SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JASPER 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 176 94 82 10.2 11.5 9.0
HEART DISEASES 55 26 29 319.1 318.4 319.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 40 21 19 232.1 257.1 209.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 14 7 7 81.2 85.7 77.2
ACCIDENTS 14 5 9 81.2 61.2 99.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 5 2 3 29.0 24.5 33.1
SUICIDE 5 5 0 29.0 61.2 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 2 1 17.4 24.5 11.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 3 2 1 17.4 24.5 11.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 2 1 17.4 24.5 11.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 1 1 11.6 12.2 11.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 5.8 12.2 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 3.4 9.9 0.0
HIV INFECTION 1 1 0 5.8 12.2 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 5.8 12.2 0.0
ALL OTHER 28 17 11 162.5 208.2 121.3
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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 176 94 82 99 54 45 77 40 37
UNDER 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
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 4 1 3 2 1 1 2 0 2
25-34 5 3 2 2 1 1 3 2 1
35-44 7 2 5 5 1 4 2 1 1
45-54 18 7 11 11 6 5 7 1 6
55-64 27 15 12 17 11 6 10 4 6
65-74 33 20 13 16 7 9 17 13 4
75-84 45 29 16 26 18 8 19 11 8
85 AND OVER 34 15 19 18 8 10 16 7 9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 17,235
WHITE 8,167
NONWHITE 9,068
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