SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF BENTON 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 81 61 20 10.3 13.4 6.1
HEART DISEASES 40 32 8 510.1 701.0 244.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 12 9 3 153.0 197.2 91.6
ACCIDENTS 7 5 2 89.3 109.5 61.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 5 3 2 63.8 65.7 61.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 2 0 25.5 43.8 0.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 2 0 2 25.5 0.0 61.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 0 2 25.5 0.0 61.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 1 1 0 12.8 21.9 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 1 1 0 12.8 21.9 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 12.8 21.9 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 12.8 21.9 0.0
ALL OTHER 7 6 1 89.3 131.4 30.5
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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 81 61 20 48 36 12 33 25 8
UNDER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5-9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
25-34 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
35-44 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 1
45-54 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
55-64 7 5 2 5 4 1 2 1 1
65-74 19 16 3 15 12 3 4 4 0
75-84 27 21 6 13 10 3 14 11 3
85 AND OVER 15 12 3 7 6 1 8 6 2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 7,841
WHITE 4,565
NONWHITE 3,276
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