SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ITAWAMBA 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 245 232 13 12.4 12.6 9.4
HEART DISEASES 90 85 5 454.6 461.6 361.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 53 48 5 267.7 260.6 361.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 19 19 0 96.0 103.2 0.0
ACCIDENTS 12 12 0 60.6 65.2 0.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 11 11 0 55.6 59.7 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 8 8 0 40.4 43.4 0.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 8 8 0 40.4 43.4 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 3 0 15.2 16.3 0.0
SUICIDE 3 3 0 15.2 16.3 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 2 0 10.1 10.9 0.0
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 5.0 5.4 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 5.0 5.4 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 5.0 5.4 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 5.0 5.4 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 4.0 4.4 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 4 0 20.2 21.7 0.0
ALL OTHER 27 24 3 136.4 130.3 217.1
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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 245 232 13 128 119 9 117 113 4
UNDER 1 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1-4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10-14 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
15-24 6 6 0 4 4 0 2 2 0
25-34 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
35-44 5 5 0 3 3 0 2 2 0
45-54 12 11 1 7 7 0 5 4 1
55-64 26 24 2 16 15 1 10 9 1
65-74 56 55 1 35 34 1 21 21 0
75-84 73 66 7 36 31 5 37 35 2
85 AND OVER 59 57 2 22 20 2 37 37 0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 19,797
WHITE 18,415
NONWHITE 1,382
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