SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WILKINSON 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 49 81 14.4 19.8 12.3
HEART DISEASES 47 21 26 519.8 846.8 396.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 26 9 17 287.6 362.9 259.1
ACCIDENTS 9 2 7 99.5 80.6 106.7
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 1 5 66.4 40.3 76.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 6 5 1 66.4 201.6 15.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 5 1 4 55.3 40.3 61.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 4 2 2 44.2 80.6 30.5
SUICIDE 4 1 3 44.2 40.3 45.7
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 2 0 22.1 80.6 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 2 0 2 22.1 0.0 30.5
HIV INFECTION 2 0 2 22.1 0.0 30.5
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 11.1 40.3 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 11.1 0.0 15.2
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 8.3 0.0 11.1
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 11.1 0.0 15.2
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 22.1 40.3 15.2
ALL OTHER 11 3 8 121.7 121.0 121.9
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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 49 81 60 20 40 70 29 41
UNDER 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 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 6 1 5 5 1 4 1 0 1
25-34 5 1 4 3 1 2 2 0 2
35-44 10 2 8 8 1 7 2 1 1
45-54 10 1 9 5 1 4 5 0 5
55-64 13 5 8 4 2 2 9 3 6
65-74 27 15 12 12 8 4 15 7 8
75-84 27 8 19 15 5 10 12 3 9
85 AND OVER 31 16 15 7 1 6 24 15 9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 9,041
WHITE 2,480
NONWHITE 6,561
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