SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SIMPSON 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 263 188 75 11.0 11.9 9.2
HEART DISEASES 93 67 26 388.5 423.4 320.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 48 32 16 200.5 202.2 197.2
ACCIDENTS 25 17 8 104.4 107.4 98.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 19 17 2 79.4 107.4 24.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 15 12 3 62.7 75.8 37.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 13 9 4 54.3 56.9 49.3
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 10 7 3 41.8 44.2 37.0
SUICIDE 4 4 0 16.7 25.3 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 2 0 8.4 12.6 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 1 1 8.4 6.3 12.3
HIV INFECTION 2 1 1 8.4 6.3 12.3
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 1 1 0 4.2 6.3 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 2.8 0.0 5.6
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 4.2 6.3 0.0
ALL OTHER 27 17 10 112.8 107.4 123.3
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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 263 188 75 137 97 40 126 91 35
UNDER 1 3 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 2
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
1-4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 7 5 2 6 4 2 1 1 0
25-34 8 5 3 6 3 3 2 2 0
35-44 12 8 4 10 6 4 2 2 0
45-54 16 10 6 11 7 4 5 3 2
55-64 33 22 11 24 17 7 9 5 4
65-74 51 35 16 31 22 9 20 13 7
75-84 69 57 12 27 21 6 42 36 6
85 AND OVER 62 45 17 19 16 3 43 29 14
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 23,936
WHITE 15,824
NONWHITE 8,112
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