SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PONTOTOC 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 231 207 24 9.2 9.9 5.9
HEART DISEASES 68 60 8 271.8 286.1 197.6
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 59 57 2 235.8 271.8 49.4
ACCIDENTS 18 15 3 71.9 71.5 74.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 16 14 2 63.9 66.8 49.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 11 11 0 44.0 52.4 0.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 9 7 2 36.0 33.4 49.4
SUICIDE 6 6 0 24.0 28.6 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 5 0 20.0 23.8 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 3 3 0 12.0 14.3 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 2 1 12.0 9.5 24.7
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 2 1 12.0 9.5 24.7
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 2 0 8.0 9.5 0.0
TUBERCULOSIS 1 1 0 4.0 4.8 0.0
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 4.0 4.8 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 2.7 0.0 15.9
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 8.0 4.8 24.7
ALL OTHER 23 20 3 91.9 95.4 74.1
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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 231 207 24 117 102 15 114 105 9
UNDER 1 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 7 5 2 3 2 1 4 3 1
25-34 6 5 1 5 4 1 1 1 0
35-44 8 5 3 7 4 3 1 1 0
45-54 14 12 2 7 5 2 7 7 0
55-64 27 24 3 17 16 1 10 8 2
65-74 53 49 4 32 30 2 21 19 2
75-84 62 57 5 29 26 3 33 31 2
85 AND OVER 51 50 1 15 15 0 36 35 1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 25,020
WHITE 20,971
NONWHITE 4,049
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