SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF CHOCTAW 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 103 76 27 11.5 12.4 9.6
HEART DISEASES 39 27 12 436.5 441.5 425.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 25 20 5 279.8 327.1 177.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 7 7 0 78.4 114.5 0.0
ACCIDENTS 7 4 3 78.4 65.4 106.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 4 0 44.8 65.4 0.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 2 2 0 22.4 32.7 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 2 0 22.4 32.7 0.0
SUICIDE 2 2 0 22.4 32.7 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 0 2 22.4 0.0 70.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 1 1 0 11.2 16.4 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 11.2 16.4 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 1 1 0 11.2 16.4 0.0
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 11.2 0.0 35.5
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 11.2 16.4 0.0
ALL OTHER 8 4 4 89.5 65.4 141.9
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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 103 76 27 49 34 15 54 42 12
UNDER 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 4 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 0
25-34 3 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0
35-44 7 4 3 3 1 2 4 3 1
45-54 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2
55-64 10 9 1 5 5 0 5 4 1
65-74 23 17 6 14 10 4 9 7 2
75-84 27 22 5 13 10 3 14 12 2
85 AND OVER 24 18 6 6 4 2 18 14 4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 8,934
WHITE 6,115
NONWHITE 2,819
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