SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT VIII , 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 2,773 2,025 748 10.6 11.0 9.6
HEART DISEASES 972 746 226 370.3 404.5 289.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 580 431 149 221.0 233.7 190.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 215 160 55 81.9 86.8 70.4
ACCIDENTS 154 110 44 58.7 59.6 56.3
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 117 92 25 44.6 49.9 32.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 103 77 26 39.2 41.8 33.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 50 33 17 19.0 17.9 21.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 49 28 21 18.7 15.2 26.9
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 38 21 17 14.5 11.4 21.8
SUICIDE 23 21 2 8.8 11.4 2.6
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 20 15 5 7.6 8.1 6.4
HYPERTENSION 19 9 10 7.2 4.9 12.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 18 14 4 6.8 7.6 5.1
HIV INFECTION 18 11 7 6.8 6.0 9.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 15 4 11 3.8 1.7 7.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 12 9 3 4.6 4.9 3.8
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 3 2 1 1.1 1.1 1.3
TUBERCULOSIS 1 1 0 0.4 0.5 0.0
MATERNAL CAUSES 1 0 1 25.4 0.0 63.4
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 19 10 9 7.2 5.4 11.5
ALL OTHER 346 231 115 131.8 125.3 147.3
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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 PROJECTIONS.
# 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 2,773 2,025 748 1,382 1,013 369 1,391 1,012 379
UNDER 1 31 9 22 20 5 15 11 4 7
(NEONATAL) 21 8 13 13 5 8 8 3 5
(POSTNEONATAL) 10 1 9 7 0 7 3 1 2
1-4 12 9 3 8 6 2 4 3 1
5-9 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 2
10-14 9 2 7 5 1 4 4 1 3
15-24 43 27 16 25 16 9 18 11 7
25-34 66 32 34 44 23 21 22 9 13
35-44 99 65 34 64 40 24 35 25 10
45-54 184 129 55 112 76 36 72 53 19
55-64 342 238 104 206 155 51 136 83 53
65-74 605 433 172 349 260 89 256 173 83
75-84 733 589 144 338 274 64 395 315 80
85 AND OVER 646 491 155 211 157 54 435 334 101
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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MORTALITY RATES** 1995 POPULATION
INFANT 7.9 3.8 14.0 TOTAL 262,501
NEONATAL 5.3 3.4 8.2 WHITE 184,414
POSTNEONATAL 2.5 0.4 5.7 NONWHITE 78,087
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** DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
