SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAUDERDALE 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 818 527 291 10.7 10.9 10.3
HEART DISEASES 281 185 96 367.4 382.7 341.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 177 118 59 231.4 244.1 209.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 48 30 18 62.8 62.1 64.0
ACCIDENTS 48 32 16 62.8 66.2 56.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 47 34 13 61.4 70.3 46.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 43 35 8 56.2 72.4 28.4
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 13 2 11 17.0 4.1 39.1
DIABETES MELLITUS 11 6 5 14.4 12.4 17.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 9 8 1 11.8 16.6 3.6
SUICIDE 9 8 1 11.8 16.6 3.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 9 4 5 11.8 8.3 17.8
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 5 1 4 4.4 1.8 6.9
HIV INFECTION 5 0 5 6.5 0.0 17.8
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 3 0 3 3.9 0.0 10.7
HYPERTENSION 2 1 1 2.6 2.1 3.6
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 5 1 4 6.5 2.1 14.2
ALL OTHER 103 62 41 134.7 128.3 145.7
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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 818 527 291 389 248 141 429 279 150
UNDER 1 16 2 14 10 2 8 6 0 6
(NEONATAL) 8 0 8 5 0 5 3 0 3
(POSTNEONATAL) 8 2 6 5 2 3 3 0 3
1-4 5 2 3 3 0 3 2 2 0
5-9 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
10-14 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
15-24 10 9 1 7 7 0 3 2 1
25-34 25 6 19 19 5 14 6 1 5
35-44 37 21 16 22 13 9 15 8 7
45-54 42 24 18 26 16 10 16 8 8
55-64 86 54 32 48 31 17 38 23 15
65-74 158 104 54 79 55 24 79 49 30
75-84 238 164 74 110 77 33 128 87 41
85 AND OVER 196 138 58 61 40 21 135 98 37
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 76,475
WHITE 48,338
NONWHITE 28,137
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