SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SIMPSON COUNTY, 1995
--------NUMBER------- ---MORTALITY RATE*--
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH NON- NON-
LISTED IN DESCENDING ORDER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL OF ALL CAUSES 270 183 87 11.3 11.6 10.7
HEART DISEASES 85 65 20 355.1 410.8 246.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 49 26 23 204.7 164.3 283.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 29 16 13 121.2 101.1 160.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 15 15 0 62.7 94.8 0.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 9 6 3 37.6 37.9 37.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 8 5 3 33.4 31.6 37.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 8 5 3 33.4 31.6 37.0
ACCIDENTS 8 1 7 33.4 6.3 86.3
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 5 5 0 20.9 31.6 0.0
HYPERTENSION 4 2 2 16.7 12.6 24.6
SUICIDE 4 4 0 16.7 25.3 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 1 2 12.5 6.3 24.6
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 2 0 8.4 12.6 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 0 2 5.5 0.0 13.5
HIV INFECTION 1 1 0 4.2 6.3 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 38 29 9 158.8 183.3 110.9
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* TOTAL DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION. DEATHS FROM SPECIFIC CAUSES ARE PER
100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT DEATHS FROM MATERNAL CAUSES ARE PER 100,000
LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER
1,000 LIVE BIRTHS. POPULATION FIGURES ARE 1995 PROJECTION.
# LESS THAN 0.06.
------- TOTAL ------ ------ MALE ------- ----- FEMALE ------
NON- NON- NON-
AGE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL 270 183 87 147 98 49 123 85 38
UNDER 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
5-9 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
25-34 6 4 2 4 3 1 2 1 1
35-44 11 6 5 6 3 3 5 3 2
45-54 17 10 7 9 6 3 8 4 4
55-64 31 23 8 22 16 6 9 7 2
65-74 50 33 17 34 22 12 16 11 5
75-84 76 52 24 41 28 13 35 24 11
85 AND OVER 69 50 19 22 15 7 47 35 12
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 23,936
WHITE 15,824
NONWHITE 8,112
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