SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ATTALA 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 248 160 88 13.6 15.1 11.6
HEART DISEASES 96 56 40 527.4 528.4 526.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 48 30 18 263.7 283.0 236.7
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 13 11 2 71.4 103.8 26.3
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 12 12 0 65.9 113.2 0.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 11 10 1 60.4 94.3 13.1
HYPERTENSION 10 7 3 54.9 66.0 39.4
ACCIDENTS 9 5 4 49.4 47.2 52.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 2 2 22.0 18.9 26.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 2 1 16.5 18.9 13.1
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 1 1 11.0 9.4 13.1
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 2 2 0 11.0 18.9 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 1 1 11.0 9.4 13.1
SUICIDE 2 2 0 11.0 18.9 0.0
HIV INFECTION 2 0 2 11.0 0.0 26.3
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 5.5 9.4 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 5.5 0.0 13.1
ALL OTHER 30 18 12 164.8 169.8 157.8
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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 248 160 88 138 91 47 110 69 41
UNDER 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 4 1 3
(NEONATAL) 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
1-4 2 0 2 1 0 1 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 5 1 4 5 1 4 0 0 0
25-34 6 3 3 4 2 2 2 1 1
35-44 11 7 4 8 5 3 3 2 1
45-54 11 5 6 7 3 4 4 2 2
55-64 23 16 7 16 12 4 7 4 3
65-74 48 29 19 33 21 12 15 8 7
75-84 74 55 19 43 33 10 31 22 9
85 AND OVER 64 43 21 21 14 7 43 29 14
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 18,204
WHITE 10,599
NONWHITE 7,605
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