SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ALCORN COUNTY, 1995
--------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 393 345 48 12.3 12.3 12.6
HEART DISEASES 126 110 16 395.0 391.5 420.9
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 89 80 9 279.0 284.7 236.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 36 31 5 112.9 110.3 131.5
ACCIDENTS 29 26 3 90.9 92.5 78.9
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 13 13 0 40.8 46.3 0.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 13 12 1 40.8 42.7 26.3
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 5 5 0 15.7 17.8 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 4 0 12.5 14.2 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 1 3 12.5 3.6 78.9
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 1 2 9.4 3.6 52.6
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 3 2 1 9.4 7.1 26.3
HYPERTENSION 2 2 0 6.3 7.1 0.0
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 3.1 3.6 0.0
SUICIDE 1 0 1 3.1 0.0 26.3
HIV INFECTION 1 1 0 3.1 3.6 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 6 5 1 18.8 17.8 26.3
ALL OTHER 57 51 6 178.7 181.5 157.8
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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 393 345 48 209 181 28 184 164 20
UNDER 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 8 5 3 6 4 2 2 1 1
25-34 7 6 1 6 5 1 1 1 0
35-44 15 13 2 6 5 1 9 8 1
45-54 22 17 5 17 12 5 5 5 0
55-64 55 49 6 39 35 4 16 14 2
65-74 79 69 10 54 49 5 25 20 5
75-84 106 92 14 56 50 6 50 42 8
85 AND OVER 96 91 5 21 19 2 75 72 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 31,897
WHITE 28,096
NONWHITE 3,801
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