SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF CLAY 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 202 112 90 9.3 11.6 7.5
HEART DISEASES 78 51 27 359.4 527.4 224.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 33 16 17 152.0 165.5 141.3
ACCIDENTS 16 10 6 73.7 103.4 49.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 12 6 6 55.3 62.0 49.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 10 7 3 46.1 72.4 24.9
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 2 3 23.0 20.7 24.9
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 4 4 0 18.4 41.4 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 1 2 13.8 10.3 16.6
HYPERTENSION 2 0 2 9.2 0.0 16.6
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 0 2 9.2 0.0 16.6
SUICIDE 2 1 1 9.2 10.3 8.3
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 0 2 9.2 0.0 16.6
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 4.6 10.3 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 0 2 9.2 0.0 16.6
ALL OTHER 30 13 17 138.2 134.4 141.3
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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 202 112 90 92 50 42 110 62 48
UNDER 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 4
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
1-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 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 9 4 5 6 3 3 3 1 2
25-34 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 1
35-44 10 3 7 6 2 4 4 1 3
45-54 18 6 12 8 3 5 10 3 7
55-64 28 14 14 15 8 7 13 6 7
65-74 30 14 16 15 6 9 15 8 7
75-84 54 33 21 23 16 7 31 17 14
85 AND OVER 44 36 8 17 12 5 27 24 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 21,703
WHITE 9,669
NONWHITE 12,034
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