SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF FORREST 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 718 519 199 9.9 10.6 8.5
HEART DISEASES 259 198 61 357.6 403.6 261.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 141 109 32 194.7 222.2 137.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 34 23 11 46.9 46.9 47.1
ACCIDENTS 34 28 6 46.9 57.1 25.7
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 29 23 6 40.0 46.9 25.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 28 24 4 38.7 48.9 17.1
DIABETES MELLITUS 20 9 11 27.6 18.3 47.1
SUICIDE 12 10 2 16.6 20.4 8.6
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 8 6 2 11.0 12.2 8.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 8 4 4 11.0 8.2 17.1
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 7 4 3 9.7 8.2 12.8
HIV INFECTION 6 0 6 8.3 0.0 25.7
HYPERTENSION 4 3 1 5.5 6.1 4.3
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 3 0 3 4.1 0.0 12.8
TUBERCULOSIS 2 0 2 2.8 0.0 8.6
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 2 0 2.8 4.1 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 0.9 1.6 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 13 6 7 17.9 12.2 30.0
ALL OTHER 107 69 38 147.7 140.6 162.6
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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 718 519 199 348 254 94 370 265 105
UNDER 1 6 3 3 2 1 1 4 2 2
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 5 3 2 2 1 1 3 2 1
1-4 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
15-24 16 11 5 14 10 4 2 1 1
25-34 23 8 15 13 5 8 10 3 7
35-44 18 10 8 15 8 7 3 2 1
45-54 57 35 22 31 20 11 26 15 11
55-64 82 59 23 51 42 9 31 17 14
65-74 157 125 32 90 72 18 67 53 14
75-84 184 139 45 88 70 18 96 69 27
85 AND OVER 168 128 40 39 25 14 129 103 26
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 72,427
WHITE 49,061
NONWHITE 23,366
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