SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF CHICKASAW 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 195 134 61 11.0 12.8 8.5
HEART DISEASES 81 57 24 459.0 545.8 333.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 38 27 11 215.3 258.5 152.7
ACCIDENTS 18 11 7 102.0 105.3 97.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 13 9 4 73.7 86.2 55.5
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 7 5 2 39.7 47.9 27.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 5 5 0 28.3 47.9 0.0
SUICIDE 4 4 0 22.7 38.3 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 0 2 11.3 0.0 27.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 2 1 1 11.3 9.6 13.9
HIV INFECTION 2 0 2 11.3 0.0 27.8
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 5.7 9.6 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 3.3 0.0 6.5
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 1 0 5.7 9.6 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 2 1 17.0 19.2 13.9
ALL OTHER 17 11 6 96.3 105.3 83.3
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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 195 134 61 96 64 32 99 70 29
UNDER 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
15-24 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
25-34 5 1 4 4 1 3 1 0 1
35-44 6 5 1 6 5 1 0 0 0
45-54 21 12 9 12 7 5 9 5 4
55-64 24 15 9 19 11 8 5 4 1
65-74 39 28 11 20 16 4 19 12 7
75-84 44 32 12 22 16 6 22 16 6
85 AND OVER 50 40 10 11 8 3 39 32 7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 17,648
WHITE 10,443
NONWHITE 7,205
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