SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF CHICKASAW 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 213 141 72 12.1 13.5 10.0
HEART DISEASES 80 51 29 453.3 488.4 402.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 53 39 14 300.3 373.4 194.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 14 9 5 79.3 86.2 69.4
ACCIDENTS 11 7 4 62.3 67.0 55.5
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 10 7 3 56.7 67.0 41.6
DIABETES MELLITUS 8 4 4 45.3 38.3 55.5
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 3 0 17.0 28.7 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 3 2 1 17.0 19.2 13.9
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 1 1 11.3 9.6 13.9
HIV INFECTION 2 2 0 11.3 19.2 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 1 1 0 5.7 9.6 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 3.2 0.0 6.6
SUICIDE 1 1 0 5.7 9.6 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 2 1 17.0 19.2 13.9
ALL OTHER 21 12 9 119.0 114.9 124.9
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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 213 141 72 109 72 37 104 69 35
UNDER 1 5 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 2
(NEONATAL) 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
15-24 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
25-34 4 2 2 4 2 2 0 0 0
35-44 11 6 5 8 5 3 3 1 2
45-54 15 8 7 6 5 1 9 3 6
55-64 27 15 12 16 10 6 11 5 6
65-74 47 29 18 28 17 11 19 12 7
75-84 52 37 15 28 20 8 24 17 7
85 AND OVER 48 40 8 14 11 3 34 29 5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 17,648
WHITE 10,443
NONWHITE 7,205
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