SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAMAR 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 233 208 25 7.4 7.6 6.1
HEART DISEASES 73 70 3 232.0 255.7 73.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 52 45 7 165.3 164.4 171.4
ACCIDENTS 19 19 0 60.4 69.4 0.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 17 16 1 54.0 58.4 24.5
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 13 12 1 41.3 43.8 24.5
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 8 8 0 25.4 29.2 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 3 1 12.7 11.0 24.5
HYPERTENSION 4 2 2 12.7 7.3 49.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 2 1 9.5 7.3 24.5
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 3 0 9.5 11.0 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 2 0 6.4 7.3 0.0
HIV INFECTION 2 2 0 6.4 7.3 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 3.2 3.6 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 3.2 0.0 24.5
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 2.2 0.0 15.9
SUICIDE 1 0 1 3.2 0.0 24.5
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 29 23 6 92.2 84.0 146.9
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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 233 208 25 108 97 11 125 111 14
UNDER 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 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 5 5 0 1 1 0 4 4 0
25-34 6 4 2 6 4 2 0 0 0
35-44 8 7 1 4 4 0 4 3 1
45-54 15 14 1 7 6 1 8 8 0
55-64 35 26 9 24 19 5 11 7 4
65-74 54 50 4 32 30 2 22 20 2
75-84 53 51 2 19 19 0 34 32 2
85 AND OVER 53 48 5 13 12 1 40 36 4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 31,458
WHITE 27,373
NONWHITE 4,085
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