SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WALTHALL 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 184 104 80 13.0 13.3 12.7
HEART DISEASES 72 43 29 510.8 550.8 461.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 35 18 17 248.3 230.6 270.4
ACCIDENTS 15 8 7 106.4 102.5 111.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 12 4 8 85.1 51.2 127.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 3 4 49.7 38.4 63.6
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 3 2 35.5 38.4 31.8
SUICIDE 5 5 0 35.5 64.0 0.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 3 0 21.3 38.4 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 2 1 21.3 25.6 15.9
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 1 1 14.2 12.8 15.9
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 0 2 14.2 0.0 31.8
HIV INFECTION 2 1 1 14.2 12.8 15.9
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 7.1 0.0 15.9
ALL OTHER 20 13 7 141.9 166.5 111.3
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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 184 104 80 101 60 41 83 44 39
UNDER 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 9 5 4 7 5 2 2 0 2
25-34 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
35-44 12 8 4 10 7 3 2 1 1
45-54 18 5 13 11 3 8 7 2 5
55-64 15 9 6 10 8 2 5 1 4
65-74 35 19 16 21 14 7 14 5 9
75-84 55 37 18 25 15 10 30 22 8
85 AND OVER 37 21 16 16 8 8 21 13 8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 14,094
WHITE 7,807
NONWHITE 6,287
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