SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JONES 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 707 536 171 11.4 11.7 10.4
HEART DISEASES 248 201 47 398.4 439.1 285.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 168 130 38 269.9 284.0 230.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 48 37 11 77.1 80.8 66.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 43 31 12 69.1 67.7 72.8
ACCIDENTS 36 28 8 57.8 61.2 48.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 25 19 6 40.2 41.5 36.4
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 13 6 7 20.9 13.1 42.5
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 13 7 6 20.9 15.3 36.4
SUICIDE 7 6 1 11.2 13.1 6.1
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 4 1 8.0 8.7 6.1
HYPERTENSION 4 1 3 6.4 2.2 18.2
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 4 3 1 6.4 6.6 6.1
HIV INFECTION 3 2 1 4.8 4.4 6.1
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 2 1 1 3.2 2.2 6.1
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 1.6 2.2 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 1.6 2.2 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 1.2 1.9 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 3.2 2.2 6.1
ALL OTHER 83 56 27 133.3 122.3 163.8
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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 707 536 171 354 273 81 353 263 90
UNDER 1 4 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 3 1 2 2 0 2 1 1 0
1-4 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
5-9 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
10-14 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
15-24 14 9 5 9 6 3 5 3 2
25-34 12 5 7 8 4 4 4 1 3
35-44 31 24 7 20 15 5 11 9 2
45-54 59 39 20 37 23 14 22 16 6
55-64 77 52 25 49 37 12 28 15 13
65-74 153 112 41 82 66 16 71 46 25
75-84 178 150 28 91 76 15 87 74 13
85 AND OVER 174 140 34 55 45 10 119 95 24
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 62,251
WHITE 45,773
NONWHITE 16,478
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