SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TALLAHATCHIE 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 154 83 71 10.9 16.5 7.8
HEART DISEASES 61 36 25 433.0 714.1 276.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 43 23 20 305.2 456.2 221.1
ACCIDENTS 7 3 4 49.7 59.5 44.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 6 4 2 42.6 79.3 22.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 4 4 0 28.4 79.3 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 1 2 21.3 19.8 22.1
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 3 3 0 21.3 59.5 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 1 2 21.3 19.8 22.1
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 0 2 14.2 0.0 22.1
TUBERCULOSIS 1 1 0 7.1 19.8 0.0
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 7.1 0.0 11.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 0 1 7.1 0.0 11.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 7.1 0.0 11.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 7.1 0.0 11.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 4.8 0.0 6.6
SUICIDE 1 0 1 7.1 0.0 11.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 15 7 8 106.5 138.9 88.4
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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 154 83 71 81 44 37 73 39 34
UNDER 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 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 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0
25-34 6 1 5 3 0 3 3 1 2
35-44 7 2 5 2 1 1 5 1 4
45-54 12 1 11 8 1 7 4 0 4
55-64 8 6 2 6 5 1 2 1 1
65-74 40 25 15 23 18 5 17 7 10
75-84 38 22 16 20 11 9 18 11 7
85 AND OVER 38 26 12 14 8 6 24 18 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 14,087
WHITE 5,041
NONWHITE 9,046
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