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TABLE C9. DEATHS FROM SELECTED TYPES OF ACCIDENTS, BY SEX, ALSO BY AGE
MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS, 2000

                                                                                                      
                                                  SEX                          AGE                    
                                                            UNDER             15-  25-  35-  45-  65 &
TYPE OF ACCIDENT AND GROUP NUMBER*    TOTAL   MALE  FEMALE    1    1-4  5-14   24   34   44   64  OVER

ALL ACCIDENTS                         1,653  1,090     563     16   50    62  274  217  227  346   461

MOTOR VEHICLE (296-306)                 935    647     288      5   19    34  226  160  134  204   153
OTHER LAND TRANSPORT (295,307-308)        5      3       2      0    0     1    1    1    0    1     1
WATER TRANSPORT (309)                    22     20       2      0    0     1    6    6    3    3     3
AIR AND SPACE TRANSPORT (310)             3      3       0      0    0     0    1    1    1    0     0
FALLS (312-314)                         165     78      87      0    0     0    0    3    6   22   134
DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS (315)              24     21       3      0    1     7    8    1    3    3     1
EXPLOSION (316)                           6      5       1      0    1     0    1    0    1    2     1
DROWNING AND SUBMERSION (EXCEPT IN                                                                    
    TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS) (317)           56     50       6      1   12    10   11    5    3    9     5
INHALATION AND INGESTION OF FOOD OR                                                                   
    OTHER OBJECTS CAUSING OBSTRUC-                                                                    
    TION OF RESPIRATORY TRACT (318       89     39      50      3    3     1    0    4    3   14    61
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED THREATS TO                                                                      
    BREATHING (319)                      20     16       4      5    2     1    2    2    5    2     1
EXPOSURE TO ELECTRIC CURRENT (320)       12     12       0      0    0     1    3    3    1    4     0
EXPOSURE TO SMOKE, FIRE AND FLAMES                                                                    
    (322)                                96     57      39      1   11     3    4    5   15   22    35
CONTACT WITH HEAT AND HOT SUBSTANCES                                                                  
    (323)                                 3      2       1      0    0     1    0    0    0    1     1
POISONING (327-329)                      83     46      37      0    0     0    5   19   32   20     7
  BY DRUGS AND OTHER BIOLOGICAL                                                                       
    SUBSTANCES (327)                     75     39      36      0    0     0    4   15   32   19     5
  BY OTHER SOLID AND LIQUID SUB-                                                                      
    STANCES, GASES AND VAPORS                                                                         
    (328,329)                             8      7       1      0    0     0    1    4    0    1     2
ALL OTHER ACCIDENTS (311,321,324-                                                                     
    326,330)                            134     91      43      1    1     2    6    7   20   39    58

* SEE APPENDIX A FOR EXPLANATION OF GROUP NUMBERS.                                                    

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