TABLE C4. DEATHS, MORTALITY RATES, AND PERCENT OF TOTAL DEATHS FROM TEN LEADING CAUSES,
BY CAUSE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
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 22,684 15,409 7,275 8.0 8.8 6.6 80.6 82.1 77.7
1. HEART DISEASES (156-160,162,
164-181) 9,010 6,134 2,876 316.7 351.3 261.8 32.0 32.7 30.7
2. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (056-108) 5,933 4,031 1,902 208.6 230.8 173.1 21.1 21.5 20.3
3. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE (182-186) 1,927 1,261 666 67.7 72.2 60.6 6.8 6.7 7.1
4. ACCIDENTS (295-330) 1,559 1,005 554 54.8 57.6 50.4 5.5 5.4 5.9
5. EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES (202-207) 1,325 1,096 229 46.6 62.8 20.8 4.7 5.8 2.4
6. INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA (195-198) 750 547 203 26.4 31.3 18.5 2.7 2.9 2.2
7. DIABETES MELLITUS (124) 654 354 300 23.0 20.3 27.3 2.3 1.9 3.2
8. NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME AND
NEPHROSIS (247-249,251,253) 598 331 267 21.0 19.0 24.3 2.1 1.8 2.8
9. SEPTICEMIA (018) 489 293 196 17.2 16.8 17.8 1.7 1.6 2.1
10. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (148) 439 357 82 15.4 20.4 7.5 1.6 1.9 0.9
* 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.
