SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF KEMPER 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 93 49 44 8.8 11.4 7.0
HEART DISEASES 40 22 18 379.0 513.5 287.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 20 12 8 189.5 280.1 127.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 3 4 66.3 70.0 63.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 5 2 3 47.4 46.7 47.8
ACCIDENTS 5 2 3 47.4 46.7 47.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 2 1 28.4 46.7 15.9
SUICIDE 3 2 1 28.4 46.7 15.9
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 1 1 19.0 23.3 15.9
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 0 2 19.0 0.0 31.9
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 9.5 0.0 15.9
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 5 3 2 47.4 70.0 31.9
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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 93 49 44 53 28 25 40 21 19
UNDER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
25-34 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
35-44 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
45-54 8 7 1 6 5 1 2 2 0
55-64 8 2 6 7 1 6 1 1 0
65-74 16 9 7 8 6 2 8 3 5
75-84 26 18 8 15 13 2 11 5 6
85 AND OVER 29 12 17 12 2 10 17 10 7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 10,554
WHITE 4,284
NONWHITE 6,270
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