SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LEE 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 686 536 150 9.3 9.4 9.0
HEART DISEASES 274 223 51 371.6 390.4 306.9
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 144 107 37 195.3 187.3 222.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 46 38 8 62.4 66.5 48.1
ACCIDENTS 37 24 13 50.2 42.0 78.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 23 18 5 31.2 31.5 30.1
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 19 19 0 25.8 33.3 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 11 6 5 9.8 7.7 14.5
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 10 7 3 13.6 12.2 18.0
SUICIDE 10 7 3 13.6 12.2 18.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 8 8 0 10.8 14.0 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 7 3 4 9.5 5.2 24.1
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 2 4 8.1 3.5 24.1
HYPERTENSION 3 3 0 4.1 5.2 0.0
HIV INFECTION 3 3 0 4.1 5.2 0.0
TUBERCULOSIS 2 1 1 2.7 1.8 6.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 2 0 2.7 3.5 0.0
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 2 1 1 2.7 1.8 6.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 1 1 2.7 1.8 6.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 5 4 1 6.8 7.0 6.0
ALL OTHER 72 59 13 97.6 103.3 78.2
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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 686 536 150 345 258 87 341 278 63
UNDER 1 15 8 7 7 2 5 8 6 2
(NEONATAL) 13 7 6 5 1 4 8 6 2
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
1-4 2 0 2 2 0 2 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 16 10 6 14 8 6 2 2 0
25-34 19 11 8 11 8 3 8 3 5
35-44 35 21 14 28 16 12 7 5 2
45-54 48 36 12 27 21 6 21 15 6
55-64 75 54 21 38 29 9 37 25 12
65-74 136 106 30 83 66 17 53 40 13
75-84 193 161 32 85 66 19 108 95 13
85 AND OVER 147 129 18 50 42 8 97 87 10
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 73,739
WHITE 57,121
NONWHITE 16,618
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