(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: YAZOO
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF YAZOO 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 326 162 164 13.0 14.4 11.8
HEART DISEASES 108 52 56 429.7 462.6 403.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 76 44 32 302.4 391.4 230.3
ACCIDENTS 28 14 14 111.4 124.6 100.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 22 13 9 87.5 115.6 64.8
DIABETES MELLITUS 13 4 9 51.7 35.6 64.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 9 4 5 35.8 35.6 36.0
HYPERTENSION 7 2 5 27.8 17.8 36.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 7 0 27.8 62.3 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 7 1 6 27.8 8.9 43.2
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 5 0 5 19.9 0.0 36.0
HIV INFECTION 4 1 3 15.9 8.9 21.6
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 3 0 11.9 26.7 0.0
SUICIDE 3 1 2 11.9 8.9 14.4
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 0 2 4.4 0.0 6.5
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 4.0 0.0 7.2
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 4.0 0.0 7.2
ALL OTHER 30 16 14 119.4 142.3 100.8
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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 326 162 164 154 76 78 172 86 86
UNDER 1 5 1 4 3 0 3 2 1 1
(NEONATAL) 4 1 3 2 0 2 2 1 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1-4 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 8 3 5 6 3 3 2 0 2
25-34 6 2 4 5 2 3 1 0 1
35-44 15 6 9 10 5 5 5 1 4
45-54 20 9 11 13 5 8 7 4 3
55-64 41 19 22 21 11 10 20 8 12
65-74 47 32 15 24 18 6 23 14 9
75-84 85 41 44 33 18 15 52 23 29
85 AND OVER 96 49 47 37 14 23 59 35 24
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 25,134
WHITE 11,240
NONWHITE 13,894
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