SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LEAKE 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 228 156 72 12.3 14.3 9.4
HEART DISEASES 90 64 26 484.4 586.8 338.9
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 50 32 18 269.1 293.4 234.6
ACCIDENTS 17 11 6 91.5 100.8 78.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 16 11 5 86.1 100.8 65.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 6 1 37.7 55.0 13.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 5 5 0 26.9 45.8 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 2 2 21.5 18.3 26.1
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 4 1 3 21.5 9.2 39.1
HYPERTENSION 3 1 2 16.1 9.2 26.1
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 2 1 16.1 18.3 13.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 1 2 16.1 9.2 26.1
TUBERCULOSIS 1 0 1 5.4 0.0 13.0
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 5.4 0.0 13.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 5.4 9.2 0.0
ALL OTHER 23 19 4 123.8 174.2 52.1
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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 228 156 72 129 91 38 99 65 34
UNDER 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
15-24 6 5 1 4 3 1 2 2 0
25-34 5 0 5 4 0 4 1 0 1
35-44 12 3 9 5 3 2 7 0 7
45-54 16 9 7 11 7 4 5 2 3
55-64 31 18 13 20 13 7 11 5 6
65-74 42 31 11 30 25 5 12 6 6
75-84 70 51 19 40 28 12 30 23 7
85 AND OVER 43 37 6 13 10 3 30 27 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 18,578
WHITE 10,907
NONWHITE 7,671
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