SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DESOTO 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 549 455 94 6.2 6.1 7.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 149 119 30 168.2 158.5 222.4
HEART DISEASES 137 122 15 154.7 162.5 111.2
HYPERTENSION 49 30 19 55.3 40.0 140.8
ACCIDENTS 40 37 3 45.2 49.3 22.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 38 31 7 42.9 41.3 51.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 17 15 2 19.2 20.0 14.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 16 13 3 18.1 17.3 22.2
SUICIDE 9 8 1 10.2 10.6 7.4
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 7 5 2 5.7 4.8 10.7
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 4 4 0 4.5 5.3 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 4 0 4.5 5.3 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 3 0 3.4 4.0 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 3 0 3.4 4.0 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 3 3 0 3.4 4.0 0.0
HIV INFECTION 2 2 0 2.2 2.7 0.0
TUBERCULOSIS 1 0 1 1.1 0.0 7.4
MATERNAL CAUSES 1 0 1 81.4 0.0 534.8
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 2.2 1.3 7.4
ALL OTHER 64 55 9 72.3 73.3 66.7
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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 549 455 94 316 254 62 233 201 32
UNDER 1 15 11 4 9 6 3 6 5 1
(NEONATAL) 10 7 3 6 4 2 4 3 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 5 4 1 3 2 1 2 2 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10-14 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
15-24 10 10 0 7 7 0 3 3 0
25-34 18 14 4 12 10 2 6 4 2
35-44 36 29 7 22 17 5 14 12 2
45-54 44 34 10 26 18 8 18 16 2
55-64 87 70 17 61 49 12 26 21 5
65-74 132 115 17 89 78 11 43 37 6
75-84 118 97 21 57 44 13 61 53 8
85 AND OVER 87 73 14 32 24 8 55 49 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 88,563
WHITE 75,074
NONWHITE 13,489
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