SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SMITH 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 182 149 33 12.3 13.1 9.6
HEART DISEASES 57 46 11 384.8 404.2 320.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 44 33 11 297.0 290.0 320.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 9 9 0 60.8 79.1 0.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 9 9 0 60.8 79.1 0.0
ACCIDENTS 9 8 1 60.8 70.3 29.1
DIABETES MELLITUS 7 2 5 47.2 17.6 145.6
HYPERTENSION 2 2 0 13.5 17.6 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 2 0 13.5 17.6 0.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 2 2 0 13.5 17.6 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 2 1 1 13.5 8.8 29.1
SUICIDE 2 2 0 13.5 17.6 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 6.8 8.8 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 6.8 0.0 29.1
HIV INFECTION 1 1 0 6.8 8.8 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 2 0 13.5 17.6 0.0
ALL OTHER 32 29 3 216.0 254.8 87.4
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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 182 149 33 111 92 19 71 57 14
UNDER 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
25-34 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
35-44 6 4 2 6 4 2 0 0 0
45-54 11 5 6 6 4 2 5 1 4
55-64 21 16 5 15 11 4 6 5 1
65-74 38 35 3 26 24 2 12 11 1
75-84 58 50 8 33 28 5 25 22 3
85 AND OVER 42 34 8 20 16 4 22 18 4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 14,813
WHITE 11,379
NONWHITE 3,434
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