(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: LAFAYETTE
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAFAYETTE 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 289 213 76 8.4 8.5 8.0
HEART DISEASES 80 64 16 232.6 256.8 169.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 69 43 26 200.6 172.5 274.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 20 17 3 58.2 68.2 31.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 19 16 3 55.2 64.2 31.7
ACCIDENTS 18 10 8 52.3 40.1 84.6
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 9 8 1 26.2 32.1 10.6
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 8 4 4 23.3 16.0 42.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 4 1 14.5 16.0 10.6
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 5 4 1 14.5 16.0 10.6
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 3 2 1 8.7 8.0 10.6
SUICIDE 2 2 0 5.8 8.0 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 1 1 5.8 4.0 10.6
TUBERCULOSIS 1 0 1 2.9 0.0 10.6
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 2.3 3.8 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 5 4 1 14.5 16.0 10.6
ALL OTHER 42 33 9 122.1 132.4 95.1
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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 289 213 76 155 119 36 134 94 40
UNDER 1 5 3 2 2 1 1 3 2 1
(NEONATAL) 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
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 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
15-24 4 1 3 3 1 2 1 0 1
25-34 9 6 3 5 3 2 4 3 1
35-44 7 5 2 2 2 0 5 3 2
45-54 18 10 8 10 6 4 8 4 4
55-64 25 15 10 18 13 5 7 2 5
65-74 55 41 14 37 32 5 18 9 9
75-84 82 66 16 48 39 9 34 27 7
85 AND OVER 82 65 17 28 21 7 54 44 10
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 34,388
WHITE 24,927
NONWHITE 9,461
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