SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF KEMPER 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 109 61 48 10.3 14.2 7.6
HEART DISEASES 44 25 19 416.9 583.6 303.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 17 8 9 161.1 186.7 143.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 9 4 5 85.3 93.4 79.7
ACCIDENTS 8 4 4 75.8 93.4 63.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 2 1 28.4 46.7 15.9
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 1 1 19.0 23.3 15.9
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 2 2 0 19.0 46.7 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 0 2 19.0 0.0 31.9
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 0 1 9.5 0.0 15.9
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 9.5 0.0 15.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 1 1 0 9.5 23.3 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 9.5 23.3 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 9.5 0.0 15.9
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 7.4 0.0 11.0
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 9.5 0.0 15.9
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 9.5 0.0 15.9
ALL OTHER 14 13 1 132.6 303.4 15.9
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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 109 61 48 65 36 29 44 25 19
UNDER 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 5 2 3 4 1 3 1 1 0
25-34 4 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 1
35-44 4 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 0
45-54 11 4 7 10 4 6 1 0 1
55-64 9 6 3 8 5 3 1 1 0
65-74 19 12 7 12 9 3 7 3 4
75-84 31 22 9 17 13 4 14 9 5
85 AND OVER 24 13 11 8 3 5 16 10 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 10,554
WHITE 4,284
NONWHITE 6,270
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