(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: COPIAH
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COPIAH COUNTY, 1997
--------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 308 161 147 11.0 12.1 10.0
HEART DISEASES 113 65 48 403.2 490.3 325.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 75 38 37 267.6 286.7 250.5
ACCIDENTS 27 11 16 96.3 83.0 108.3
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 13 13 0 46.4 98.1 0.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 9 1 8 32.1 7.5 54.2
DIABETES MELLITUS 8 3 5 28.5 22.6 33.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 8 3 5 28.5 22.6 33.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 7 2 5 25.0 15.1 33.8
HYPERTENSION 4 1 3 14.3 7.5 20.3
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 0 3 7.8 0.0 12.3
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 2 0 7.1 15.1 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 1 1 7.1 7.5 6.8
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 3.6 0.0 6.8
SUICIDE 1 0 1 3.6 0.0 6.8
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 1 0 3.6 7.5 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 1 3 14.3 7.5 20.3
ALL OTHER 30 19 11 107.0 143.3 74.5
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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 308 161 147 168 92 76 140 69 71
UNDER 1 6 1 5 2 0 2 4 1 3
(NEONATAL) 5 1 4 2 0 2 3 1 2
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5-9 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
10-14 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
15-24 5 1 4 3 0 3 2 1 1
25-34 6 2 4 3 2 1 3 0 3
35-44 13 4 9 11 4 7 2 0 2
45-54 13 5 8 10 5 5 3 0 3
55-64 53 27 26 33 17 16 20 10 10
65-74 58 30 28 33 19 14 25 11 14
75-84 71 45 26 40 27 13 31 18 13
85 AND OVER 79 46 33 31 18 13 48 28 20
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 28,027
WHITE 13,256
NONWHITE 14,771
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