SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SCOTT 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 251 163 88 10.3 11.2 9.1
HEART DISEASES 88 61 27 362.5 417.5 279.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 59 37 22 243.0 253.2 227.7
ACCIDENTS 21 10 11 86.5 68.4 113.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 18 14 4 74.2 95.8 41.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 10 9 1 41.2 61.6 10.3
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 7 5 2 28.8 34.2 20.7
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 5 2 3 20.6 13.7 31.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 3 1 16.5 20.5 10.3
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 1 3 16.5 6.8 31.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 3 3 0 12.4 20.5 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 3 2 1 12.4 13.7 10.3
SUICIDE 3 1 2 12.4 6.8 20.7
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 4.1 0.0 10.3
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 2.3 4.3 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 8.2 6.8 10.3
ALL OTHER 22 13 9 90.6 89.0 93.1
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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 251 163 88 131 85 46 120 78 42
UNDER 1 4 4 0 2 2 0 2 2 0
(NEONATAL) 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
10-14 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
15-24 7 4 3 5 3 2 2 1 1
25-34 10 4 6 8 3 5 2 1 1
35-44 13 4 9 7 2 5 6 2 4
45-54 21 11 10 17 9 8 4 2 2
55-64 38 24 14 19 13 6 19 11 8
65-74 45 32 13 23 16 7 22 16 6
75-84 58 47 11 30 25 5 28 22 6
85 AND OVER 50 32 18 17 11 6 33 21 12
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 24,275
WHITE 14,612
NONWHITE 9,663
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