SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SUNFLOWER 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 314 128 186 8.9 11.2 7.8
HEART DISEASES 147 58 89 415.9 507.1 372.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 64 29 35 181.1 253.6 146.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 24 7 17 67.9 61.2 71.1
ACCIDENTS 14 5 9 39.6 43.7 37.6
DIABETES MELLITUS 8 5 3 22.6 43.7 12.5
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 4 3 19.8 35.0 12.5
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 1 3 11.3 8.7 12.5
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 0 4 11.3 0.0 16.7
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 1 2 8.5 8.7 8.4
HIV INFECTION 3 1 2 8.5 8.7 8.4
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 1 1 5.6 8.7 4.2
SUICIDE 2 1 1 5.6 8.7 4.2
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 2.8 0.0 4.2
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 0 1 2.8 0.0 4.2
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 2.8 0.0 4.2
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 2.8 0.0 4.2
ALL OTHER 28 15 13 79.2 131.2 54.4
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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 314 128 186 169 63 106 145 65 80
UNDER 1 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
1-4 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 7 0 7 6 0 6 1 0 1
25-34 14 4 10 9 4 5 5 0 5
35-44 13 4 9 8 3 5 5 1 4
45-54 24 9 15 16 5 11 8 4 4
55-64 35 12 23 26 10 16 9 2 7
65-74 74 34 40 46 23 23 28 11 17
75-84 75 36 39 31 13 18 44 23 21
85 AND OVER 66 27 39 23 3 20 43 24 19
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 35,345
WHITE 11,437
NONWHITE 23,908
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