SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF NESHOBA 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 288 211 77 10.7 11.6 8.8
HEART DISEASES 83 64 19 308.2 352.0 217.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 50 37 13 185.6 203.5 148.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 30 25 5 111.4 137.5 57.1
ACCIDENTS 26 16 10 96.5 88.0 114.3
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 12 8 4 44.6 44.0 45.7
DIABETES MELLITUS 10 5 5 37.1 27.5 57.1
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 10 3 7 37.1 16.5 80.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 6 6 0 22.3 33.0 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 2 2 14.8 11.0 22.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 3 0 11.1 16.5 0.0
SUICIDE 3 3 0 11.1 16.5 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 1 1 7.4 5.5 11.4
HIV INFECTION 2 1 1 7.4 5.5 11.4
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 3.7 5.5 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 2.3 0.0 4.8
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 2 2 14.8 11.0 22.8
ALL OTHER 41 34 7 152.2 187.0 80.0
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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 288 211 77 136 92 44 152 119 33
UNDER 1 5 2 3 2 0 2 3 2 1
(NEONATAL) 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
1-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 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 9 4 5 6 2 4 3 2 1
25-34 8 6 2 5 4 1 3 2 1
35-44 15 7 8 8 5 3 7 2 5
45-54 22 14 8 17 10 7 5 4 1
55-64 28 14 14 16 7 9 12 7 5
65-74 58 44 14 30 22 8 28 22 6
75-84 70 56 14 29 22 7 41 34 7
85 AND OVER 71 64 7 21 20 1 50 44 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 26,934
WHITE 18,182
NONWHITE 8,752
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