SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DESOTO 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 584 499 85 6.6 6.6 6.3
HEART DISEASES 184 158 26 207.8 210.4 192.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 139 126 13 157.0 167.8 96.4
ACCIDENTS 34 26 8 38.4 34.6 59.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 32 25 7 36.1 33.3 51.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 27 21 6 30.5 28.0 44.5
HYPERTENSION 24 20 4 27.1 26.6 29.6
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 13 10 3 14.7 13.3 22.2
SUICIDE 13 13 0 14.7 17.3 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 8 6 2 9.0 8.0 14.8
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 7 3 4 5.0 2.5 20.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 6 0 6.8 8.0 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 6 6 0 6.8 8.0 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 4 3 1 4.5 4.0 7.4
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 1 2 3.4 1.3 14.8
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 2 0 2.2 2.7 0.0
HIV INFECTION 2 2 0 2.2 2.7 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 2 0 2.2 2.7 0.0
ALL OTHER 78 69 9 88.1 91.9 66.7
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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 584 499 85 305 259 46 279 240 39
UNDER 1 16 10 6 10 5 5 6 5 1
(NEONATAL) 11 6 5 6 2 4 5 4 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 5 4 1 4 3 1 1 1 0
1-4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10-14 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
15-24 18 11 7 12 7 5 6 4 2
25-34 13 13 0 9 9 0 4 4 0
35-44 24 17 7 16 12 4 8 5 3
45-54 45 42 3 24 22 2 21 20 1
55-64 71 66 5 42 39 3 29 27 2
65-74 136 123 13 79 74 5 57 49 8
75-84 162 129 33 86 69 17 76 60 16
85 AND OVER 93 84 9 23 19 4 70 65 5
UNKNOWN 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 88,563
WHITE 75,074
NONWHITE 13,489
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