SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PERRY 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 112 87 25 9.9 10.1 9.2
HEART DISEASES 32 24 8 282.7 278.6 295.6
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 19 17 2 167.8 197.3 73.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 14 12 2 123.7 139.3 73.9
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 13 11 2 114.8 127.7 73.9
ACCIDENTS 9 5 4 79.5 58.0 147.8
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 3 0 26.5 34.8 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 2 0 17.7 23.2 0.0
SUICIDE 2 2 0 17.7 23.2 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 8.8 11.6 0.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 1 1 0 8.8 11.6 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 8.8 11.6 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 8.8 0.0 37.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 8.8 0.0 37.0
ALL OTHER 13 8 5 114.8 92.9 184.8
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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 112 87 25 65 45 20 47 42 5
UNDER 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
(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 3 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
25-34 4 2 2 4 2 2 0 0 0
35-44 9 6 3 7 4 3 2 2 0
45-54 8 5 3 5 3 2 3 2 1
55-64 14 10 4 10 7 3 4 3 1
65-74 19 16 3 14 11 3 5 5 0
75-84 30 25 5 12 10 2 18 15 3
85 AND OVER 24 20 4 10 6 4 14 14 0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 11,321
WHITE 8,615
NONWHITE 2,706
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