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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, 2001

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

TOTAL OF FIVE LEADING CAUSES    1,271     823     448     81.5    81.9    80.9

1. MOTOR VEHICLE (296-306)        816     504     312     52.3    50.1    56.3
2. FALLS (312-314)                170     143      27     10.9    14.2     4.9
3. POISONING AND EXPO-                                                        
     SURE TO NOXIOUS                                                          
     SUBSTANCES (327-329)         114      98      16      7.3     9.8     2.9
4. INHALATION AND INGESTION                                                   
     OF FOOD OR OTHER OBJECTS                                                 
     CAUSING OBSTRUCTION OF                                                   
     RESPIRATORY TRACT (318)       89      47      42      5.7     4.7     7.6
5. EXPOSURE TO SMOKE, FIRE                                                    
     AND FLAMES (322)              82      31      51      5.3     3.1     9.2

* SEE APPENDIX A FOR EXPLANATION OF GROUP NUMBERS.                            

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

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