SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PERRY 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 119 95 24 10.5 11.0 8.9
HEART DISEASES 50 37 13 441.6 429.5 480.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 23 17 6 203.2 197.3 221.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 8 8 0 70.7 92.9 0.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 8 8 0 70.7 92.9 0.0
ACCIDENTS 7 6 1 61.8 69.6 37.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 6 5 1 53.0 58.0 37.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 2 0 17.7 23.2 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 2 0 17.7 23.2 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 8.8 11.6 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 5 4 1 44.2 46.4 37.0
ALL OTHER 7 5 2 61.8 58.0 73.9
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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 119 95 24 64 52 12 55 43 12
UNDER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
25-34 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
35-44 5 2 3 4 2 2 1 0 1
45-54 10 6 4 7 4 3 3 2 1
55-64 23 21 2 17 17 0 6 4 2
65-74 24 15 9 9 6 3 15 9 6
75-84 25 23 2 13 12 1 12 11 1
85 AND OVER 27 24 3 11 9 2 16 15 1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 11,321
WHITE 8,615
NONWHITE 2,706
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