.0     4.1     4.0


                                                                                                                          
                                               FRANKLIN COUNTY                                GEORGE COUNTY               
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              1      0      1    12.0       -    31.0       1      1      0     5.1     5.7       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       28     19      9   336.6   372.9   279.2      48     43      5   244.3   245.3   236.5
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              3      2      1    36.1    39.2    31.0      12      9      3    61.1    51.3   141.9
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                59     39     20   709.2   765.4   620.3      34     33      1   173.1   188.2    47.3
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              0      0      0       -       -       -       1      1      0     5.1     5.7       -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                               3      2      1    36.1    39.2    31.0      13     13      0    66.2    74.2       -
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                1      1      0    12.0    19.6       -       2      2      0    10.2    11.4       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               6      6      0    72.1   117.8       -       3      3      0    15.3    17.1       -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 3      3      0    36.1    58.9       -       7      7      0    35.6    39.9       -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    0      0      0       -       -       -       1      1      0     5.1     5.7       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            2      2      0    24.0    39.2       -       5      5      0    25.4    28.5       -
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       3      2      1    15.3    11.4    47.3
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 10      5      5   120.2    98.1   155.1      10     10      0    50.9    57.0       -
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          8      4      4    96.2    78.5   124.1       4      4      0    20.4    22.8       -
SUICIDE (950-959)                    0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  0      0      0       -       -       -       1      1      0     5.1     5.7       -
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      1      1      0    12.0    19.6       -       3      3      0    15.3    17.1       -

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF GREENE, GRENADA, HANCOCK, AND HARRISON COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                                GREENE COUNTY                                 GRENADA COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       2      1      1     8.9     8.0    10.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       21     17      4   178.5   191.7   138.1      49     32     17   218.5   255.5   171.7
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              9      6      3    76.5    67.6   103.6       3      3      0    13.4    24.0       -
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                28     19      9   238.0   214.2   310.7     107     66     41   477.1   527.0   414.0
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              2      2      0    17.0    22.6       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                               4      3      1    34.0    33.8    34.5      27     15     12   120.4   119.8   121.2
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                1      1      0     8.5    11.3       -       1      0      1     4.4       -    10.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               5      4      1    42.5    45.1    34.5      16      9      7    71.3    71.9    70.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 2      2      0    17.0    22.6       -       8      8      0    35.7    63.9       -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    0      0      0       -       -       -       2      2      0     8.9    16.0       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            0      0      0       -       -       -       4      3      1    17.8    24.0    10.1
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       1      1      0     8.5    11.3       -       2      0      2     8.9       -    20.2
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          1      1      0     6.3     8.1       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                  7      4      3    59.5    45.1   103.6      10      6      4    44.6    47.9    40.4
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          6      3      3    51.0    33.8   103.6       2      2      0     8.9    16.0      -
SUICIDE (950-959)                    0      0      0       -       -       -       5      4      1    22.3    31.9    10.1
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  0      0      0       -       -       -       4      0      4    17.8       -    40.4
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      0      0      0       -       -       -       1      1      0     4.4     8.0       -


                                                                                                                          
                                                HANCOCK COUNTY                               HARRISON COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       1      1      0     0.6     0.7       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       8      6      2     4.5     4.5     4.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       90     86      4   223.2   239.0    92.2     407    336     71   228.7   251.4   160.1
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              6      5      1    14.9    13.9    23.0      20     16      4    11.2    12.0     9.0
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)               141    128     13   349.6   355.7   299.6     635    517    118   356.8   386.9   266.0
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              1      1      0     2.5     2.8       -       6      4      2     3.4     3.0     4.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              19     19      0    47.1    52.8       -      73     63     10    41.0    47.1    22.5
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -      17     11      6     9.6     8.2    13.5
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                              18     18      0    44.6    50.0       -      65     58      7    36.5    43.4    15.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                29     28      1    71.9    77.8    23.0      70     63      7    39.3    47.1    15.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    3      3      0     7.4     8.3       -      19     14      5    10.7    10.5    11.3
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)           10      7      3    24.8    19.4    69.1      17     13      4     9.6     9.7     9.0
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       1      1      0     0.6     0.7       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       3      3      0     7.4     8.3       -      16      9      7     9.0     6.7    15.8
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          0      0      0       -       -       -       2      1      1     0.7     0.5     1.1
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 28     27      1    69.4    75.0    23.0     107     79     28    60.1    59.1    63.1
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                         15     14      1    37.2    38.9    23.0      55     43     12    30.9    32.2    27.0
SUICIDE (950-959)                   11     11      0    27.3    30.6       -      39     30      9    21.9    22.4    20.3
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  4      4      0     9.9    11.1       -      22     12     10    12.4     9.0    22.5
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      2      2      0     5.0     5.6       -       9      9      0     5.0     6.7       -

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF HINDS, HOLMES, HUMPHREYS, AND ISSAQUENA COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                                 HINDS COUNTY                                 HOLMES COUNTY               
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               2      1      1     0.8     0.9     0.8       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)             46      4     42    18.6     3.5    31.5       2      0      2     9.3       -    12.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)      562    275    287   227.4   241.7   215.2      47     16     31   218.4   325.9   186.6
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)             49     18     31    19.8    15.8    23.2       7      1      6    32.5    20.4    36.1
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)               778    428    350   314.8   376.2   262.4      88     30     58   408.9   611.1   349.1
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)             19      6     13     7.7     5.3     9.7       0      0      0       -       -       -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                             156     69     87    63.1    60.6    65.2      27      5     22   125.4   101.8   132.4
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                2      1      1     0.8     0.9     0.8       2      0      2     9.3       -    12.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                              89     47     42    36.0    41.3    31.5       7      4      3    32.5    81.5    18.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                98     71     27    39.6    62.4    20.2       8      6      2    37.2   122.2    12.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                   14      8      6     5.7     7.0     4.5       1      1      0     4.6    20.4       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)           25     14     11    10.1    12.3     8.2       8      1      7    37.2    20.4    42.1
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1   244.5       -   277.8
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)      12      7      5     4.8     6.2     3.7       3      0      3    13.9       -    18.0
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                         27      4     23     6.7     3.5     7.9       4      0      4     9.8       -    11.1
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                141     56     85    57.0    49.2    63.7      18      5     13    83.6   101.8    78.2
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                         95     34     61    38.4    29.9    45.7      10      3      7    46.5    61.1    42.1
SUICIDE (950-959)                   23     17      6     9.3    14.9     4.5       2      1      1     9.3    20.4     6.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                 61      4     57    24.7     3.5    42.7       8      2      6    37.2    40.7    36.1
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)     11      3      8     4.4     2.6     6.0       5      1      4    23.2    20.4    24.1


                                                                                                                          
                                               HUMPHREYS COUNTY                              ISSAQUENA COUNTY             
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       20      7     13   176.3   204.9   164.0       1      1      0    61.4   150.4       -
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                34     13     21   299.7   380.6   264.9       5      3      2   306.9   451.1   207.5
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                               7      1      6    61.7    29.3    75.7       0      0      0       -       -       -
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1    61.4       -   103.7
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               7      3      4    61.7    87.8    50.4       0      0      0       -       -       -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 3      2      1    26.4    58.5    12.6       0      0      0       -       -       -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1    61.4       -   103.7
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            2      1      1    17.6    29.3    12.6       0      0      0       -       -       -
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           1      0      1     8.8       -    12.6       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 10      3      7    88.2    87.8    88.3       2      1      1   122.8   150.4   103.7
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          9      3      6    79.3    87.8    75.7       0      0      0       -       -       -
SUICIDE (950-959)                    0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  2      0      2    17.6       -    25.2       0      0      0       -       -       -
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      1      1      0     8.8    29.3       -       0      0      0       -       -       -

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF ITAWAMBA, JACKSON, JASPER, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                               ITAWAMBA COUNTY                                JACKSON COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       3      2      1     2.3     2.0     3.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       56     51      5   265.8   262.9   299.0     260    216     44   198.6   216.0   142.2
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              4      3      1    19.0    15.5    59.8      31     22      9    23.7    22.0    29.1
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)               106    102      4   503.0   525.8   239.2     334    275     59   255.1   275.1   190.7
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              0      0      0       -       -       -       9      8      1     6.9     8.0     3.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              16     16      0    75.9    82.5       -      76     62     14    58.0    62.0    45.2
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                1      1      0     4.7     5.2       -       3      3      0     2.3     3.0       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               9      9      0    42.7    46.4       -      33     27      6    25.2    27.0    19.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                11     11      0    52.2    56.7       -      57     54      3    43.5    54.0     9.7
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    1      1      0     4.7     5.2       -      16     14      2    12.2    14.0     6.5
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            4      4      0    19.0    20.6       -       7      6      1     5.3     6.0     3.2
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       6      4      2     4.6     4.0     6.5
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          0      0      0       -       -       -       5      1      4     2.7     0.8     7.2
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 19     19      0    90.2    97.9       -      64     56      8    48.9    56.0    25.9
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                         11     11      0    52.2    56.7       -      39     35      4    29.8    35.0    12.9
SUICIDE (950-959)                    3      3      0    14.2    15.5       -      17     17      0    13.0    17.0       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  1      1      0     4.7     5.2       -      18     10      8    13.8    10.0    25.9
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      4      4      0    19.0    20.6       -       6      5      1     4.6     5.0     3.2


                                                                                                                          
                                                JASPER COUNTY                                JEFFERSON COUNTY             
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1    11.9       -    13.6
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       2      0      2    23.7       -    27.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       43     28     15   243.3   338.6   159.5      18      1     17   213.6    90.6   232.1
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              9      4      5    50.9    48.4    53.2       3      0      3    35.6       -    41.0
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                74     48     26   418.7   580.5   276.5      31      5     26   367.9   452.9   355.0
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              1      1      0     5.6    12.1       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              10      6      4    56.6    72.6    42.5       8      1      7    94.9    90.6    95.6
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               7      3      4    39.6    36.3    42.5       4      1      3    47.5    90.6    41.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 3      2      1    17.0    24.2    10.6       2      0      2    23.7       -    27.3
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    2      2      0    11.3    24.2       -       1      1      0    11.9    90.6       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            2      1      1    11.3    12.1    10.6       2      0      2    23.7       -    27.3
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -      -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -      -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       2      1      1    23.7    90.6    13.6
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          2      1      1     6.5     9.4     4.9       1      0      1     8.8       -     9.8
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 11      6      5    62.2    72.6    53.2       9      3      6   106.8   271.7    81.9
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          7      5      2    39.6    60.5    21.3       6      2      4    71.2   181.2    54.6
SUICIDE (950-959)                    3      3      0    17.0    36.3       -       1      1      0    11.9    90.6       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  1      0      1     5.6       -    10.6       1      0      1    11.9       -    13.6
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      2      2      0    11.3    24.2       -       1      1      0    11.9    90.6       -

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF JEFF DAVIS, JONES, KEMPER, AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                              JEFF DAVIS COUNTY                               JONES COUNTY                
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       4      0      4     6.3       -    23.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       31     20     11   223.7   336.5   139.0     126     97     29   198.5   210.2   167.5
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              1      1      0     7.2    16.8       -       8      3      5    12.6     6.5    28.9
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                63     31     32   454.5   521.5   404.2     208    161     47   327.8   348.8   271.5
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              0      0      0       -       -       -       2      1      1     3.2     2.2     5.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                               6      2      4    43.3    33.6    50.5      37     30      7    58.3    65.0    40.4
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       2      1      1     3.2     2.2     5.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               3      2      1    21.6    33.6    12.6      40     34      6    63.0    73.7    34.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 2      2      0    14.4    33.6       -      21     21      0    33.1    45.5       -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    1      1      0     7.2    16.8       -       6      4      2     9.4     8.7    11.6
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            5      1      4    36.1    16.8    50.5      11      7      4    17.3    15.2    23.1
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       6      4      2     9.4     8.7    11.6
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          0      0      0       -       -       -       7      2      5     7.7     3.7    13.7
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                  8      3      5    57.7    50.5    63.2      38     27     11    59.9    58.5    63.5
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          7      2      5    50.5    33.6    63.2      16     11      5    25.2    23.8    28.9
SUICIDE (950-959)                    1      1      0     7.2    16.8       -       7      6      1    11.0    13.0     5.8
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  6      4      2    43.3    67.3    25.3       8      4      4    12.6     8.7    23.1
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      1      1      0     7.2    16.8       -       5      4      1     7.9     8.7     5.8


                                                                                                                          
                                                KEMPER COUNTY                               LAFAYETTE COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       17      9      8   160.8   210.7   126.9      60     48     12   173.6   199.2   114.7
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              3      2      1    28.4    46.8    15.9      10      3      7    28.9    12.4    66.9
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                39     22     17   368.8   515.1   269.7     115     89     26   332.8   369.3   248.6
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              0      0      0       -       -       -       2      2      0     5.8     8.3       -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                               5      4      1    47.3    93.6    15.9      26     23      3    75.2    95.4    28.7
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                1      1      0     9.4    23.4       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               1      1      0     9.4    23.4       -      15     13      2    43.4    53.9    19.1
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 2      1      1    18.9    23.4    15.9      10     10      0    28.9    41.5       -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    0      0      0       -       -       -       2      2      0     5.8     8.3       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            0      0      0       -       -       -       5      2      3    14.5     8.3    28.7
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       1      0      1     9.4       -    15.9       1      0      1     2.9       -     9.6
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          0      0      0       -       -       -       4      3      1     9.5    12.5     5.6
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                  8      3      5    75.6    70.2    79.3      23     17      6    66.6    70.5    57.4
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          6      2      4    56.7    46.8    63.4      13     10      3    37.6    41.5    28.7
SUICIDE (950-959)                    2      2      0    18.9    46.8       -       3      3      0     8.7    12.4       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  2      0      2    18.9       -    31.7       3      2      1     8.7     8.3     9.6
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      0      0      0       -       -       -       1      1      0     2.9     4.2       -

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF LAMAR, LAUDERDALE, LAWRENCE, AND LEAKE COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                                 LAMAR COUNTY                              LAUDERDALE COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               1      1      0     2.7     3.1       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       3      0      3     3.9       -    10.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       69     60      9   187.0   188.6   177.2     182    110     72   239.0   231.8   251.0
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              8      7      1    21.7    22.0    19.7       8      4      4    10.5     8.4    13.9
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                87     75     12   235.8   235.8   236.3     331    234     97   434.7   493.1   338.1
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              0      0      0       -       -       -       3      2      1     3.9     4.2     3.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              15     13      2    40.7    40.9    39.4      52     35     17    68.3    73.8    59.2
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       2      2      0     2.6     4.2       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                              13     12      1    35.2    37.7    19.7      36     30      6    47.3    63.2    20.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 6      6      0    16.3    18.9       -      49     41      8    64.4    86.4    27.9
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    7      7      0    19.0    22.0       -       9      6      3    11.8    12.6    10.4
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            3      3      0     8.1     9.4       -       9      2      7    11.8     4.2    24.4
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       1      1      0     1.3     2.1       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       3      3      0     8.1     9.4       -       4      0      4     5.2       -    13.9
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          1      0      1     1.6       -    10.5       9      0      9     7.6       -    15.8
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 24     21      3    65.1    66.0    59.1      40     28     12    52.5    59.0    41.8
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                         20     18      2    54.2    56.6    39.4      18     12      6    23.6    25.3    20.9
SUICIDE (950-959)                    5      5      0    13.6    15.7       -      16     13      3    21.0    27.4    10.4
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  5      3      2    13.6     9.4    39.4       8      4      4    10.5     8.4    13.9
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      2      2      0     5.4     6.3       -       9      4      5    11.8     8.4    17.4


                                                                                                                          
                                               LAWRENCE COUNTY                                 LEAKE COUNTY               
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       28     18     10   214.5   214.0   215.5      48     32     16   247.8   286.1   195.4
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              6      4      2    46.0    47.6    43.1       9      4      5    46.4    35.8    61.1
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                63     43     20   482.6   511.2   430.9     100     70     30   516.2   625.8   366.4
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              1      0      1     7.7       -    21.5       2      2      0    10.3    17.9       -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                               7      6      1    53.6    71.3    21.5      13      9      4    67.1    80.5    48.8
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               4      2      2    30.6    23.8    43.1      15     13      2    77.4   116.2    24.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 7      5      2    53.6    59.4    43.1      11      9      2    56.8    80.5    24.4
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    1      1      0     7.7    11.9       -       1      0      1     5.2       -    12.2
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            5      4      1    38.3    47.6    21.5       5      3      2    25.8    26.8    24.4
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       3      1      2    15.5     8.9    24.4
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1     2.9       -     5.3
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                  8      5      3    61.3    59.4    64.6      10      6      4    51.6    53.6    48.8
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          4      1      3    30.6    11.9    64.6       9      6      3    46.4    53.6    36.6
SUICIDE (950-959)                    0      0      0       -       -       -       3      2      1    15.5    17.9    12.2
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  1      1      0     7.7    11.9       -       3      2      1    15.5    17.9    12.2
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      1      1      0     7.7    11.9       -       1      1      0     5.2     8.9       -

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF LEE,  LEFLORE, LINCOLN, AND LOWNDES COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                                  LEE COUNTY                                  LEFLORE COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               1      0      1     1.3       -     5.7       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)      131    101     30   175.5   177.2   170.2      73     33     40   197.6   243.9   170.8
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              8      6      2    10.7    10.5    11.3       5      1      4    13.5     7.4    17.1
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)               250    204     46   335.0   357.8   260.9     169     71     98   457.4   524.8   418.4
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              5      3      2     6.7     5.3    11.3       0      0      0       -       -       -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              57     49      8    76.4    86.0    45.4      20     10     10    54.1    73.9    42.7
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                1      1      0     1.3     1.8       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                              34     30      4    45.6    52.6    22.7      12      6      6    32.5    44.3    25.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                17     16      1    22.8    28.1     5.7      13      8      5    35.2    59.1    21.3
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    6      4      2     8.0     7.0    11.3       7      5      2    18.9    37.0     8.5
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            3      3      0     4.0     5.3       -       4      2      2    10.8    14.8     8.5
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       3      2      1     4.0     3.5     5.7       0      0      0       -       -       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          7      0      7     5.8       -    18.2       2      1      1     3.1     6.6     2.0
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 37     29      8    49.6    50.9    45.4      22      5     17    59.5    37.0    72.6
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                         22     17      5    29.5    29.8    28.4       9      3      6    24.4    22.2    25.6
SUICIDE (950-959)                    7      6      1     9.4    10.5     5.7       1      1      0     2.7     7.4       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                 12      7      5    16.1    12.3    28.4      11      1     10    29.8     7.4    42.7
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      7      5      2     9.4     8.8    11.3       3      1      2     8.1     7.4     8.5


                                                                                                                          
                                                LINCOLN COUNTY                                LOWNDES COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               1      0      1     3.1       -     9.7       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       4      1      3     6.5     2.7    12.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       88     66     22   277.0   307.4   213.5     109     70     39   178.1   191.3   158.4
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)             29     17     12    91.3    79.2   116.5       7      4      3    11.4    10.9    12.2
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)               115     86     29   362.0   400.6   281.4     177    101     76   289.2   276.0   308.7
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              5      4      1    15.7    18.6     9.7       2      1      1     3.3     2.7     4.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              31     22      9    97.6   102.5    87.3      31     19     12    50.6    51.9    48.7
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                              16     13      3    50.4    60.6    29.1      10      4      6    16.3    10.9    24.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                15     14      1    47.2    65.2     9.7      20     20      0    32.7    54.6       -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    2      1      1     6.3     4.6     9.7       2      1      1     3.3     2.7     4.1
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            6      3      3    18.9    14.0    29.1      12     10      2    19.6    27.3     8.1
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           2      1      1     6.3     4.6     9.7       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       3      1      2     9.4     4.6    19.4       0      0      0       -       -       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          2      1      1     3.9     3.2     5.0       7      1      6     7.1     2.0    12.3
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 26      9     17    81.8    41.9   165.0      26     15     11    42.5    41.0    44.7
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                         17      6     11    53.5    28.0   106.8      10      9      1    16.3    24.6     4.1
SUICIDE (950-959)                    3      2      1     9.4     9.3     9.7       4      4      0     6.5    10.9       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  2      1      1     6.3     4.6     9.7       7      2      5    11.4     5.5    20.3
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      4      3      1    12.6    14.0     9.7      42     28     14    68.6    76.5    56.9

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF MADISON, MARION, MARSHALL, AND MONROE COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                                MADISON COUNTY                                MARION COUNTY               
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              2      0      2     2.7       -     5.8       1      1      0     3.8     5.6       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       90     57     33   123.5   148.2    95.9      71     51     20   269.1   287.6   231.2
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)             24      8     16    32.9    20.8    46.5      11      5      6    41.7    28.2    69.3
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)               173     97     76   237.4   252.3   220.9      81     64     17   307.0   360.9   196.5
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              5      1      4     6.9     2.6    11.6       2      1      1     7.6     5.6    11.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              33     19     14    45.3    49.4    40.7      29     22      7   109.9   124.0    80.9
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                1      1      0     1.4     2.6       -       2      2      0     7.6    11.3       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                              20     15      5    27.4    39.0    14.5      18     14      4    68.2    78.9    46.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                16     12      4    22.0    31.2    11.6      10      8      2    37.9    45.1    23.1
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    7      5      2     9.6    13.0     5.8       2      1      1     7.6     5.6    11.6
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            7      4      3     9.6    10.4     8.7       4      2      2    15.2    11.3    23.1
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       6      5      1     8.2    13.0     2.9       2      2      0     7.6    11.3       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                         10      1      9     8.0     1.5    15.5       1      0      1     2.7       -     6.9
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 36     17     19    49.4    44.2    55.2      19     14      5    72.0    78.9    57.8
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                         15      6      9    20.6    15.6    26.2      12     10      2    45.5    56.4    23.1
SUICIDE (950-959)                    6      5      1     8.2    13.0     2.9       4      4      0    15.2    22.6       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                 11      1     10    15.1     2.6    29.1       7      5      2    26.5    28.2    23.1
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      6      3      3     8.2     7.8     8.7       1      1      0     3.8     5.6       -


                                                                                                                          
                                               MARSHALL COUNTY                                MONROE COUNTY               
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               1      0      1     3.1       -     5.8       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              1      0      1     3.1       -     5.8       1      0      1     2.6       -     8.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       87     54     33   269.4   357.0   192.2      91     65     26   237.8   252.4   207.8
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              5      4      1    15.5    26.4     5.8      10      5      5    26.1    19.4    40.0
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                87     38     49   269.4   251.2   285.3     130    103     27   339.8   399.9   215.8
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              7      6      1    21.7    39.7     5.8       1      1      0     2.6     3.9       -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              20      9     11    61.9    59.5    64.0      27     20      7    70.6    77.6    56.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               8      3      5    24.8    19.8    29.1      26     22      4    68.0    85.4    32.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                12      7      5    37.2    46.3    29.1      20     16      4    52.3    62.1    32.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    0      0      0       -       -       -       2      2      0     5.2     7.8       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            6      1      5    18.6     6.6    29.1       6      4      2    15.7    15.5    16.0
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       2      2      0     5.2     7.8       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          5      0      5    10.0       -    18.4       3      0      3     5.5       -    14.5
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 14      8      6    43.3    52.9    34.9      21     14      7    54.9    54.4    56.0
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          9      4      5    27.9    26.4    29.1      13      7      6    34.0    27.2    48.0
SUICIDE (950-959)                    7      6      1    21.7    39.7     5.8       5      5      0    13.1    19.4       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  4      2      2    12.4    13.2    11.6       0      0      0       -       -       -
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      6      4      2    18.6    26.4    11.6       3      0      3     7.8       -    24.0

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF MONTGOMERY, NESHOBA, NEWTON, AND NOXUBEE COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                              MONTGOMERY COUNTY                               NESHOBA COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       27     23      4   217.3   344.8    69.5      58     47     11   209.7   257.1   117.3
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              4      3      1    32.2    45.0    17.4       9      4      5    32.5    21.9    53.3
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                47     31     16   378.3   464.8   278.0     118     92     26   426.7   503.3   277.3
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              3      0      3    24.1       -    52.1       2      1      1     7.2     5.5    10.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              18     12      6   144.9   179.9   104.2      30     25      5   108.5   136.8    53.3
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       2      1      1     7.2     5.5    10.7
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               5      5      0    40.2    75.0       -      11      6      5    39.8    32.8    53.3
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 5      4      1    40.2    60.0    17.4      11     10      1    39.8    54.7    10.7
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    2      2      0    16.1    30.0       -       6      2      4    21.7    10.9    42.7
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            3      2      1    24.1    30.0    17.4       8      6      2    28.9    32.8    21.3
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       3      0      3    24.1       -    52.1       2      1      1     7.2     5.5    10.7
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          8      3      5    41.9    41.7    42.0       0      0      0       -       -       -
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 11      5      6    88.5    75.0   104.2      29     15     14   104.9    82.1   149.3
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          4      2      2    32.2    30.0    34.8      18      7     11    65.1    38.3   117.3
SUICIDE (950-959)                    1      1      0     8.0    15.0       -       2      2      0     7.2    10.9       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  0      0      0       -       -       -       2      0      2     7.2       -    21.3
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      1      1      0     8.0    15.0       -       6      5      1    21.7    27.4    10.7


                                                                                                                          
                                                NEWTON COUNTY                                 NOXUBEE COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               1      0      1     4.6       -    13.4       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       58     44     14   269.6   313.7   186.9      19      6     13   153.6   163.3   149.6
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              9      6      3    41.8    42.8    40.0       2      0      2    16.2       -    23.0
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                82     57     25   381.1   406.4   333.8      52     13     39   420.5   353.8   448.7
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              1      1      0     4.6     7.1       -       2      0      2    16.2       -    23.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              14      8      6    65.1    57.0    80.1       6      1      5    48.5    27.2    57.5
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                2      2      0     9.3    14.2       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               6      5      1    27.9    35.6    13.4       3      2      1    24.3    54.4    11.5
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 7      5      2    32.5    35.6    26.7       2      0      2    16.2       -    23.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    3      1      2    13.9     7.1    26.7       0      0      0       -       -       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            4      1      3    18.6     7.1    40.0       2      1      1    16.2    27.2    11.5
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1     8.1       -    11.5
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          5      2      3    14.4    10.5    19.2       6      0      6    29.0       -    38.7
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 12      6      6    55.8    42.8    80.1       8      2      6    64.7    54.4    69.0
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          7      3      4    32.5    21.4    53.4       4      2      2    32.3    54.4    23.0
SUICIDE (950-959)                    6      5      1    27.9    35.6    13.4       0      0      0       -       -       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  5      1      4    23.2     7.1    53.4       1      0      1     8.1       -    11.5
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      0      0      0       -       -       -       3      0      3    24.3       -    34.5

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF OKTIBBEHA, PANOLA, PEARL RIVER, AND PERRY COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                               OKTIBBEHA COUNTY                              PANOLA COUNTY                
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              1      0      1     2.5       -     6.3       1      1      0     3.0     6.1       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       53     29     24   134.9   123.7   151.4      67     46     21   200.6   280.6   123.5
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              5      1      4    12.7     4.3    25.2       7      2      5    21.0    12.2    29.4
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)               119     71     48   302.9   302.9   302.8     130     77     53   389.2   469.7   311.6
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              2      1      1     5.1     4.3     6.3       1      1      0     3.0     6.1       -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              17      9      8    43.3    38.4    50.5      35     22     13   104.8   134.2    76.4
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       2      2      0     6.0    12.2       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               8      7      1    20.4    29.9     6.3      17     12      5    50.9    73.2    29.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                10      6      4    25.4    25.6    25.2      15     12      3    44.9    73.2    17.6
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    2      1      1     5.1     4.3     6.3       5      4      1    15.0    24.4     5.9
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            5      1      4    12.7     4.3    25.2       6      2      4    18.0    12.2    23.5
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       3      1      2     9.0     6.1    11.8
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          2      0      2     4.0       -     7.4       4      0      4     7.2       -    12.0
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 14     10      4    35.6    42.7    25.2      29     14     15    86.8    85.4    88.2
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          7      5      2    17.8    21.3    12.6      13      5      8    38.9    30.5    47.0
SUICIDE (950-959)                    8      5      3    20.4    21.3    18.9       3      2      1     9.0    12.2     5.9
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  1      0      1     2.5       -     6.3       6      2      4    18.0    12.2    23.5
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      1      1      0     2.5     4.3       -       7      2      5    21.0    12.2    29.4


                                                                                                                          
                                              PEARL RIVER COUNTY                              PERRY COUNTY                
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               1      1      0     2.1     2.5       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              2      1      1     4.3     2.5    13.1       0      0      0       -       -       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)      107     91     16   228.3   231.9   209.8      12     10      2   101.7   113.4    67.2
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)             21     16      5    44.8    40.8    65.6       1      0      1     8.5       -    33.6
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)               135    116     19   288.1   295.6   249.1      40     23     17   339.0   260.7   571.2
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              3      1      2     6.4     2.5    26.2       0      0      0       -       -       -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              20     14      6    42.7    35.7    78.7      12     10      2   101.7   113.4    67.2
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                1      1      0     2.1     2.5       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                              17     14      3    36.3    35.7    39.3       2      2      0    17.0    22.7       -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                25     24      1    53.3    61.2    13.1       4      4      0    33.9    45.3       -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    8      7      1    17.1    17.8    13.1       0      0      0       -       -       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)           11     11      0    23.5    28.0       -       1      1      0     8.5    11.3       -
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       1      1      0     2.1     2.5       -       1      1      0     8.5    11.3       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          1      1      0     1.6     1.9       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 25     22      3    53.3    56.1    39.3       3      3      0    25.4    34.0       -
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                         18     15      3    38.4    38.2    39.3       2      2      0    17.0    22.7       -
SUICIDE (950-959)                    4      4      0     8.5    10.2       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  3      2      1     6.4     5.1    13.1       1      1      0     8.5    11.3       -
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      8      7      1    17.1    17.8    13.1       1      0      1     8.5       -    33.6

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF PIKE, PONTOTOC, PRENTISS, AND QUITMAN COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                                 PIKE COUNTY                                 PONTOTOC COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1     3.9       -    23.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       81     46     35   213.6   234.5   191.2      49     43      6   192.9   203.0   142.4
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)             34     16     18    89.7    81.6    98.3       7      7      0    27.6    33.0       -
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)               137     91     46   361.3   463.9   251.3      84     77      7   330.7   363.5   166.2
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              1      0      1     2.6       -     5.5       0      0      0       -       -       -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              23     12     11    60.6    61.2    60.1      14     10      4    55.1    47.2    95.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                1      1      0     2.6     5.1       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                              11      5      6    29.0    25.5    32.8      10      9      1    39.4    42.5    23.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                29     22      7    76.5   112.2    38.2      15     14      1    59.1    66.1    23.7
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    0      0      0       -       -       -       3      3      0    11.8    14.2       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            7      2      5    18.5    10.2    27.3       3      3      0    11.8    14.2       -
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           1      0      1     2.6       -     5.5       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       3      0      3     7.9       -    16.4       1      1      0     3.9     4.7       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          1      0      1     1.6       -     2.6       1      1      0     2.7     3.1       -
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 24     11     13    63.3    56.1    71.0      18     17      1    70.9    80.2    23.7
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                         15      8      7    39.6    40.8    38.2       9      9      0    35.4    42.5       -
SUICIDE (950-959)                    4      2      2    10.5    10.2    10.9       7      7      0    27.6    33.0       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  3      1      2     7.9     5.1    10.9       0      0      0       -       -       -
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      4      2      2    10.5    10.2    10.9       1      0      1     3.9       -    23.7


                                                                                                                          
                                                PRENTISS COUNTY                               QUITMAN COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       37     37      0   152.3   175.7       -      31     13     18   312.7   340.9   295.0
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              1      1      0     4.1     4.7       -       2      0      2    20.2       -    32.8
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                73     68      5   300.5   322.9   154.4      43     25     18   433.7   655.6   295.0
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              0      0      0       -       -       -       2      0      2    20.2       -    32.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              13     11      2    53.5    52.2    61.7       3      0      3    30.3       -    49.2
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                1      1      0     4.1     4.7       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               2      2      0     8.2     9.5       -       4      4      0    40.3   104.9       -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                19     19      0    78.2    90.2       -       4      1      3    40.3    26.2    49.2
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    2      2      0     8.2     9.5       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            2      2      0     8.2     9.5       -       2      1      1    20.2    26.2    16.4
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       2      1      1    20.2    26.2    16.4
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          3      3      0     8.5     9.7       -       1      1      0     5.7    34.5       -
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 12     10      2    49.4    47.5    61.7      13      4      9   131.1   104.9   147.5
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          4      2      2    16.5     9.5    61.7       9      1      8    90.8    26.2   131.1
SUICIDE (950-959)                    5      5      0    20.6    23.7       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  2      1      1     8.2     4.7    30.9       4      3      1    40.3    78.7    16.4
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      2      2      0     8.2     9.5       -       1      0      1    10.1       -    16.4

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF RANKIN, SCOTT, SHARKEY, AND SIMPSON COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                                RANKIN COUNTY                                 SCOTT COUNTY                
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              4      2      2     3.6     2.3     9.4       3      1      2    12.0     6.7    19.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)      155    129     26   141.4   145.9   122.8      71     47     24   284.0   316.2   236.8
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)             10      5      5     9.1     5.6    23.6       4      1      3    16.0     6.7    29.6
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)               279    239     40   254.5   270.2   188.9     117     90     27   468.0   605.4   266.4
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              1      0      1     0.9       -     4.7       2      1      1     8.0     6.7     9.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              42     32     10    38.3    36.2    47.2      15      6      9    60.0    40.4    88.8
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                1      1      0     0.9     1.1       -       3      3      0    12.0    20.2       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                              38     29      9    34.7    32.8    42.5      11      6      5    44.0    40.4    49.3
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                35     31      4    31.9    35.0    18.9      19     14      5    76.0    94.2    49.3
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    3      2      1     2.7     2.3     4.7       4      3      1    16.0    20.2     9.9
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            8      5      3     7.3     5.6    14.2       8      5      3    32.0    33.6    29.6
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            1      1      0    63.7    79.7       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       2      2      0     1.8     2.3       -       1      1      0     4.0     6.7       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          4      3      1     2.5     2.4     3.2       1      0      1     2.3       -     4.9
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 51     44      7    46.5    49.8    33.1      22     12     10    88.0    80.7    98.6
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                         32     27      5    29.2    30.5    23.6      14      7      7    56.0    47.1    69.1
SUICIDE (950-959)                   12     12      0    10.9    13.6       -       4      3      1    16.0    20.2     9.9
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  9      8      1     8.2     9.0     4.7       7      2      5    28.0    13.4    49.3
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      4      1      3     3.6     1.1    14.2       6      3      3    24.0    20.2    29.6


                                                                                                                          
                                                SHARKEY COUNTY                                SIMPSON COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              1      0      1    15.0       -    21.8       2      0      2     7.9       -    22.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       15      4     11   225.6   193.1   240.2      69     45     24   272.3   272.2   272.6
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              3      1      2    45.1    48.3    43.7       4      3      1    15.8    18.1    11.4
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                26      8     18   391.0   386.3   393.1     104     77     27   410.4   465.7   306.6
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              1      0      1    15.0       -    21.8       2      0      2     7.9       -    22.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                               9      3      6   135.3   144.8   131.0      23     17      6    90.8   102.8    68.1
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -      13      8      5    51.3    48.4    56.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               4      1      3    60.2    48.3    65.5      10      7      3    39.5    42.3    34.1
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 2      0      2    30.1       -    43.7      16     12      4    63.1    72.6    45.4
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    0      0      0       -       -       -       2      2      0     7.9    12.1       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            0      0      0       -       -       -       3      2      1    11.8    12.1    11.4
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       3      2      1    11.8    12.1    11.4
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1     2.4       -     5.1
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                  5      1      4    75.2    48.3    87.4      23     15      8    90.8    90.7    90.8
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          5      1      4    75.2    48.3    87.4      17     11      6    67.1    66.5    68.1
SUICIDE (950-959)                    0      0      0       -       -       -       6      5      1    23.7    30.2    11.4
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  0      0      0       -       -       -       3      0      3    11.8       -    34.1
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      1      0      1    15.0       -    21.8       2      1      1     7.9     6.0    11.4

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF SMITH, STONE, SUNFLOWER, AND TALLAHATCHIE COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                                 SMITH COUNTY                                 STONE COUNTY                
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       1      1      0     7.6    10.0       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       45     36      9   294.2   309.8   245.0      29     25      4   220.3   250.5   125.5
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              3      2      1    19.6    17.2    27.2       3      3      0    22.8    30.1       -
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                60     44     16   392.2   378.6   435.5      44     35      9   334.2   350.7   282.5
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                               9      8      1    58.8    68.8    27.2       6      2      4    45.6    20.0   125.5
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               6      5      1    39.2    43.0    27.2      10      7      3    76.0    70.1    94.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 1      1      0     6.5     8.6       -       9      9      0    68.4    90.2       -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    1      1      0     6.5     8.6       -       1      1      0     7.6    10.0       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            3      1      2    19.6     8.6    54.4       2      2      0    15.2    20.0       -
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           1      1      0     6.5     8.6       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          1      1      0     4.1     6.1       -       1      0      1     5.4       -    17.5
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                  9      7      2    58.8    60.2    54.4       7      5      2    53.2    50.1    62.8
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          3      2      1    19.6    17.2    27.2       3      2      1    22.8    20.0    31.4
SUICIDE (950-959)                    3      3      0    19.6    25.8       -       1      1      0     7.6    10.0       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  1      1      0     6.5     8.6       -       1      1      0     7.6    10.0       -
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      1      0      1     6.5       -    27.2       0      0      0       -       -       -


                                                                                                                          
                                               SUNFLOWER COUNTY                            TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY            
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1     6.7       -    11.0
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              7      1      6    20.2     8.9    25.7       1      0      1     6.7       -    11.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       76     32     44   219.8   283.9   188.8      35     17     18   235.0   293.0   198.0
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              9      3      6    26.0    26.6    25.7       5      3      2    33.6    51.7    22.0
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)               130     57     73   376.0   505.6   313.2      48     26     22   322.3   448.1   242.0
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              1      0      1     2.9       -     4.3       0      0      0       -       -       -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              21      8     13    60.7    71.0    55.8       9      5      4    60.4    86.2    44.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                              10      4      6    28.9    35.5    25.7       9      4      5    60.4    68.9    55.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                11      4      7    31.8    35.5    30.0       0      0      0       -       -       -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    1      1      0     2.9     8.9       -       1      1      0     6.7    17.2       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            3      1      2     8.7     8.9     8.6       0      0      0       -       -       -
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       3      1      2     8.7     8.9     8.6       1      0      1     6.7       -    11.0
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          4      1      3     7.6     8.8     7.2       0      0      0       -       -       -
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 21      5     16    60.7    44.4    68.6      17      8      9   114.1   137.9    99.0
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          6      3      3    17.4    26.6    12.9      10      4      6    67.1    68.9    66.0
SUICIDE (950-959)                    4      3      1    11.6    26.6     4.3       4      4      0    26.8    68.9       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  2      0      2     5.8       -     8.6       2      0      2    13.4       -    22.0
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      4      0      4    11.6       -    17.2       0      0      0       -       -       -

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF TATE, TIPPAH, TISHOMINGO, AND TUNICA COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                                 TATE COUNTY                                 TIPPAH COUNTY                
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       52     35     17   217.4   232.5   191.6      53     44      9   252.0   255.7   235.4
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              2      1      1     8.4     6.6    11.3       2      1      1     9.5     5.8    26.2
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                77     52     25   321.9   345.5   281.8      94     88      6   447.0   511.4   156.9
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              2      1      1     8.4     6.6    11.3       3      1      2    14.3     5.8    52.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              12      5      7    50.2    33.2    78.9      15     13      2    71.3    75.6    52.3
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               6      4      2    25.1    26.6    22.5       8      8      0    38.0    46.5       -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 9      8      1    37.6    53.2    11.3      14     14      0    66.6    81.4       -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    1      1      0     4.2     6.6       -       3      2      1    14.3    11.6    26.2
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            5      2      3    20.9    13.3    33.8       3      3      0    14.3    17.4       -
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       2      2      0     8.4    13.3       -       2      1      1     9.5     5.8    26.2
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          2      0      2     5.2       -    13.1       0      0      0       -       -       -
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 18     10      8    75.2    66.4    90.2      22     21      1   104.6   122.0    26.2
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                         11      6      5    46.0    39.9    56.4      14     14      0    66.6    81.4       -
SUICIDE (950-959)                    0      0      0       -       -       -       1      1      0     4.8     5.8       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  3      1      2    12.5     6.6    22.5       3      1      2    14.3     5.8    52.3
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      1      0      1     4.2       -    11.3       2      1      1     9.5     5.8    26.2


                                                                                                                          
                                              TISHOMINGO COUNTY                              TUNICA COUNTY                
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              1      1      0     5.4     5.6       -       2      0      2    24.9       -    32.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       74     74      0   396.7   414.6       -      27     13     14   335.9   698.9   226.6
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              1      0      1     5.4       -   123.8       2      0      2    24.9       -    32.4
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)               101     98      3   541.4   549.1   371.3      20      9     11   248.8   483.9   178.0
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              0      0      0       -       -       -       2      0      2    24.9       -    32.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              17     16      1    91.1    89.6   123.8       5      2      3    62.2   107.5    48.6
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                2      2      0    10.7    11.2       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                              13     13      0    69.7    72.8       -       2      2      0    24.9   107.5       -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                14     14      0    75.0    78.4       -       2      1      1    24.9    53.8    16.2
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    1      1      0     5.4     5.6       -       1      0      1    12.4       -    16.2
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            4      4      0    21.4    22.4       -       4      3      1    49.8   161.3    16.2
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       3      3      0    16.1    16.8       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1     5.8       -     6.9
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 16     16      0    85.8    89.6       -       4      2      2    49.8   107.5    32.4
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          8      8      0    42.9    44.8       -       2      0      2    24.9       -    32.4
SUICIDE (950-959)                    4      4      0    21.4    22.4       -       3      3      0    37.3   161.3       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  0      0      0       -       -       -       2      0      2    24.9       -    32.4
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      2      2      0    10.7    11.2       -       2      0      2    24.9       -    32.4

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF UNION, WALTHALL, WARREN, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                                 UNION COUNTY                                WALTHALL COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       1      1      0     7.0    12.6       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       60     52      8   251.8   260.7   206.1      31     17     14   215.7   214.5   217.2
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              9      7      2    37.8    35.1    51.5       4      2      2    27.8    25.2    31.0
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                78     72      6   327.3   361.0   154.6      64     48     16   445.4   605.8   248.2
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              1      1      0     4.2     5.0       -       2      0      2    13.9       -    31.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              24     18      6   100.7    90.2   154.6       6      2      4    41.8    25.2    62.1
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                              12     11      1    50.4    55.1    25.8      15      8      7   104.4   101.0   108.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                18     15      3    75.5    75.2    77.3       5      3      2    34.8    37.9    31.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    0      0      0       -       -       -       1      1      0     7.0    12.6       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            6      4      2    25.2    20.0    51.5       6      5      1    41.8    63.1    15.5
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       1      1      0     4.2     5.0       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          1      0      1     2.8       -    11.5       1      0      1     4.4       -     7.8
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                  9      9      0    37.8    45.1       -      10      5      5    69.6    63.1    77.6
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          7      7      0    29.4    35.1       -       8      4      4    55.7    50.5    62.1
SUICIDE (950-959)                    2      2      0     8.4    10.0       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  1      1      0     4.2     5.0       -       1      0      1     7.0       -    15.5
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      3      3      0    12.6    15.0       -       0      0      0       -       -       -


                                                                                                                          
                                                WARREN COUNTY                               WASHINGTON COUNTY             
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1     1.5       -     2.5
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              5      0      5    10.1       -    24.1       8      2      6    12.2     7.8    15.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)      110     65     45   222.6   226.7   217.0     121     46     75   185.4   178.4   190.0
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              6      1      5    12.1     3.5    24.1      13      5      8    19.9    19.4    20.3
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)               174     99     75   352.2   345.3   361.7     243    109    134   372.3   422.8   339.4
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              5      0      5    10.1       -    24.1       6      2      4     9.2     7.8    10.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              41     22     19    83.0    76.7    91.6      58     23     35    88.9    89.2    88.6
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1     1.5       -     2.5
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                              31     23      8    62.7    80.2    38.6      19     11      8    29.1    42.7    20.3
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                13     10      3    26.3    34.9    14.5      22     17      5    33.7    65.9    12.7
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    1      1      0     2.0     3.5       -       7      4      3    10.7    15.5     7.6
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            8      5      3    16.2    17.4    14.5      13      4      9    19.9    15.5    22.8
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       2      0      2     4.0       -     9.6       4      0      4     6.1       -    10.1
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          6      2      4     7.7     5.4     9.8       3      0      3     2.4       -     3.3
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 27     13     14    54.6    45.3    67.5      39     10     29    59.8    38.8    73.4
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          9      4      5    18.2    14.0    24.1      24      4     20    36.8    15.5    50.6
SUICIDE (950-959)                    4      4      0     8.1    14.0       -       4      4      0     6.1    15.5       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  3      1      2     6.1     3.5     9.6      20      3     17    30.6    11.6    43.0
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      3      1      2     6.1     3.5     9.6      14      1     13    21.4     3.9    32.9

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF WAYNE, WEBSTER, WILKINSON, AND WINSTON COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                                 WAYNE COUNTY                                 WEBSTER COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              1      0      1     4.9       -    12.8       0      0      0       -       -       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       40     28     12   196.4   223.2   153.4      25     21      4   237.0   261.1   159.8
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              4      2      2    19.6    15.9    25.6       6      6      0    56.9    74.6       -
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                72     48     24   353.5   382.7   306.7      44     41      3   417.2   509.7   119.8
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              11      7      4    54.0    55.8    51.1      13     11      2   123.2   136.7    79.9
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               6      4      2    29.4    31.9    25.6       3      3      0    28.4    37.3       -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 9      8      1    44.2    63.8    12.8       8      7      1    75.8    87.0    40.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    1      1      0     4.9     8.0       -       1      1      0     9.5    12.4       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            4      2      2    19.6    15.9    25.6       2      2      0    19.0    24.9       -
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           2      2      0     9.8    15.9       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1     9.5       -    40.0
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          2      0      2     5.4       -    10.9       0      0      0       -       -       -
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 16     12      4    78.6    95.7    51.1       8      7      1    75.8    87.0    40.0
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          8      7      1    39.3    55.8    12.8       3      2      1    28.4    24.9    40.0
SUICIDE (950-959)                    3      1      2    14.7     8.0    25.6       1      1      0     9.5    12.4       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  1      0      1     4.9       -    12.8       1      1      0     9.5    12.4       -
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      5      4      1    24.5    31.9    12.8       1      1      0     9.5    12.4       -


                                                                                                                          
                                               WILKINSON COUNTY                               WINSTON COUNTY              
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       31     10     21   337.9   355.7   330.0      40     27     13   206.3   251.4   150.3
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              1      0      1    10.9       -    15.7       4      1      3    20.6     9.3    34.7
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                45     16     29   490.5   569.2   455.8      90     58     32   464.2   540.0   370.1
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              0      0      0       -       -       -       1      1      0     5.2     9.3       -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                               5      1      4    54.5    35.6    62.9      22     12     10   113.5   111.7   115.6
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       1      1      0     5.2     9.3       -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               3      2      1    32.7    71.1    15.7       3      3      0    15.5    27.9       -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 6      6      0    65.4   213.4       -       6      6      0    30.9    55.9       -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    4      3      1    43.6   106.7    15.7       2      2      0    10.3    18.6       -
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            4      1      3    43.6    35.6    47.1       5      2      3    25.8    18.6    34.7
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1     4.1       -     6.7
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                  9      2      7    98.1    71.1   110.0      16     11      5    82.5   102.4    57.8
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          4      1      3    43.6    35.6    47.1       6      4      2    30.9    37.2    23.1
SUICIDE (950-959)                    1      1      0    10.9    35.6       -       2      2      0    10.3    18.6       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  1      0      1    10.9       -    15.7       0      0      0       -       -       -
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      1      0      1    10.9       -    15.7       3      0      3    15.5       -    34.7

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            




TABLE 18
DEATHS AND RATES FROM SELECTED CAUSES USED FOR RANKING LEADING CAUSES, BY RACE,
RESIDENTS OF YALOBUSHA AND YAZOO COUNTIES, AND THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                          
                                               YALOBUSHA COUNTY                                YAZOO COUNTY               
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                 NUMBER                 RATE**        
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                   NON-                   NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)               0      0      0       -       -       -       0      0      0       -       -       -
HIV INFECTION (042-044)              0      0      0       -       -       -       3      0      3    11.8       -    21.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)       51     40     11   412.4   539.9   221.9      55     25     30   215.6   218.4   213.3
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)              4      1      3    32.3    13.5    60.5      11      4      7    43.1    34.9    49.8
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)                55     42     13   444.8   566.9   262.2      87     46     41   341.0   401.8   291.5
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)              0      0      0       -       -       -       3      2      1    11.8    17.5     7.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                              13     11      2   105.1   148.5    40.3      28     12     16   109.8   104.8   113.8
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)                0      0      0       -       -       -       1      0      1     3.9       -     7.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                               4      4      0    32.3    54.0       -      14      6      8    54.9    52.4    56.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)                 7      7      0    56.6    94.5       -      10      7      3    39.2    61.2    21.3
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                    1      1      0     8.1    13.5       -       2      1      1     7.8     8.7     7.1
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)            3      3      0    24.3    40.5       -       6      2      4    23.5    17.5    28.4
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)           0      0      0       -       -       -       1      1      0     3.9     8.7       -
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            1      0      1   520.8       -  1098.9       0      0      0       -       -       -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)       1      0      1     8.1       -    20.2       0      0      0       -       -       -
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                          0      0      0       -       -       -       2      1      1     4.1     5.6     3.2
ACCIDENTS (800-949)                 16      8      8   129.4   108.0   161.4      20      7     13    78.4    61.2    92.4
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                          7      5      2    56.6    67.5    40.3      11      3      8    43.1    26.2    56.9
SUICIDE (950-959)                    1      1      0     8.1    13.5       -       4      4      0    15.7    34.9       -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                  2      1      1    16.2    13.5    20.2       5      2      3    19.6    17.5    21.3
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)      1      0      1     8.1       -    20.2       3      3      0    11.8    26.2       -


                                                                                                                          
                                             STATE OF MISSISSIPPI                                                         
                                       NUMBER                 RATE**                                                      
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                         NON-                    NON-                                              
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER*           TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE                                              

TUBERCULOSIS (010-018)              15      6      9     0.5     0.3     0.9                                              
HIV INFECTION (042-044)            139     28    111     5.0     1.6    10.7                                              
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)    5,944  4,017  1,927   216.0   233.6   186.6                                              
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)            628    333    295    22.8    19.4    28.6                                              
DISEASES OF HEART (390-398,                                                                                               
  402, 404, 410-429)             9,501  6,419  3,082   345.2   373.3   298.5                                              
HYPERTENSION (401, 403)            213    117     96     7.7     6.8     9.3                                              
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-                                                                                            
  438)                           1,804  1,131    673    65.6    65.8    65.2                                              
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (440)               87     60     27     3.2     3.5     2.6                                              
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-                                                                                             
  487)                           1,065    775    290    38.7    45.1    28.1                                              
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                               
  OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY                                                                                                   
  DISEASES (490-496)             1,128    939    189    41.0    54.6    18.3                                              
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND                                                                                                 
  CIRRHOSIS (571)                  231    169     62     8.4     9.8     6.0                                              
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                                            
  AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)          402    237    165    14.6    13.8    16.0                                              
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY (590)          14     11      3     0.5     0.6     0.3                                              
MATERNAL CAUSES (630-676)            4      2      2     9.3     8.7    10.0                                              
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)     139     73     66     5.0     4.2     6.4                                              
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING                                                                                            
  IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD                                                                                                 
  (760-779)                        194     48    146     4.5     2.1     7.3                                              
ACCIDENTS (800-949)              1,712  1,060    652    62.2    61.6    63.1                                              
  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS#                                                                                                
  (810-825)                        957    586    371    34.8    34.1    35.9                                              
SUICIDE (950-959)                  330    284     46    12.0    16.5     4.4                                              
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTER-                                                                                                 
  VENTION (960-978)                358    118    240    13.0     6.9    23.2                                              
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-                                                                                                 
  DEFINED CONDITIONS# (780-799)    271    157    114     9.8     9.1    11.0                                              

 * CAUSES AND NUMBERS ARE FROM THE NINTH REVISION INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND     
   CAUSES OF DEATH.                                                                                                       

** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT MATERNAL DEATHS ARE PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CONDITIONS   
   ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.                                                         

 # NOT TO BE USED FOR RANKING.                                                                                            

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