SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF NEWTON 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 285 196 89 13.2 13.6 12.4
HEART DISEASES 115 90 25 531.7 623.5 347.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 59 40 19 272.8 277.1 264.0
ACCIDENTS 24 11 13 111.0 76.2 180.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 11 8 3 50.8 55.4 41.7
DIABETES MELLITUS 7 6 1 32.4 41.6 13.9
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 7 6 1 32.4 41.6 13.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 6 1 32.4 41.6 13.9
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 7 3 4 32.4 20.8 55.6
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 4 3 1 18.5 20.8 13.9
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 3 1 18.5 20.8 13.9
HYPERTENSION 2 0 2 9.2 0.0 27.8
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 2 0 9.2 13.8 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 2 0 2 9.2 0.0 27.8
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 2 0 6.2 12.2 0.0
SUICIDE 2 1 1 9.2 6.9 13.9
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 1 2 13.9 6.9 27.8
ALL OTHER 27 14 13 124.8 97.0 180.6
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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 285 196 89 163 110 53 122 86 36
UNDER 1 6 4 2 5 3 2 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 5 4 1 4 3 1 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1-4 4 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 0
5-9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 9 2 7 9 2 7 0 0 0
25-34 12 6 6 9 5 4 3 1 2
35-44 12 6 6 9 4 5 3 2 1
45-54 16 9 7 12 6 6 4 3 1
55-64 34 16 18 19 11 8 15 5 10
65-74 58 39 19 43 34 9 15 5 10
75-84 62 52 10 30 25 5 32 27 5
85 AND OVER 71 59 12 23 18 5 48 41 7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 21,630
WHITE 14,434
NONWHITE 7,196
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