SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SHARKEY 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 81 28 53 11.8 14.2 10.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 25 8 17 363.6 406.7 346.4
HEART DISEASES 25 5 20 363.6 254.2 407.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 5 2 3 72.7 101.7 61.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 1 2 43.6 50.8 40.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 0 3 43.6 0.0 61.1
ACCIDENTS 3 2 1 43.6 101.7 20.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 2 2 0 29.1 101.7 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 2 0 29.1 101.7 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 14.5 50.8 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 14.5 0.0 20.4
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 14.5 0.0 20.4
ALL OTHER 10 5 5 145.4 254.2 101.9
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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 81 28 53 38 13 25 43 15 28
UNDER 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
15-24 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
25-34 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
35-44 5 0 5 2 0 2 3 0 3
45-54 7 0 7 5 0 5 2 0 2
55-64 11 5 6 5 2 3 6 3 3
65-74 14 3 11 7 0 7 7 3 4
75-84 19 8 11 8 5 3 11 3 8
85 AND OVER 19 10 9 7 4 3 12 6 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 6,875
WHITE 1,967
NONWHITE 4,908
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