SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JEFFERSON 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 93 10 83 11.2 9.5 11.4
HEART DISEASES 31 6 25 373.7 572.0 345.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 21 2 19 253.2 190.6 262.2
ACCIDENTS 7 0 7 84.4 0.0 96.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 6 1 5 72.3 95.3 69.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 4 1 3 48.2 95.3 41.4
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 0 3 21.4 0.0 23.2
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 0 2 24.1 0.0 27.6
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 2 0 2 24.1 0.0 27.6
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 0 2 24.1 0.0 27.6
SUICIDE 2 0 2 24.1 0.0 27.6
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 1 0 1 12.0 0.0 13.8
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 12.0 0.0 13.8
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 0 2 24.1 0.0 27.6
ALL OTHER 9 0 9 108.5 0.0 124.2
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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 93 10 83 46 5 41 47 5 42
UNDER 1 5 0 5 2 0 2 3 0 3
(NEONATAL) 5 0 5 2 0 2 3 0 3
(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 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
25-34 6 0 6 5 0 5 1 0 1
35-44 7 1 6 6 1 5 1 0 1
45-54 5 0 5 2 0 2 3 0 3
55-64 10 0 10 6 0 6 4 0 4
65-74 22 2 20 10 1 9 12 1 11
75-84 20 4 16 9 3 6 11 1 10
85 AND OVER 17 3 14 5 0 5 12 3 9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 8,295
WHITE 1,049
NONWHITE 7,246
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