SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TUNICA 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 101 34 67 11.1 14.3 10.0
HEART DISEASES 45 14 31 496.5 590.0 463.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 18 8 10 198.6 337.1 149.5
ACCIDENTS 10 6 4 110.3 252.8 59.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 6 1 5 66.2 42.1 74.7
HYPERTENSION 4 0 4 44.1 0.0 59.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 4 1 3 44.1 42.1 44.8
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 0 3 33.1 0.0 44.8
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 1 0 11.0 42.1 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 11.0 42.1 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 11.0 0.0 14.9
SUICIDE 1 1 0 11.0 42.1 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 7 1 6 77.2 42.1 89.7
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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 101 34 67 59 18 41 42 16 26
UNDER 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
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 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
25-34 4 2 2 4 2 2 0 0 0
35-44 7 3 4 4 2 2 3 1 2
45-54 11 4 7 9 4 5 2 0 2
55-64 7 2 5 4 1 3 3 1 2
65-74 24 9 15 10 4 6 14 5 9
75-84 24 8 16 15 4 11 9 4 5
85 AND OVER 18 6 12 7 1 6 11 5 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 9,063
WHITE 2,373
NONWHITE 6,690
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