SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MONROE 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 379 278 101 10.4 11.1 8.7
HEART DISEASES 141 101 40 386.2 405.0 345.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 70 50 20 191.7 200.5 172.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 27 23 4 73.9 92.2 34.6
ACCIDENTS 24 18 6 65.7 72.2 51.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 21 19 2 57.5 76.2 17.3
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 15 9 6 41.1 36.1 51.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 11 8 3 30.1 32.1 25.9
DIABETES MELLITUS 7 4 3 19.2 16.0 25.9
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 4 2 2 7.1 5.9 9.0
SUICIDE 3 3 0 8.2 12.0 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 2 0 5.5 8.0 0.0
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 2.7 0.0 8.6
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 0 1 2.7 0.0 8.6
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 2.7 0.0 8.6
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 6 4 2 16.4 16.0 17.3
ALL OTHER 45 35 10 123.2 140.4 86.4
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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 379 278 101 196 149 47 183 129 54
UNDER 1 7 5 2 3 3 0 4 2 2
(NEONATAL) 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 2
(POSTNEONATAL) 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5-9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
10-14 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
15-24 9 6 3 6 4 2 3 2 1
25-34 12 9 3 8 5 3 4 4 0
35-44 11 8 3 9 7 2 2 1 1
45-54 23 17 6 11 10 1 12 7 5
55-64 38 22 16 18 12 6 20 10 10
65-74 83 64 19 45 35 10 38 29 9
75-84 117 83 34 61 44 17 56 39 17
85 AND OVER 75 62 13 32 27 5 43 35 8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 36,514
WHITE 24,937
NONWHITE 11,577
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