SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF BOLIVAR 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 423 161 262 10.2 11.6 9.5
HEART DISEASES 151 63 88 364.1 454.6 318.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 76 24 52 183.3 173.2 188.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 34 13 21 82.0 93.8 76.0
ACCIDENTS 29 8 21 69.9 57.7 76.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 20 12 8 48.2 86.6 29.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 17 4 13 41.0 28.9 47.1
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 14 9 5 33.8 64.9 18.1
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 12 4 8 28.9 28.9 29.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 8 2 6 19.3 14.4 21.7
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 4 1 3 9.6 7.2 10.9
SUICIDE 4 2 2 9.6 14.4 7.2
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 2 1 7.2 14.4 3.6
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 0 3 4.4 0.0 5.6
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 0 2 4.8 0.0 7.2
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 2.4 7.2 0.0
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 2.4 0.0 3.6
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 2 1 7.2 14.4 3.6
ALL OTHER 41 14 27 98.9 101.0 97.8
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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 423 161 262 209 77 132 214 84 130
UNDER 1 7 0 7 4 0 4 3 0 3
(NEONATAL) 4 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 3 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 2
1-4 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0
5-9 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
10-14 5 1 4 3 1 2 2 0 2
15-24 9 2 7 9 2 7 0 0 0
25-34 10 4 6 8 4 4 2 0 2
35-44 20 1 19 16 1 15 4 0 4
45-54 27 6 21 15 3 12 12 3 9
55-64 52 22 30 26 12 14 26 10 16
65-74 71 29 42 38 17 21 33 12 21
75-84 110 48 62 59 27 32 51 21 30
85 AND OVER 108 48 60 28 10 18 80 38 42
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 41,469
WHITE 13,857
NONWHITE 27,612
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