SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HANCOCK 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 336 309 27 9.3 9.6 6.5
HEART DISEASES 129 119 10 356.5 371.4 241.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 83 79 4 229.4 246.6 96.6
ACCIDENTS 17 15 2 47.0 46.8 48.3
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 16 16 0 44.2 49.9 0.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 13 13 0 35.9 40.6 0.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 10 10 0 27.6 31.2 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 3 1 11.0 9.4 24.1
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 2 2 11.0 6.2 48.3
HIV INFECTION 4 4 0 11.0 12.5 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 3 0 6.3 6.9 0.0
SUICIDE 3 3 0 8.3 9.4 0.0
HYPERTENSION 2 2 0 5.5 6.2 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 2 0 5.5 6.2 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 2 0 5.5 6.2 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 2.8 3.1 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 2.8 0.0 24.1
ALL OTHER 42 35 7 116.1 109.2 169.0
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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 336 309 27 189 178 11 147 131 16
UNDER 1 7 6 1 3 3 0 4 3 1
(NEONATAL) 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 4 3 1 1 1 0 3 2 1
1-4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
25-34 14 11 3 10 8 2 4 3 1
35-44 14 14 0 10 10 0 4 4 0
45-54 25 22 3 15 13 2 10 9 1
55-64 46 44 2 31 29 2 15 15 0
65-74 92 86 6 59 58 1 33 28 5
75-84 85 79 6 42 40 2 43 39 4
85 AND OVER 49 43 6 16 14 2 33 29 4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 36,182
WHITE 32,040
NONWHITE 4,142
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