SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF YALOBUSHA 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 160 112 48 13.3 15.4 10.0
HEART DISEASES 59 38 21 489.7 522.3 439.9
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 44 31 13 365.2 426.1 272.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 11 8 3 91.3 110.0 62.8
ACCIDENTS 11 7 4 91.3 96.2 83.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 8 6 2 66.4 82.5 41.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 5 4 1 41.5 55.0 20.9
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 3 0 24.9 41.2 0.0
SUICIDE 2 2 0 16.6 27.5 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 1 0 8.3 13.7 0.0
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 8.3 13.7 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 8.3 13.7 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 5.6 0.0 10.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 1 0 8.3 13.7 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 12 9 3 99.6 123.7 62.8
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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 160 112 48 83 59 24 77 53 24
UNDER 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
10-14 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
15-24 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
25-34 4 3 1 4 3 1 0 0 0
35-44 7 4 3 6 4 2 1 0 1
45-54 14 8 6 5 2 3 9 6 3
55-64 22 9 13 16 8 8 6 1 5
65-74 33 28 5 16 15 1 17 13 4
75-84 48 35 13 26 20 6 22 15 7
85 AND OVER 26 23 3 5 5 0 21 18 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 12,049
WHITE 7,275
NONWHITE 4,774
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