SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TISHOMINGO 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 235 224 11 13.3 13.2 15.7
HEART DISEASES 103 99 4 583.0 583.6 569.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 46 43 3 260.4 253.5 427.4
ACCIDENTS 17 17 0 96.2 100.2 0.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 14 14 0 79.2 82.5 0.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 10 9 1 56.6 53.0 142.4
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 6 5 1 34.0 29.5 142.4
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 6 5 1 34.0 29.5 142.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 5 0 28.3 29.5 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 3 2 1 17.0 11.8 142.4
SUICIDE 3 3 0 17.0 17.7 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 5.7 5.9 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 4.4 4.5 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 5.7 5.9 0.0
ALL OTHER 19 19 0 107.6 112.0 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 235 224 11 122 118 4 113 106 7
UNDER 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
25-34 4 4 0 2 2 0 2 2 0
35-44 4 4 0 1 1 0 3 3 0
45-54 18 17 1 10 9 1 8 8 0
55-64 24 23 1 15 14 1 9 9 0
65-74 50 48 2 35 34 1 15 14 1
75-84 67 64 3 29 28 1 38 36 2
85 AND OVER 61 57 4 25 25 0 36 32 4
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 17,666
WHITE 16,964
NONWHITE 702
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