TABLE C4. DEATHS, MORTALITY RATES, AND PERCENT OF TOTAL DEATHS FROM TEN LEADING CAUSES,
BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NUMBER RATE* PERCENT
NON- NON- NON-
CAUSE AND GROUP NUMBER** TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL OF TEN LEADING CAUSES 23,220 15,943 7,277 8.2 9.1 6.6 81.4 83.1 77.9
1. HEART DISEASES (156-160,162,
164-181) 9,228 6,278 2,950 324.4 359.5 268.5 32.3 32.7 31.6
2. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (056-108) 6,060 4,186 1,874 213.0 239.7 170.6 21.2 21.8 20.1
3. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE (182-186) 1,980 1,328 652 69.6 76.0 59.4 6.9 6.9 7.0
4. ACCIDENTS (295-330) 1,653 1,119 534 58.1 64.1 48.6 5.8 5.8 5.7
5. EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES (202-207) 1,250 1,049 201 43.9 60.1 18.3 4.4 5.5 2.2
6. INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA (195-198) 804 583 221 28.3 33.4 20.1 2.8 3.0 2.4
7. DIABETES MELLITUS (124) 670 372 298 23.6 21.3 27.1 2.3 1.9 3.2
8. NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME AND
NEPHROSIS (247-249,251,253) 612 338 274 21.5 19.4 24.9 2.1 1.8 2.9
9. SEPTICEMIA (018) 532 338 194 18.7 19.4 17.6 1.9 1.8 2.1
10. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (148) 431 352 79 15.2 20.2 7.2 1.5 1.8 0.8
* TOTAL DEATHS ARE PER 1,000 POPULATION. DEATHS FROM SPECIFIC CAUSES ARE PER 100,000 POPULATION.
** SEE APPENDIX B FOR EXPLANATION OF CAUSE CATEGORIES AND GROUP NUMBERS.
