(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: QUITMAN
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF QUITMAN 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 108 56 52 11.4 17.2 8.4
HEART DISEASES 40 21 19 422.4 643.2 306.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 23 12 11 242.9 367.5 177.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 10 5 5 105.6 153.1 80.6
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 5 3 2 52.8 91.9 32.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 5 4 1 52.8 122.5 16.1
ACCIDENTS 5 3 2 52.8 91.9 32.2
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 1 2 31.7 30.6 32.2
HYPERTENSION 2 0 2 21.1 0.0 32.2
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 0 2 21.1 0.0 32.2
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 0 2 21.1 0.0 32.2
ALL OTHER 11 7 4 116.2 214.4 64.5
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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 108 56 52 46 23 23 62 33 29
UNDER 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
25-34 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
35-44 6 1 5 3 1 2 3 0 3
45-54 4 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 2
55-64 12 9 3 5 3 2 7 6 1
65-74 23 12 11 8 4 4 15 8 7
75-84 29 18 11 17 11 6 12 7 5
85 AND OVER 28 15 13 9 4 5 19 11 8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 9,470
WHITE 3,265
NONWHITE 6,205
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