SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ALCORN COUNTY, 1996
--------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 377 337 40 11.8 12.0 10.5
HEART DISEASES 140 127 13 438.9 452.0 342.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 61 57 4 191.2 202.9 105.2
ACCIDENTS 27 22 5 84.6 78.3 131.5
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 22 20 2 69.0 71.2 52.6
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 19 18 1 59.6 64.1 26.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 18 16 2 56.4 56.9 52.6
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 13 8 5 40.8 28.5 131.5
HYPERTENSION 6 5 1 18.8 17.8 26.3
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 3 0 9.4 10.7 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 2 1 9.4 7.1 26.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 2 0 6.3 7.1 0.0
SUICIDE 2 1 1 6.3 3.6 26.3
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 3 1 12.5 10.7 26.3
ALL OTHER 57 53 4 178.7 188.6 105.2
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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 377 337 40 200 180 20 177 157 20
UNDER 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10-14 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
15-24 5 5 0 4 4 0 1 1 0
25-34 7 6 1 6 5 1 1 1 0
35-44 11 9 2 11 9 2 0 0 0
45-54 23 21 2 19 17 2 4 4 0
55-64 35 28 7 21 17 4 14 11 3
65-74 72 66 6 49 47 2 23 19 4
75-84 104 93 11 47 43 4 57 50 7
85 AND OVER 117 106 11 42 37 5 75 69 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 31,897
WHITE 28,096
NONWHITE 3,801
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