SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JONES 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 682 491 191 11.0 10.7 11.6
HEART DISEASES 238 173 65 382.3 378.0 394.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 146 110 36 234.5 240.3 218.5
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 40 31 9 64.2 67.7 54.6
ACCIDENTS 39 28 11 62.6 61.2 66.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 33 29 4 53.0 63.4 24.3
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 28 23 5 45.0 50.2 30.3
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 12 6 6 19.3 13.1 36.4
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 9 4 5 14.4 8.7 30.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 8 2 6 12.8 4.4 36.4
SUICIDE 7 5 2 11.2 10.9 12.1
HIV INFECTION 6 1 5 9.6 2.2 30.3
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 5 3 2 8.0 6.6 12.1
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 4 1 3 4.7 1.9 9.4
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 0 2 3.2 0.0 12.1
TUBERCULOSIS 1 0 1 1.6 0.0 6.1
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 1.6 2.2 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 6 2 4 9.6 4.4 24.3
ALL OTHER 97 72 25 155.8 157.3 151.7
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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 682 491 191 341 242 99 341 249 92
UNDER 1 11 4 7 6 1 5 5 3 2
(NEONATAL) 6 1 5 4 0 4 2 1 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 5 3 2 2 1 1 3 2 1
1-4 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
5-9 3 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
10-14 5 3 2 5 3 2 0 0 0
15-24 20 9 11 10 3 7 10 6 4
25-34 18 9 9 11 4 7 7 5 2
35-44 24 9 15 15 7 8 9 2 7
45-54 45 29 16 25 18 7 20 11 9
55-64 86 68 18 52 39 13 34 29 5
65-74 129 96 33 74 58 16 55 38 17
75-84 184 144 40 89 70 19 95 74 21
85 AND OVER 154 116 38 49 36 13 105 80 25
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 62,251
WHITE 45,773
NONWHITE 16,478
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