TABLE C4.  DEATHS, MORTALITY RATES, AND PERCENT OF TOTAL DEATHS FROM TEN LEADING CAUSES,
BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                               
                                                 NUMBER                   RATE*                  PERCENT       
CAUSE AND INTERNATIONAL                                    NON-                    NON-                    NON-
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER                     TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL OF TEN LEADING CAUSES              22,873  15,218   7,655     8.3     8.8     7.4    82.5    83.0    81.5
  
 1. HEART DISEASES (390-398, 402,                                                                              
      404-429)                            9,501   6,419   3,082   345.2   373.3   298.5    34.2    35.0    32.8
 2. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)         5,944   4,017   1,927   216.0   233.6   186.6    21.4    21.9    20.5
 3. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-438)    1,804   1,131     673    65.6    65.8    65.2     6.5     6.2     7.2
 4. ACCIDENTS (800-949)                   1,712   1,060     652    62.2    61.6    63.1     6.2     5.8     6.9
 5. EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC                                                                                
      OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES                                                                           
      (490-496)                           1,128     939     189    41.0    54.6    18.3     4.1     5.1     2.0
 6. PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487)     1,065     775     290    38.7    45.1    28.1     3.8     4.2     3.1
 7. DIABETES MELLITUS (250)                 628     333     295    22.8    19.4    28.6     2.3     1.8     3.1
 8. NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME,                                                                             
      AND NEPHROSIS (580-589)               402     237     165    14.6    13.8    16.0     1.4     1.3     1.8
 9. HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION                                                                            
      (960-978)                             358     118     240    13.0     6.9    23.2     1.3     0.6     2.6
10. SEPTICEMIA (038)                        331     189     142    12.0    11.0    13.8     1.2     1.0     1.5

* TOTAL DEATHS ARE PER 1,000 POPULATION.  DEATHS FROM SPECIFIC CAUSES ARE PER 100,000 POPULATION.