SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COVINGTON 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 187 147 40 11.7 14.6 6.7
HEART DISEASES 69 57 12 431.0 565.7 202.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 41 34 7 256.1 337.4 118.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 12 9 3 75.0 89.3 50.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 8 4 4 50.0 39.7 67.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 8 6 2 50.0 59.5 33.7
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 7 6 1 43.7 59.5 16.8
ACCIDENTS 7 5 2 43.7 49.6 33.7
SUICIDE 3 2 1 18.7 19.8 16.8
HYPERTENSION 2 2 0 12.5 19.8 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 2 0 12.5 19.8 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 1 1 12.5 9.9 16.8
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 6.2 9.9 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 1 0 1 6.2 0.0 16.8
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 6.2 9.9 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 3.3 0.0 6.8
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 6.2 9.9 0.0
ALL OTHER 21 16 5 131.2 158.8 84.3
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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 187 147 40 108 84 24 79 63 16
UNDER 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 4 1 3 2 0 2 2 1 1
25-34 4 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 0
35-44 3 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
45-54 9 7 2 5 4 1 4 3 1
55-64 21 15 6 16 12 4 5 3 2
65-74 47 38 9 31 25 6 16 13 3
75-84 54 41 13 32 25 7 22 16 6
85 AND OVER 44 40 4 15 14 1 29 26 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 16,010
WHITE 10,076
NONWHITE 5,934
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