SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF QUITMAN 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 121 64 57 12.8 19.6 9.2
HEART DISEASES 37 22 15 390.7 673.8 241.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 26 15 11 274.6 459.4 177.3
ACCIDENTS 11 5 6 116.2 153.1 96.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 9 1 8 95.0 30.6 128.9
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 7 3 4 73.9 91.9 64.5
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 5 3 2 52.8 91.9 32.2
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 2 1 31.7 61.2 16.1
HYPERTENSION 2 0 2 21.1 0.0 32.2
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 2 1 1 21.1 30.6 16.1
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 1 1 21.1 30.6 16.1
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 10.6 30.6 0.0
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 0 1 10.6 0.0 16.1
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 5.3 0.0 6.8
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 21.1 30.6 16.1
ALL OTHER 12 9 3 126.7 275.6 48.3
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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 121 64 57 69 33 36 52 31 21
UNDER 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1-4 2 1 1 2 1 1 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 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
25-34 7 2 5 2 0 2 5 2 3
35-44 6 3 3 5 2 3 1 1 0
45-54 7 4 3 4 2 2 3 2 1
55-64 15 7 8 6 3 3 9 4 5
65-74 21 12 9 14 8 6 7 4 3
75-84 38 23 15 20 9 11 18 14 4
85 AND OVER 22 12 10 13 8 5 9 4 5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 9,470
WHITE 3,265
NONWHITE 6,205
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