SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PEARL RIVER 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 420 358 62 10.0 10.2 9.3
HEART DISEASES 149 128 21 355.9 363.6 314.9
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 99 85 14 236.5 241.5 210.0
ACCIDENTS 26 22 4 62.1 62.5 60.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 21 20 1 50.2 56.8 15.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 18 16 2 43.0 45.4 30.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 16 13 3 38.2 36.9 45.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 10 9 1 23.9 25.6 15.0
SUICIDE 5 5 0 11.9 14.2 0.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 4 4 0 9.6 11.4 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 4 4 0 9.6 11.4 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 4 4 0 9.6 11.4 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 3 0 7.2 8.5 0.0
HIV INFECTION 3 1 2 7.2 2.8 30.0
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 2.4 2.8 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 2.4 2.8 0.0
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 2.4 2.8 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 1.6 1.9 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 0 2 4.8 0.0 30.0
ALL OTHER 52 40 12 124.2 113.6 180.0
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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 420 358 62 237 202 35 183 156 27
UNDER 1 4 3 1 3 3 0 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 3 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 12 11 1 10 9 1 2 2 0
25-34 7 6 1 4 3 1 3 3 0
35-44 23 17 6 19 14 5 4 3 1
45-54 23 21 2 20 18 2 3 3 0
55-64 58 48 10 30 23 7 28 25 3
65-74 106 91 15 63 55 8 43 36 7
75-84 114 97 17 66 58 8 48 39 9
85 AND OVER 72 63 9 22 19 3 50 44 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 41,866
WHITE 35,198
NONWHITE 6,668
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