SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ATTALA 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 232 159 73 12.7 15.0 9.6
HEART DISEASES 99 64 35 543.8 603.8 460.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 47 31 16 258.2 292.5 210.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 23 19 4 126.3 179.3 52.6
ACCIDENTS 16 11 5 87.9 103.8 65.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 7 0 38.4 66.0 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 5 2 3 27.5 18.9 39.4
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 4 3 1 22.0 28.3 13.1
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 3 2 1 16.5 18.9 13.1
SUICIDE 2 2 0 11.0 18.9 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 1 0 5.5 9.4 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 5.5 0.0 13.1
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 5.5 0.0 13.1
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 5.5 9.4 0.0
ALL OTHER 22 16 6 120.8 151.0 78.9
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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 232 159 73 117 81 36 115 78 37
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
25-34 5 4 1 4 3 1 1 1 0
35-44 9 5 4 5 4 1 4 1 3
45-54 14 5 9 10 3 7 4 2 2
55-64 17 9 8 9 5 4 8 4 4
65-74 36 25 11 20 15 5 16 10 6
75-84 72 58 14 35 27 8 37 31 6
85 AND OVER 76 52 24 34 24 10 42 28 14
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 18,204
WHITE 10,599
NONWHITE 7,605
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