SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF GEORGE 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 149 130 19 8.3 8.1 9.9
HEART DISEASES 56 47 9 313.1 294.3 470.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 33 30 3 184.5 187.9 156.6
ACCIDENTS 15 13 2 83.9 81.4 104.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 8 7 1 44.7 43.8 52.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 5 5 0 28.0 31.3 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 3 0 16.8 18.8 0.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 3 3 0 16.8 18.8 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 3 0 10.2 11.3 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 1 1 11.2 6.3 52.2
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 1 1 0 5.6 6.3 0.0
SUICIDE 1 1 0 5.6 6.3 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 5.6 6.3 0.0
ALL OTHER 18 15 3 100.6 93.9 156.6
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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 149 130 19 77 71 6 72 59 13
UNDER 1 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
15-24 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
25-34 7 6 1 4 3 1 3 3 0
35-44 4 4 0 3 3 0 1 1 0
45-54 19 19 0 10 10 0 9 9 0
55-64 19 17 2 11 10 1 8 7 1
65-74 30 26 4 19 17 2 11 9 2
75-84 28 25 3 14 13 1 14 12 2
85 AND OVER 33 26 7 9 9 0 24 17 7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 17,884
WHITE 15,969
NONWHITE 1,915
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