SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WEBSTER 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 130 112 18 12.4 14.0 7.4
HEART DISEASES 43 33 10 412.1 412.6 410.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 29 26 3 277.9 325.1 123.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 16 15 1 153.3 187.6 41.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 5 0 47.9 62.5 0.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 4 4 0 38.3 50.0 0.0
ACCIDENTS 4 3 1 38.3 37.5 41.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 2 1 28.8 25.0 41.0
SUICIDE 3 2 1 28.8 25.0 41.0
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 9.6 12.5 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 9.6 12.5 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 9.6 12.5 0.0
ALL OTHER 20 19 1 191.7 237.6 41.0
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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 130 112 18 59 52 7 71 60 11
UNDER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
25-34 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
35-44 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
45-54 6 3 3 4 2 2 2 1 1
55-64 11 7 4 4 4 0 7 3 4
65-74 32 27 5 16 14 2 16 13 3
75-84 39 36 3 17 16 1 22 20 2
85 AND OVER 36 35 1 14 14 0 22 21 1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 10,434
WHITE 7,997
NONWHITE 2,437
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