SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LEFLORE 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 442 179 263 12.0 13.3 11.2
HEART DISEASES 172 73 99 465.2 541.9 421.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 75 33 42 202.9 245.0 178.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 37 13 24 100.1 96.5 102.1
ACCIDENTS 34 16 18 92.0 118.8 76.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 15 4 11 40.6 29.7 46.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 14 7 7 37.9 52.0 29.8
DIABETES MELLITUS 12 1 11 32.4 7.4 46.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 8 5 3 21.6 37.1 12.8
HIV INFECTION 5 0 5 13.5 0.0 21.3
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 4 2 2 10.8 14.8 8.5
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 4 0 4 5.8 0.0 7.5
SUICIDE 4 3 1 10.8 22.3 4.2
HYPERTENSION 3 1 2 8.1 7.4 8.5
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 2 0 2 5.4 0.0 8.5
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 0 2 5.4 0.0 8.5
TUBERCULOSIS 1 0 1 2.7 0.0 4.2
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 0 1 2.7 0.0 4.2
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 2 2 10.8 14.8 8.5
ALL OTHER 45 19 26 121.7 141.0 110.6
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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 442 179 263 219 80 139 223 99 124
UNDER 1 9 0 9 4 0 4 5 0 5
(NEONATAL) 5 0 5 2 0 2 3 0 3
(POSTNEONATAL) 4 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 2
1-4 3 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
15-24 14 9 5 8 4 4 6 5 1
25-34 13 1 12 10 1 9 3 0 3
35-44 15 4 11 11 3 8 4 1 3
45-54 38 10 28 23 6 17 15 4 11
55-64 52 15 37 33 11 22 19 4 15
65-74 71 24 47 46 16 30 25 8 17
75-84 110 51 59 45 19 26 65 32 33
85 AND OVER 114 64 50 34 19 15 80 45 35
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 36,970
WHITE 13,470
NONWHITE 23,500
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