SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COAHOMA 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 391 142 249 12.0 13.0 11.4
HEART DISEASES 147 56 91 450.5 514.2 418.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 73 27 46 223.7 247.9 211.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 32 14 18 98.1 128.5 82.8
ACCIDENTS 18 5 13 55.2 45.9 59.8
DIABETES MELLITUS 16 5 11 49.0 45.9 50.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 14 7 7 42.9 64.3 32.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 9 3 6 27.6 27.5 27.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 7 1 6 21.4 9.2 27.6
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 6 1 5 10.1 9.0 10.4
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 5 1 4 15.3 9.2 18.4
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 4 2 2 12.3 18.4 9.2
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 4 0 4 12.3 0.0 18.4
SUICIDE 3 2 1 9.2 18.4 4.6
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 0 2 6.1 0.0 9.2
TUBERCULOSIS 1 0 1 3.1 0.0 4.6
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 3.1 0.0 4.6
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 6 1 5 18.4 9.2 23.0
ALL OTHER 43 17 26 131.8 156.1 119.6
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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 391 142 249 211 83 128 180 59 121
UNDER 1 11 1 10 6 1 5 5 0 5
(NEONATAL) 7 1 6 4 1 3 3 0 3
(POSTNEONATAL) 4 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 2
1-4 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
15-24 5 1 4 2 0 2 3 1 2
25-34 10 2 8 7 2 5 3 0 3
35-44 18 1 17 11 1 10 7 0 7
45-54 31 12 19 19 8 11 12 4 8
55-64 53 20 33 36 12 24 17 8 9
65-74 74 34 40 48 25 23 26 9 17
75-84 112 43 69 57 25 32 55 18 37
85 AND OVER 73 28 45 23 9 14 50 19 31
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 32,627
WHITE 10,891
NONWHITE 21,736
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