SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF UNION 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 245 220 25 10.4 11.1 6.8
HEART DISEASES 95 83 12 405.5 420.2 326.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 43 41 2 183.5 207.6 54.4
ACCIDENTS 20 19 1 85.4 96.2 27.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 19 16 3 81.1 81.0 81.5
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 18 16 2 76.8 81.0 54.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 14 14 0 59.8 70.9 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 4 1 21.3 20.2 27.2
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 4 0 17.1 20.2 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 2 0 8.5 10.1 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 2 0 8.5 10.1 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 2 0 8.5 10.1 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 2 0 8.5 10.1 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 3.1 4.1 0.0
SUICIDE 1 1 0 4.3 5.1 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 2 1 12.8 10.1 27.2
ALL OTHER 14 11 3 59.8 55.7 81.5
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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 245 220 25 119 108 11 126 112 14
UNDER 1 5 4 1 3 2 1 2 2 0
(NEONATAL) 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
15-24 7 7 0 4 4 0 3 3 0
25-34 8 6 2 4 3 1 4 3 1
35-44 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
45-54 5 4 1 5 4 1 0 0 0
55-64 33 31 2 19 17 2 14 14 0
65-74 57 53 4 34 33 1 23 20 3
75-84 58 47 11 26 22 4 32 25 7
85 AND OVER 66 62 4 20 19 1 46 43 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 23,429
WHITE 19,750
NONWHITE 3,679
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