SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PIKE 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 429 266 163 11.5 13.6 9.2
HEART DISEASES 177 107 70 474.3 546.9 394.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 92 60 32 246.5 306.7 180.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 31 19 12 83.1 97.1 67.6
ACCIDENTS 18 11 7 48.2 56.2 39.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 15 14 1 40.2 71.6 5.6
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 11 5 6 29.5 25.6 33.8
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 5 1 16.1 25.6 5.6
SUICIDE 5 4 1 13.4 20.4 5.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 1 3 10.7 5.1 16.9
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 3 0 8.0 15.3 0.0
HIV INFECTION 3 0 3 8.0 0.0 16.9
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 2 2 0 5.4 10.2 0.0
TUBERCULOSIS 1 1 0 2.7 5.1 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 0 1 2.7 0.0 5.6
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 2.7 0.0 5.6
MATERNAL CAUSES 1 0 1 167.5 0.0 268.8
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 1.7 0.0 2.7
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 2.7 0.0 5.6
ALL OTHER 56 34 22 150.0 173.8 123.9
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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 429 266 163 229 150 79 200 116 84
UNDER 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1-4 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
5-9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10-14 3 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 1
15-24 6 4 2 4 3 1 2 1 1
25-34 6 1 5 5 1 4 1 0 1
35-44 15 4 11 10 4 6 5 0 5
45-54 20 8 12 12 5 7 8 3 5
55-64 58 37 21 35 25 10 23 12 11
65-74 91 59 32 58 39 19 33 20 13
75-84 126 82 44 62 43 19 64 39 25
85 AND OVER 98 67 31 38 27 11 60 40 20
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 37,321
WHITE 19,565
NONWHITE 17,756
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