SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TIPPAH 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 230 192 38 11.7 11.8 11.1
HEART DISEASES 83 76 7 423.1 469.1 205.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 53 44 9 270.2 271.6 263.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 15 10 5 76.5 61.7 146.5
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 14 11 3 71.4 67.9 87.9
ACCIDENTS 11 10 1 56.1 61.7 29.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 7 5 2 35.7 30.9 58.6
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 5 4 1 25.5 24.7 29.3
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 2 1 15.3 12.3 29.3
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 1 2 15.3 6.2 58.6
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 5.1 0.0 29.3
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 0 1 5.1 0.0 29.3
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 5.1 6.2 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 5.1 6.2 0.0
HIV INFECTION 1 1 0 5.1 6.2 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 6 4 2 30.6 24.7 58.6
ALL OTHER 25 22 3 127.4 135.8 87.9
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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 230 192 38 129 106 23 101 86 15
UNDER 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
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 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
15-24 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
25-34 6 3 3 4 3 1 2 0 2
35-44 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
45-54 15 12 3 10 7 3 5 5 0
55-64 24 20 4 18 16 2 6 4 2
65-74 48 41 7 30 26 4 18 15 3
75-84 73 60 13 41 33 8 32 27 5
85 AND OVER 54 48 6 23 19 4 31 29 2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 19,615
WHITE 16,202
NONWHITE 3,413
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