SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COPIAH 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 289 155 134 10.3 11.7 9.1
HEART DISEASES 117 69 48 417.4 520.5 325.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 57 23 34 203.4 173.5 230.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 15 8 7 53.5 60.4 47.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 13 6 7 46.4 45.3 47.4
ACCIDENTS 13 9 4 46.4 67.9 27.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 11 8 3 39.2 60.4 20.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 2 3 17.8 15.1 20.3
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 5 3 2 17.8 22.6 13.5
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 5 1 4 17.8 7.5 27.1
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 4 4 0 14.3 30.2 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 2 1 10.7 15.1 6.8
SUICIDE 3 2 1 10.7 15.1 6.8
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 1 1 4.7 5.6 4.1
MATERNAL CAUSES 1 0 1 236.4 0.0 411.5
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 3.6 0.0 6.8
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 3 1 14.3 22.6 6.8
ALL OTHER 30 14 16 107.0 105.6 108.3
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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 289 155 134 147 74 73 142 81 61
UNDER 1 5 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 2
(NEONATAL) 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
15-24 9 5 4 7 5 2 2 0 2
25-34 6 1 5 4 0 4 2 1 1
35-44 9 5 4 4 2 2 5 3 2
45-54 22 9 13 12 6 6 10 3 7
55-64 48 19 29 30 12 18 18 7 11
65-74 56 36 20 27 17 10 29 19 10
75-84 77 45 32 40 21 19 37 24 13
85 AND OVER 55 32 23 20 9 11 35 23 12
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 28,027
WHITE 13,256
NONWHITE 14,771
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