SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JEFF DAVIS 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 159 78 81 11.8 13.8 10.3
HEART DISEASES 64 30 34 473.1 529.4 432.6
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 37 19 18 273.5 335.3 229.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 11 7 4 81.3 123.5 50.9
ACCIDENTS 8 3 5 59.1 52.9 63.6
SUICIDE 6 5 1 44.4 88.2 12.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 4 2 2 29.6 35.3 25.4
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 1 2 22.2 17.6 25.4
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 0 3 22.2 0.0 38.2
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 2 1 1 14.8 17.6 12.7
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 0 1 7.4 0.0 12.7
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 7.4 17.6 0.0
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 0 1 7.4 0.0 12.7
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 14.8 17.6 12.7
ALL OTHER 16 8 8 118.3 141.2 101.8
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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 159 78 81 94 43 51 65 35 30
UNDER 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
15-24 5 0 5 4 0 4 1 0 1
25-34 5 3 2 5 3 2 0 0 0
35-44 9 4 5 5 2 3 4 2 2
45-54 16 4 12 11 4 7 5 0 5
55-64 27 16 11 18 11 7 9 5 4
65-74 27 10 17 16 5 11 11 5 6
75-84 35 22 13 21 13 8 14 9 5
85 AND OVER 33 18 15 13 5 8 20 13 7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 13,527
WHITE 5,667
NONWHITE 7,860
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