SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF AMITE COUNTY, 1996
--------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 139 78 61 10.0 10.4 9.6
HEART DISEASES 46 26 20 332.0 348.1 313.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 30 21 9 216.5 281.2 141.0
ACCIDENTS 12 4 8 86.6 53.6 125.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 7 2 5 50.5 26.8 78.3
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 6 1 50.5 80.3 15.7
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 5 4 1 36.1 53.6 15.7
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 2 1 21.6 26.8 15.7
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 1 1 14.4 13.4 15.7
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 2 1 1 14.4 13.4 15.7
SUICIDE 2 2 0 14.4 26.8 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 0 2 14.4 0.0 31.3
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 0 1 7.2 0.0 15.7
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 2 1 21.6 26.8 15.7
ALL OTHER 17 7 10 122.7 93.7 156.6
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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 139 78 61 75 44 31 64 34 30
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 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
15-24 5 2 3 4 1 3 1 1 0
25-34 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0
35-44 6 1 5 4 0 4 2 1 1
45-54 15 7 8 10 6 4 5 1 4
55-64 11 7 4 5 4 1 6 3 3
65-74 31 17 14 17 12 5 14 5 9
75-84 44 29 15 25 18 7 19 11 8
85 AND OVER 21 14 7 5 3 2 16 11 5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 13,854
WHITE 7,469
NONWHITE 6,385
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