SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TISHOMINGO 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 246 242 4 13.9 14.3 5.7
HEART DISEASES 89 88 1 503.8 518.7 142.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 61 60 1 345.3 353.7 142.4
ACCIDENTS 22 22 0 124.5 129.7 0.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 16 14 2 90.6 82.5 284.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 10 10 0 56.6 58.9 0.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 8 8 0 45.3 47.2 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 7 7 0 39.6 41.3 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 3 0 17.0 17.7 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 2 0 11.3 11.8 0.0
SUICIDE 2 2 0 11.3 11.8 0.0
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 5.7 5.9 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 5.7 5.9 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 5.7 5.9 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 1 0 5.7 5.9 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 5.7 5.9 0.0
ALL OTHER 21 21 0 118.9 123.8 0.0
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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 246 242 4 134 131 3 112 111 1
UNDER 1 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
5-9 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
25-34 9 9 0 7 7 0 2 2 0
35-44 8 8 0 5 5 0 3 3 0
45-54 13 13 0 8 8 0 5 5 0
55-64 22 22 0 14 14 0 8 8 0
65-74 57 55 2 36 34 2 21 21 0
75-84 77 76 1 40 39 1 37 37 0
85 AND OVER 51 50 1 18 18 0 33 32 1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 17,666
WHITE 16,964
NONWHITE 702
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