SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF YAZOO 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 302 151 151 12.0 13.4 10.9
HEART DISEASES 112 65 47 445.6 578.3 338.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 53 29 24 210.9 258.0 172.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 15 10 5 59.7 89.0 36.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 15 6 9 59.7 53.4 64.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 12 9 3 47.7 80.1 21.6
ACCIDENTS 12 5 7 47.7 44.5 50.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 11 5 6 43.8 44.5 43.2
HYPERTENSION 9 0 9 35.8 0.0 64.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 5 2 3 19.9 17.8 21.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 5 1 4 19.9 8.9 28.8
HIV INFECTION 4 0 4 15.9 0.0 28.8
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 1 1 8.0 8.9 7.2
SUICIDE 2 1 1 8.0 8.9 7.2
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 4.0 0.0 7.2
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 5 1 4 19.9 8.9 28.8
ALL OTHER 39 16 23 155.2 142.3 165.5
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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 302 151 151 156 75 81 146 76 70
UNDER 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
1-4 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3
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 8 3 5 6 2 4 2 1 1
35-44 14 2 12 8 0 8 6 2 4
45-54 26 11 15 22 10 12 4 1 3
55-64 35 17 18 18 11 7 17 6 11
65-74 51 29 22 25 13 12 26 16 10
75-84 90 51 39 48 29 19 42 22 20
85 AND OVER 70 37 33 25 9 16 45 28 17
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 25,134
WHITE 11,240
NONWHITE 13,894
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