SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF CLARKE 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 174 113 61 10.1 10.2 9.9
HEART DISEASES 72 50 22 417.6 451.8 356.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 40 28 12 232.0 253.0 194.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 10 6 4 58.0 54.2 64.8
ACCIDENTS 9 5 4 52.2 45.2 64.8
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 1 3 23.2 9.0 48.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 4 4 0 23.2 36.1 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 1 3 23.2 9.0 48.6
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 3 0 17.4 27.1 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 1 1 11.6 9.0 16.2
HIV INFECTION 2 0 2 11.6 0.0 32.4
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 5.8 9.0 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 5.8 0.0 16.2
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 22 13 9 127.6 117.5 145.7
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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 174 113 61 81 54 27 93 59 34
UNDER 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 3 1 2 3 1 2 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 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0
25-34 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
35-44 7 1 6 3 1 2 4 0 4
45-54 8 4 4 4 3 1 4 1 3
55-64 13 7 6 9 4 5 4 3 1
65-74 35 25 10 18 14 4 17 11 6
75-84 59 44 15 28 22 6 31 22 9
85 AND OVER 44 31 13 12 9 3 32 22 10
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 17,241
WHITE 11,066
NONWHITE 6,175
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