TABLE C6. DEATHS AND RATES FROM MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS,
BY PRIMARY SITE, SEX, AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
NUMBER RATE**
PRIMARY SITE (RANKED ACCORDING MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE
TO NUMBER OF DEATHS AMONG TOTAL NON- NON- NON- NON-
POPULATION) AND GROUP NUMBER* WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 2,272 1,052 1,759 850 265.4 203.2 197.6 146.3
1. RESPIRATORY AND INTRA-
THORACIC ORGANS (071-075) 929 351 515 156 108.5 67.8 57.9 26.9
2. DIGESTIVE ORGANS (060-070) 477 288 373 235 55.7 55.6 41.9 40.5
3. GENITAL ORGANS (083-091) 221 195 149 94 25.8 37.7 16.7 16.2
4. LYMPHOID, HEMATOPOIETIC
AND RELATED TISSUE
(100-108) 188 71 159 74 22.0 13.7 17.9 12.7
5. BREAST (082) 3 2 271 169 0.4 0.4 30.4 29.1
6. URINARY TRACT (092-094) 104 36 68 16 12.2 7.0 7.6 2.8
7. BRAIN (096) 67 15 44 12 7.8 2.9 4.9 2.1
8. LIP, ORAL CAVITY, AND
PHARYNX (056-059) 48 24 20 13 5.6 4.6 2.2 2.2
9. SKIN (077,078) 51 11 29 4 6.0 2.1 3.3 0.7
10. BONE AND ARTICULAR
CARTILAGE (076) 10 4 7 5 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.9
- OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED
SITES (079-081,095,
097-99) 174 55 124 72 20.3 10.6 13.9 12.4
* SEE APPENDIX A FOR EXPLANATION OF GROUP NUMBERS.
** DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
