SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LOWNDES 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 491 306 185 8.0 8.1 7.7
HEART DISEASES 139 89 50 226.1 236.8 209.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 120 80 40 195.2 212.8 167.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 33 22 11 53.7 58.5 46.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 23 18 5 37.4 47.9 20.9
ACCIDENTS 19 13 6 30.9 34.6 25.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 12 8 4 19.5 21.3 16.7
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 9 2 7 8.7 4.2 12.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 6 3 3 9.8 8.0 12.6
SUICIDE 6 6 0 9.8 16.0 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 6 3 3 9.8 8.0 12.6
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 5 4 1 8.1 10.6 4.2
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 2 2 6.5 5.3 8.4
TUBERCULOSIS 2 1 1 3.2 2.7 4.2
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 1 1 3.2 2.7 4.2
HIV INFECTION 2 0 2 3.2 0.0 8.4
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 1.6 0.0 4.2
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 49 29 20 79.7 77.1 83.7
ALL OTHER 53 25 28 86.2 66.5 117.2
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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 491 306 185 255 154 101 236 152 84
UNDER 1 16 6 10 11 4 7 5 2 3
(NEONATAL) 12 3 9 9 3 6 3 0 3
(POSTNEONATAL) 4 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 0
1-4 3 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
5-9 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 8 5 3 7 5 2 1 0 1
25-34 14 6 8 7 2 5 7 4 3
35-44 19 8 11 13 6 7 6 2 4
45-54 37 23 14 24 15 9 13 8 5
55-64 62 40 22 44 31 13 18 9 9
65-74 94 50 44 52 29 23 42 21 21
75-84 132 91 41 62 41 21 70 50 20
85 AND OVER 103 74 29 31 19 12 72 55 17
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 61,480
WHITE 37,591
NONWHITE 23,889
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