SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAFAYETTE 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 255 192 63 7.4 7.7 6.6
HEART DISEASES 77 60 17 223.9 240.7 179.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 61 48 13 177.4 192.6 137.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 24 16 8 69.8 64.2 84.6
ACCIDENTS 14 9 5 40.7 36.1 52.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 10 9 1 29.1 36.1 10.6
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 5 4 1 14.5 16.0 10.6
SUICIDE 5 5 0 14.5 20.0 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 3 0 8.7 12.0 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 1 2 7.9 4.3 13.5
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 1 1 5.8 4.0 10.6
HIV INFECTION 2 1 1 5.8 4.0 10.6
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 2.9 4.0 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 2.9 0.0 10.6
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 6 4 2 17.4 16.0 21.1
ALL OTHER 41 30 11 119.2 120.4 116.3
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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 255 192 63 142 107 35 113 85 28
UNDER 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5-9 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
10-14 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
15-24 7 2 5 6 2 4 1 0 1
25-34 4 1 3 3 1 2 1 0 1
35-44 10 7 3 6 5 1 4 2 2
45-54 20 13 7 12 7 5 8 6 2
55-64 22 15 7 11 8 3 11 7 4
65-74 52 40 12 29 23 6 23 17 6
75-84 71 54 17 44 33 11 27 21 6
85 AND OVER 62 58 4 28 27 1 34 31 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 34,388
WHITE 24,927
NONWHITE 9,461
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