SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF RANKIN 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 756 612 144 7.3 7.2 7.7
HEART DISEASES 282 230 52 273.3 272.3 278.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 157 134 23 152.2 158.6 122.9
ACCIDENTS 47 42 5 45.6 49.7 26.7
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 36 30 6 34.9 35.5 32.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 31 21 10 30.0 24.9 53.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 21 19 2 20.4 22.5 10.7
SUICIDE 16 15 1 15.5 17.8 5.3
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 14 9 5 13.6 10.6 26.7
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 12 8 4 11.6 9.5 21.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 8 6 2 7.8 7.1 10.7
HYPERTENSION 8 6 2 7.8 7.1 10.7
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 7 5 2 6.8 5.9 10.7
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 6 3 3 4.1 2.6 10.3
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 5 3 2 4.8 3.6 10.7
HIV INFECTION 4 1 3 3.9 1.2 16.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 2 0 1.9 2.4 0.0
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 1.0 1.2 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 6 4 2 5.8 4.7 10.7
ALL OTHER 93 73 20 90.1 86.4 106.9
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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 756 612 144 401 326 75 355 286 69
UNDER 1 15 8 7 9 4 5 6 4 2
(NEONATAL) 8 4 4 5 2 3 3 2 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 7 4 3 4 2 2 3 2 1
1-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
5-9 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
10-14 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
15-24 16 15 1 14 13 1 2 2 0
25-34 28 18 10 19 13 6 9 5 4
35-44 46 33 13 27 20 7 19 13 6
45-54 71 52 19 39 25 14 32 27 5
55-64 107 92 15 73 64 9 34 28 6
65-74 162 144 18 96 86 10 66 58 8
75-84 175 143 32 82 72 10 93 71 22
85 AND OVER 130 103 27 40 28 12 90 75 15
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 103,176
WHITE 84,469
NONWHITE 18,707
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