(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: PONTOTOC
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PONTOTOC 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 236 212 24 9.4 10.1 5.9
HEART DISEASES 70 62 8 279.8 295.6 197.6
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 59 54 5 235.8 257.5 123.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 21 18 3 83.9 85.8 74.1
ACCIDENTS 15 12 3 60.0 57.2 74.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 9 9 0 36.0 42.9 0.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 6 6 0 24.0 28.6 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 3 0 12.0 14.3 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 2 1 12.0 9.5 24.7
SUICIDE 3 2 1 12.0 9.5 24.7
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 3 0 12.0 14.3 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 2 0 8.0 9.5 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 2 0 8.0 9.5 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 2 0 8.0 9.5 0.0
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 4.0 4.8 0.0
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 4.0 0.0 24.7
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 1 2 12.0 4.8 49.4
ALL OTHER 33 33 0 131.9 157.4 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 236 212 24 137 122 15 99 90 9
UNDER 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 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 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
15-24 5 1 4 5 1 4 0 0 0
25-34 5 5 0 4 4 0 1 1 0
35-44 15 12 3 11 9 2 4 3 1
45-54 18 17 1 14 13 1 4 4 0
55-64 21 19 2 12 12 0 9 7 2
65-74 63 56 7 46 42 4 17 14 3
75-84 54 50 4 28 26 2 26 24 2
85 AND OVER 51 49 2 14 13 1 37 36 1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 25,020
WHITE 20,971
NONWHITE 4,049
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