SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF CALHOUN 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 178 131 47 12.2 12.6 11.2
HEART DISEASES 68 52 16 464.8 498.8 380.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 38 31 7 259.7 297.4 166.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 18 10 8 123.0 95.9 190.2
ACCIDENTS 8 3 5 54.7 28.8 118.9
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 3 2 34.2 28.8 47.6
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 2 1 20.5 19.2 23.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 3 0 20.5 28.8 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 0 3 20.5 0.0 71.3
SUICIDE 3 3 0 20.5 28.8 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 1 2 20.5 9.6 47.6
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 6.8 9.6 0.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 1 1 0 6.8 9.6 0.0
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 6.8 9.6 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 23 20 3 157.2 191.9 71.3
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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 178 131 47 87 62 25 91 69 22
UNDER 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 2
25-34 7 4 3 5 3 2 2 1 1
35-44 7 5 2 5 3 2 2 2 0
45-54 10 5 5 9 5 4 1 0 1
55-64 18 11 7 12 8 4 6 3 3
65-74 38 26 12 16 11 5 22 15 7
75-84 45 37 8 23 19 4 22 18 4
85 AND OVER 49 42 7 16 13 3 33 29 4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 14,630
WHITE 10,424
NONWHITE 4,206
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