SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF CHOCTAW 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 102 74 28 11.4 12.1 9.9
HEART DISEASES 36 28 8 403.0 457.9 283.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 19 14 5 212.7 228.9 177.4
ACCIDENTS 10 8 2 111.9 130.8 70.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 7 0 78.4 114.5 0.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 5 2 3 56.0 32.7 106.4
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 1 2 33.6 16.4 70.9
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 2 1 33.6 32.7 35.5
SUICIDE 2 2 0 22.4 32.7 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 1 0 11.2 16.4 0.0
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 11.2 16.4 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 11.2 0.0 35.5
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 11.2 16.4 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 8.0 0.0 19.6
HIV INFECTION 1 1 0 11.2 16.4 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 22.4 16.4 35.5
ALL OTHER 9 5 4 100.7 81.8 141.9
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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 102 74 28 51 37 14 51 37 14
UNDER 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
25-34 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
35-44 4 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 0
45-54 9 6 3 5 4 1 4 2 2
55-64 10 4 6 5 2 3 5 2 3
65-74 23 17 6 15 10 5 8 7 1
75-84 29 22 7 15 13 2 14 9 5
85 AND OVER 20 16 4 4 3 1 16 13 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 8,934
WHITE 6,115
NONWHITE 2,819
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