SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JEFFERSON 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 104 14 90 12.5 13.3 12.4
HEART DISEASES 33 5 28 397.8 476.6 386.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 24 6 18 289.3 572.0 248.4
ACCIDENTS 5 0 5 60.3 0.0 69.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 3 1 2 36.2 95.3 27.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 0 3 36.2 0.0 41.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 0 2 24.1 0.0 27.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 2 1 1 24.1 95.3 13.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 2 0 2 24.1 0.0 27.6
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 0 2 13.4 0.0 14.1
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 12.0 0.0 13.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 1 0 1 12.0 0.0 13.8
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 12.0 0.0 13.8
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 7 0 7 84.4 0.0 96.6
ALL OTHER 18 1 17 217.0 95.3 234.6
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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 104 14 90 54 9 45 50 5 45
UNDER 1 4 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 2
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
15-24 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
25-34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35-44 6 0 6 5 0 5 1 0 1
45-54 7 1 6 4 0 4 3 1 2
55-64 14 1 13 8 1 7 6 0 6
65-74 27 4 23 20 4 16 7 0 7
75-84 21 4 17 5 1 4 16 3 13
85 AND OVER 23 4 19 9 3 6 14 1 13
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 8,295
WHITE 1,049
NONWHITE 7,246
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