SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF FORREST 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 733 531 202 10.1 10.8 8.6
HEART DISEASES 285 207 78 393.5 421.9 333.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 124 95 29 171.2 193.6 124.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 62 43 19 85.6 87.6 81.3
ACCIDENTS 33 25 8 45.6 51.0 34.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 28 25 3 38.7 51.0 12.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 24 14 10 33.1 28.5 42.8
DIABETES MELLITUS 19 11 8 26.2 22.4 34.2
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 12 8 4 16.6 16.3 17.1
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 9 6 3 12.4 12.2 12.8
HYPERTENSION 7 4 3 9.7 8.2 12.8
HIV INFECTION 7 4 3 9.7 8.2 12.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 6 6 0 8.3 12.2 0.0
SUICIDE 6 6 0 8.3 12.2 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 5 4 1 6.9 8.2 4.3
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 4 3 1 5.5 6.1 4.3
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 1 1 1.9 1.8 2.1
MATERNAL CAUSES 1 0 1 95.8 0.0 210.1
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 5 3 2 6.9 6.1 8.6
ALL OTHER 94 66 28 129.8 134.5 119.8
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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 733 531 202 354 257 97 379 274 105
UNDER 1 6 2 4 4 1 3 2 1 1
(NEONATAL) 4 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
1-4 5 3 2 3 2 1 2 1 1
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 4 1 3 4 1 3 0 0 0
15-24 7 6 1 4 4 0 3 2 1
25-34 17 5 12 8 3 5 9 2 7
35-44 20 14 6 13 9 4 7 5 2
45-54 41 29 12 18 15 3 23 14 9
55-64 77 50 27 38 26 12 39 24 15
65-74 167 117 50 109 76 33 58 41 17
75-84 217 173 44 93 75 18 124 98 26
85 AND OVER 172 131 41 60 45 15 112 86 26
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 72,427
WHITE 49,061
NONWHITE 23,366
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