SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAWRENCE 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 148 99 49 12.2 12.5 11.6
HEART DISEASES 61 46 15 502.3 579.6 356.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 23 14 9 189.4 176.4 213.9
ACCIDENTS 14 7 7 115.3 88.2 166.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 12 9 3 98.8 113.4 71.3
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 7 6 1 57.6 75.6 23.8
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 0 2 16.5 0.0 47.5
TUBERCULOSIS 1 1 0 8.2 12.6 0.0
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 8.2 0.0 23.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 1 1 0 8.2 12.6 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 1 0 1 8.2 0.0 23.8
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 8.2 12.6 0.0
SUICIDE 1 1 0 8.2 12.6 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 8.2 0.0 23.8
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 22 13 9 181.2 163.8 213.9
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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 148 99 49 83 54 29 65 45 20
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 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
15-24 5 2 3 4 2 2 1 0 1
25-34 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
35-44 9 3 6 6 2 4 3 1 2
45-54 8 4 4 6 3 3 2 1 1
55-64 17 11 6 12 7 5 5 4 1
65-74 36 25 11 19 14 5 17 11 6
75-84 40 26 14 24 17 7 16 9 7
85 AND OVER 30 25 5 10 7 3 20 18 2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 12,143
WHITE 7,936
NONWHITE 4,207
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