SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HOLMES 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 251 81 170 12.1 17.4 10.5
HEART DISEASES 73 29 44 351.4 623.1 273.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 48 15 33 231.1 322.3 204.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 35 7 28 168.5 150.4 173.7
ACCIDENTS 18 4 14 86.6 85.9 86.9
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 8 5 3 38.5 107.4 18.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 6 2 4 28.9 43.0 24.8
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 2 2 19.2 43.0 12.4
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 1 3 19.2 21.5 18.6
HIV INFECTION 3 0 3 14.4 0.0 18.6
TUBERCULOSIS 2 0 2 9.6 0.0 12.4
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 1 1 9.6 21.5 6.2
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 4.8 0.0 6.2
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 0 1 4.8 0.0 6.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 1 0 1 4.8 0.0 6.2
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 2.7 0.0 3.1
SUICIDE 1 1 0 4.8 21.5 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 15 4 11 72.2 85.9 68.2
ALL OTHER 28 10 18 134.8 214.9 111.7
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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 251 81 170 124 37 87 127 44 83
UNDER 1 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1-4 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
15-24 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
25-34 8 0 8 5 0 5 3 0 3
35-44 14 2 12 10 2 8 4 0 4
45-54 19 2 17 13 0 13 6 2 4
55-64 33 10 23 16 5 11 17 5 12
65-74 45 16 29 17 8 9 28 8 20
75-84 64 24 40 29 11 18 35 13 22
85 AND OVER 59 27 32 29 11 18 30 16 14
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 20,771
WHITE 4,654
NONWHITE 16,117
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