SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SHARKEY 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 74 26 48 10.8 13.2 9.8
HEART DISEASES 26 13 13 378.2 660.9 264.9
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 20 4 16 290.9 203.4 326.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 5 1 4 72.7 50.8 81.5
ACCIDENTS 5 2 3 72.7 101.7 61.1
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 3 1 2 43.6 50.8 40.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 2 0 2 29.1 0.0 40.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 2 0 2 29.1 0.0 40.8
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 0 1 14.5 0.0 20.4
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 14.5 0.0 20.4
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 9 5 4 130.9 254.2 81.5
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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 74 26 48 38 11 27 36 15 21
UNDER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
25-34 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
35-44 6 0 6 4 0 4 2 0 2
45-54 10 2 8 5 2 3 5 0 5
55-64 4 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 0
65-74 12 6 6 5 3 2 7 3 4
75-84 19 6 13 9 2 7 10 4 6
85 AND OVER 19 9 10 9 2 7 10 7 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 6,875
WHITE 1,967
NONWHITE 4,908
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