SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HOLMES 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 247 80 167 11.9 17.2 10.4
HEART DISEASES 78 26 52 375.5 558.6 322.6
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 50 13 37 240.7 279.3 229.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 23 8 15 110.7 171.9 93.1
ACCIDENTS 21 7 14 101.1 150.4 86.9
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 13 8 5 62.6 171.9 31.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 7 1 6 33.7 21.5 37.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 6 4 2 28.9 85.9 12.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 0 5 24.1 0.0 31.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 4 2 2 19.2 43.0 12.4
HYPERTENSION 3 1 2 14.4 21.5 12.4
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 0 3 7.3 0.0 8.3
HIV INFECTION 3 0 3 14.4 0.0 18.6
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 1 1 9.6 21.5 6.2
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 0 2 9.6 0.0 12.4
SUICIDE 1 0 1 4.8 0.0 6.2
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 0 2 9.6 0.0 12.4
ALL OTHER 24 9 15 115.5 193.4 93.1
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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 247 80 167 111 33 78 136 47 89
UNDER 1 7 0 7 5 0 5 2 0 2
(NEONATAL) 5 0 5 3 0 3 2 0 2
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 8 0 8 6 0 6 2 0 2
25-34 8 1 7 3 0 3 5 1 4
35-44 5 3 2 3 3 0 2 0 2
45-54 22 5 17 11 2 9 11 3 8
55-64 32 10 22 23 8 15 9 2 7
65-74 46 12 34 20 6 14 26 6 20
75-84 60 22 38 26 9 17 34 13 21
85 AND OVER 58 27 31 14 5 9 44 22 22
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 20,771
WHITE 4,654
NONWHITE 16,117
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