SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF BENTON 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 99 73 26 12.6 16.0 7.9
HEART DISEASES 40 32 8 510.1 701.0 244.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 23 14 9 293.3 306.7 274.7
ACCIDENTS 9 8 1 114.8 175.2 30.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 6 4 2 76.5 87.6 61.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 4 4 0 31.2 51.9 0.0
HYPERTENSION 2 1 1 25.5 21.9 30.5
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 2 2 0 25.5 43.8 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 1 0 12.8 21.9 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 12.8 0.0 30.5
HIV INFECTION 1 1 0 12.8 21.9 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 25.5 21.9 30.5
ALL OTHER 8 5 3 102.0 109.5 91.6
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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 99 73 26 54 38 16 45 35 10
UNDER 1 4 4 0 3 3 0 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 4 4 0 3 3 0 1 1 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 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
25-34 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
35-44 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
45-54 11 5 6 9 4 5 2 1 1
55-64 8 5 3 7 4 3 1 1 0
65-74 19 15 4 11 9 2 8 6 2
75-84 24 21 3 12 10 2 12 11 1
85 AND OVER 29 20 9 9 6 3 20 14 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 7,841
WHITE 4,565
NONWHITE 3,276
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