SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WILKINSON 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 129 40 89 14.3 16.1 13.6
HEART DISEASES 47 15 32 519.8 604.8 487.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 35 10 25 387.1 403.2 381.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 5 1 4 55.3 40.3 61.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 4 1 3 44.2 40.3 45.7
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 1 2 33.2 40.3 30.5
ACCIDENTS 3 1 2 33.2 40.3 30.5
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 0 2 16.0 0.0 20.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 1 1 22.1 40.3 15.2
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 0 1 11.1 0.0 15.2
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 11.1 0.0 15.2
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 11.1 40.3 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 11.1 0.0 15.2
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 11.1 0.0 15.2
SUICIDE 1 0 1 11.1 0.0 15.2
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 11.1 0.0 15.2
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 11.1 40.3 0.0
ALL OTHER 20 8 12 221.2 322.6 182.9
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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 129 40 89 60 13 47 69 27 42
UNDER 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 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 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
15-24 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
25-34 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
35-44 6 1 5 3 1 2 3 0 3
45-54 16 4 12 10 2 8 6 2 4
55-64 12 2 10 6 1 5 6 1 5
65-74 25 7 18 8 2 6 17 5 12
75-84 28 8 20 15 1 14 13 7 6
85 AND OVER 33 16 17 14 5 9 19 11 8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 9,041
WHITE 2,480
NONWHITE 6,561
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