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TABLE C8. DEATHS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL ACCIDENTAL DEATHS FROM
FIVE LEADING CAUSES OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH, BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 2000

                                                                           
                                       NUMBER                 PERCENT      
TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                 NON-                  NON-
AND GROUP NUMBER*               TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE

TOTAL OF FIVE LEADING CAUSES    1,368     931     437    82.8   83.2   81.8

1. MOTOR VEHICLE (296-306)        935     613     322    56.6   54.8   60.3
2. FALLS (312-314)                165     140      25    10.0   12.5    4.7
3. EXPOSURE TO SMOKE, FIRE                                                 
     AND FLAMES (322)              96      47      49     5.8    4.2    9.2
4. INHALATION AND INGESTION                                                
     OF FOOD OR OTHER OBJECTS                                              
     CAUSING OBSTRUCTION OF                                                
     RESPIRATORY TRACT (318)       89      55      34     5.4    4.9    6.4
5. POISONING AND EXPO-                                                     
     SURE TO NOXIOUS                                                       
     SUBSTANCES (327-329)          83      76       7     5.0    6.8    1.3

* SEE APPENDIX A FOR EXPLANATION OF GROUP NUMBERS.                         

Public Health Statistics
P.O. Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215-1700

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