SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAFAYETTE 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 234 147 87 6.8 5.9 9.2
HEART DISEASES 68 43 25 197.7 172.5 264.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 62 38 24 180.3 152.4 253.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 21 12 9 61.1 48.1 95.1
ACCIDENTS 14 3 11 40.7 12.0 116.3
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 11 9 2 32.0 36.1 21.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 8 8 0 23.3 32.1 0.0
SUICIDE 4 3 1 11.6 12.0 10.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 1 3 11.6 4.0 31.7
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 2 1 8.7 8.0 10.6
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 2 1 8.7 8.0 10.6
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 2 0 5.8 8.0 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 2.4 4.2 0.0
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 2.9 0.0 10.6
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 5.8 4.0 10.6
ALL OTHER 30 22 8 87.2 88.2 84.6
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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 234 147 87 116 71 45 118 76 42
UNDER 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5-9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 7 3 4 6 3 3 1 0 1
25-34 4 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 0
35-44 17 4 13 12 3 9 5 1 4
45-54 16 8 8 10 5 5 6 3 3
55-64 15 12 3 10 9 1 5 3 2
65-74 52 34 18 29 19 10 23 15 8
75-84 67 46 21 28 20 8 39 26 13
85 AND OVER 51 35 16 15 9 6 36 26 10
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 34,388
WHITE 24,927
NONWHITE 9,461
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