SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LEAKE 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 219 141 78 11.8 12.9 10.2
HEART DISEASES 81 61 20 436.0 559.3 260.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 46 27 19 247.6 247.5 247.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 12 7 5 64.6 64.2 65.2
ACCIDENTS 12 8 4 64.6 73.3 52.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 10 6 4 53.8 55.0 52.1
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 7 0 37.7 64.2 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 3 3 32.3 27.5 39.1
SUICIDE 6 4 2 32.3 36.7 26.1
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 5 0 5 26.9 0.0 65.2
HYPERTENSION 3 2 1 16.1 18.3 13.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 1 1 10.8 9.2 13.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 5.4 9.2 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 5.4 0.0 13.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 5.4 0.0 13.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 0 2 10.8 0.0 26.1
ALL OTHER 24 14 10 129.2 128.4 130.4
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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 219 141 78 111 75 36 108 66 42
UNDER 1 3 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 2
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
15-24 7 3 4 3 0 3 4 3 1
25-34 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
35-44 7 2 5 5 1 4 2 1 1
45-54 13 6 7 8 4 4 5 2 3
55-64 20 13 7 13 10 3 7 3 4
65-74 50 33 17 33 25 8 17 8 9
75-84 66 42 24 27 18 9 39 24 15
85 AND OVER 51 41 10 19 16 3 32 25 7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 18,578
WHITE 10,907
NONWHITE 7,671
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