SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COVINGTON 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 169 114 55 10.6 11.3 9.3
HEART DISEASES 53 42 11 331.0 416.8 185.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 37 24 13 231.1 238.2 219.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 14 8 6 87.4 79.4 101.1
ACCIDENTS 14 8 6 87.4 79.4 101.1
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 6 0 37.5 59.5 0.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 4 3 1 25.0 29.8 16.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 2 2 25.0 19.8 33.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 3 1 2 18.7 9.9 33.7
HYPERTENSION 2 1 1 12.5 9.9 16.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 1 1 12.5 9.9 16.8
HIV INFECTION 2 0 2 12.5 0.0 33.7
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 6.2 9.9 0.0
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 6.2 9.9 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 6.2 0.0 16.8
SUICIDE 1 1 0 6.2 9.9 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 1 0 6.2 9.9 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 12.5 9.9 16.8
ALL OTHER 21 13 8 131.2 129.0 134.8
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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 169 114 55 87 55 32 82 59 23
UNDER 1 4 1 3 3 0 3 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 3 1 2 2 0 2 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1
25-34 6 3 3 5 2 3 1 1 0
35-44 6 4 2 4 2 2 2 2 0
45-54 13 11 2 6 5 1 7 6 1
55-64 25 16 9 19 15 4 6 1 5
65-74 27 16 11 15 8 7 12 8 4
75-84 40 31 9 19 16 3 21 15 6
85 AND OVER 44 31 13 14 7 7 30 24 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 16,010
WHITE 10,076
NONWHITE 5,934
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