SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF AMITE 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 151 79 72 10.9 10.6 11.3
HEART DISEASES 61 32 29 440.3 428.4 454.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 30 13 17 216.5 174.0 266.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 12 6 6 86.6 80.3 94.0
ACCIDENTS 11 8 3 79.4 107.1 47.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 6 4 2 43.3 53.6 31.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 2 3 36.1 26.8 47.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 4 4 0 28.9 53.6 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 0 3 21.6 0.0 47.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 0 3 21.6 0.0 47.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 7.2 13.4 0.0
SUICIDE 1 1 0 7.2 13.4 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 0 2 14.4 0.0 31.3
ALL OTHER 12 8 4 86.6 107.1 62.6
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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 151 79 72 90 52 38 61 27 34
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
25-34 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 1
35-44 5 2 3 1 0 1 4 2 2
45-54 12 5 7 9 4 5 3 1 2
55-64 18 9 9 12 7 5 6 2 4
65-74 37 22 15 30 20 10 7 2 5
75-84 42 26 16 22 14 8 20 12 8
85 AND OVER 30 12 18 11 4 7 19 8 11
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 13,854
WHITE 7,469
NONWHITE 6,385
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