SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COPIAH 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 279 152 127 10.0 11.5 8.6
HEART DISEASES 100 54 46 356.8 407.4 311.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 55 33 22 196.2 248.9 148.9
ACCIDENTS 28 16 12 99.9 120.7 81.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 19 10 9 67.8 75.4 60.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 8 8 0 28.5 60.4 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 1 5 21.4 7.5 33.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 5 4 1 17.8 30.2 6.8
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 5 1 4 17.8 7.5 27.1
SUICIDE 4 4 0 14.3 30.2 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 2 1 10.7 15.1 6.8
HIV INFECTION 3 1 2 10.7 7.5 13.5
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 1 1 7.1 7.5 6.8
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 0 2 5.1 0.0 8.5
TUBERCULOSIS 1 0 1 3.6 0.0 6.8
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 3.6 0.0 6.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 3.6 7.5 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 36 16 20 128.4 120.7 135.4
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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 279 152 127 140 68 72 139 84 55
UNDER 1 4 1 3 2 0 2 2 1 1
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
10-14 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
15-24 8 6 2 8 6 2 0 0 0
25-34 11 3 8 10 3 7 1 0 1
35-44 18 6 12 13 3 10 5 3 2
45-54 22 8 14 12 3 9 10 5 5
55-64 39 21 18 24 12 12 15 9 6
65-74 55 35 20 29 21 8 26 14 12
75-84 57 33 24 19 9 10 38 24 14
85 AND OVER 62 38 24 21 10 11 41 28 13
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 28,027
WHITE 13,256
NONWHITE 14,771
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