SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF CALHOUN 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 203 157 46 13.9 15.1 10.9
HEART DISEASES 75 59 16 512.6 566.0 380.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 40 34 6 273.4 326.2 142.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 27 22 5 184.6 211.0 118.9
ACCIDENTS 16 7 9 109.4 67.2 214.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 6 6 0 41.0 57.6 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 3 1 27.3 28.8 23.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 3 1 27.3 28.8 23.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 2 1 20.5 19.2 23.8
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 1 1 10.4 8.5 13.2
SUICIDE 2 1 1 13.7 9.6 23.8
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 0 2 13.7 0.0 47.6
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 1 2 20.5 9.6 47.6
ALL OTHER 19 18 1 129.9 172.7 23.8
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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 203 157 46 111 88 23 92 69 23
UNDER 1 4 1 3 1 0 1 3 1 2
(NEONATAL) 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
1-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 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 4 2 2 4 2 2 0 0 0
25-34 7 2 5 3 0 3 4 2 2
35-44 7 3 4 5 2 3 2 1 1
45-54 7 4 3 6 3 3 1 1 0
55-64 18 11 7 13 9 4 5 2 3
65-74 38 32 6 24 22 2 14 10 4
75-84 59 51 8 26 24 2 33 27 6
85 AND OVER 57 51 6 27 26 1 30 25 5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 14,630
WHITE 10,424
NONWHITE 4,206
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