(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: TUNICA
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TUNICA 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 99 38 61 10.9 16.0 9.1
HEART DISEASES 33 13 20 364.1 547.8 299.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 21 9 12 231.7 379.3 179.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 11 6 5 121.4 252.8 74.7
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 5 3 2 55.2 126.4 29.9
ACCIDENTS 5 1 4 55.2 42.1 59.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 4 1 3 44.1 42.1 44.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 0 3 33.1 0.0 44.8
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 1 1 22.1 42.1 14.9
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 0 1 11.0 0.0 14.9
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 11.0 0.0 14.9
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 11.0 0.0 14.9
SUICIDE 1 1 0 11.0 42.1 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 11.0 0.0 14.9
ALL OTHER 10 3 7 110.3 126.4 104.6
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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 99 38 61 43 16 27 56 22 34
UNDER 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
25-34 4 1 3 2 0 2 2 1 1
35-44 5 2 3 3 1 2 2 1 1
45-54 9 0 9 4 0 4 5 0 5
55-64 12 5 7 7 3 4 5 2 3
65-74 21 7 14 7 3 4 14 4 10
75-84 26 15 11 13 8 5 13 7 6
85 AND OVER 20 7 13 6 1 5 14 6 8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 9,063
WHITE 2,373
NONWHITE 6,690
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