SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JEFF DAVIS 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 184 90 94 13.6 15.9 12.0
HEART DISEASES 63 37 26 465.7 652.9 330.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 44 22 22 325.3 388.2 279.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 10 7 3 73.9 123.5 38.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 10 7 3 73.9 123.5 38.2
ACCIDENTS 10 2 8 73.9 35.3 101.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 6 2 4 44.4 35.3 50.9
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 5 2 3 37.0 35.3 38.2
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 1 2 22.2 17.6 25.4
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 0 3 13.2 0.0 18.4
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 1 1 14.8 17.6 12.7
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 0 2 14.8 0.0 25.4
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 7.4 0.0 12.7
SUICIDE 1 1 0 7.4 17.6 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 0 2 14.8 0.0 25.4
ALL OTHER 22 8 14 162.6 141.2 178.1
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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 184 90 94 93 47 46 91 43 48
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
25-34 6 2 4 1 0 1 5 2 3
35-44 8 1 7 4 0 4 4 1 3
45-54 9 4 5 7 3 4 2 1 1
55-64 23 11 12 16 7 9 7 4 3
65-74 41 23 18 22 15 7 19 8 11
75-84 51 28 23 24 14 10 27 14 13
85 AND OVER 40 20 20 16 7 9 24 13 11
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 13,527
WHITE 5,667
NONWHITE 7,860
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