SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HANCOCK 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 409 381 28 11.3 11.9 6.8
HEART DISEASES 165 156 9 456.0 486.9 217.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 96 92 4 265.3 287.1 96.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 24 22 2 66.3 68.7 48.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 19 17 2 52.5 53.0 48.3
ACCIDENTS 18 15 3 49.7 46.8 72.4
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 13 12 1 35.9 37.4 24.1
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 10 10 0 27.6 31.2 0.0
SUICIDE 9 9 0 24.9 28.1 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 7 6 1 19.3 18.7 24.1
HIV INFECTION 5 5 0 13.8 15.6 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 4 3 1 11.0 9.4 24.1
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 3 3 0 8.3 9.4 0.0
TUBERCULOSIS 1 1 0 2.8 3.1 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 1 0 2.8 3.1 0.0
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 2.8 3.1 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 2.0 0.0 19.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 2.8 0.0 24.1
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 31 28 3 85.7 87.4 72.4
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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 409 381 28 230 213 17 179 168 11
UNDER 1 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1-4 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
5-9 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
10-14 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
15-24 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
25-34 7 6 1 3 2 1 4 4 0
35-44 24 23 1 19 18 1 5 5 0
45-54 34 32 2 19 18 1 15 14 1
55-64 53 50 3 40 37 3 13 13 0
65-74 107 104 3 67 65 2 40 39 1
75-84 106 102 4 49 47 2 57 55 2
85 AND OVER 67 59 8 28 25 3 39 34 5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 36,182
WHITE 32,040
NONWHITE 4,142
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