(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: SUNFLOWER
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SUNFLOWER 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 362 135 227 10.2 11.8 9.5
HEART DISEASES 138 60 78 390.4 524.6 326.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 73 25 48 206.5 218.6 200.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 29 7 22 82.0 61.2 92.0
ACCIDENTS 27 10 17 76.4 87.4 71.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 11 6 5 31.1 52.5 20.9
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 9 0 9 25.5 0.0 37.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 9 1 8 25.5 8.7 33.5
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 2 4 17.0 17.5 16.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 5 3 2 14.1 26.2 8.4
HIV INFECTION 5 0 5 14.1 0.0 20.9
SUICIDE 4 3 1 11.3 26.2 4.2
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 0 2 3.8 0.0 4.6
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 2.8 8.7 0.0
MATERNAL CAUSES 1 0 1 189.0 0.0 229.9
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 5 3 2 14.1 26.2 8.4
ALL OTHER 37 14 23 104.7 122.4 96.2
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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 362 135 227 190 77 113 172 58 114
UNDER 1 5 0 5 4 0 4 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
1-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
5-9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
10-14 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
15-24 8 1 7 6 1 5 2 0 2
25-34 12 1 11 11 1 10 1 0 1
35-44 22 4 18 18 4 14 4 0 4
45-54 35 5 30 21 5 16 14 0 14
55-64 53 23 30 31 17 14 22 6 16
65-74 56 23 33 28 14 14 28 9 19
75-84 97 46 51 44 24 20 53 22 31
85 AND OVER 70 30 40 24 10 14 46 20 26
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 35,345
WHITE 11,437
NONWHITE 23,908
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