SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF STONE 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 138 113 25 11.2 11.9 8.8
HEART DISEASES 63 51 12 511.4 538.0 422.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 23 19 4 186.7 200.4 140.9
ACCIDENTS 10 8 2 81.2 84.4 70.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 8 8 0 64.9 84.4 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 2 1 24.4 21.1 35.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 3 2 1 24.4 21.1 35.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 2 1 24.4 21.1 35.2
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 2 0 12.6 16.4 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 8.1 10.6 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 8.1 0.0 35.2
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 8.1 10.6 0.0
SUICIDE 1 0 1 8.1 0.0 35.2
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 8.1 0.0 35.2
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 8.1 0.0 35.2
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 2 0 16.2 21.1 0.0
ALL OTHER 15 15 0 121.8 158.2 0.0
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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 138 113 25 77 62 15 61 51 10
UNDER 1 4 4 0 2 2 0 2 2 0
(NEONATAL) 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1-4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
5-9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
10-14 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
15-24 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
25-34 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
35-44 7 6 1 5 5 0 2 1 1
45-54 4 2 2 4 2 2 0 0 0
55-64 15 13 2 9 7 2 6 6 0
65-74 32 24 8 21 16 5 11 8 3
75-84 41 37 4 25 21 4 16 16 0
85 AND OVER 26 22 4 6 6 0 20 16 4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 12,318
WHITE 9,479
NONWHITE 2,839
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