SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF GEORGE 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 143 132 11 8.0 8.3 5.7
HEART DISEASES 53 51 2 296.4 319.4 104.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 25 21 4 139.8 131.5 208.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 12 10 2 67.1 62.6 104.4
ACCIDENTS 10 10 0 55.9 62.6 0.0
SUICIDE 5 5 0 28.0 31.3 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 5 5 0 28.0 31.3 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 4 0 22.4 25.0 0.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 4 4 0 22.4 25.0 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 3 0 16.8 18.8 0.0
HYPERTENSION 2 0 2 11.2 0.0 104.4
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 2 2 0 11.2 12.5 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 5.6 6.3 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 3.2 0.0 41.7
HIV INFECTION 1 1 0 5.6 6.3 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 15 15 0 83.9 93.9 0.0
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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 143 132 11 74 70 4 69 62 7
UNDER 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(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 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
15-24 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
25-34 4 4 0 2 2 0 2 2 0
35-44 7 7 0 4 4 0 3 3 0
45-54 19 17 2 10 10 0 9 7 2
55-64 14 13 1 11 10 1 3 3 0
65-74 28 26 2 16 15 1 12 11 1
75-84 41 38 3 20 20 0 21 18 3
85 AND OVER 25 23 2 10 8 2 15 15 0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 17,884
WHITE 15,969
NONWHITE 1,915
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