SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAMAR 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 242 220 22 7.7 8.0 5.4
HEART DISEASES 86 78 8 273.4 285.0 195.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 55 51 4 174.8 186.3 97.9
ACCIDENTS 15 15 0 47.7 54.8 0.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 13 13 0 41.3 47.5 0.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 10 8 2 31.8 29.2 49.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 7 5 2 22.2 18.3 49.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 5 4 1 15.9 14.6 24.5
SUICIDE 4 3 1 12.7 11.0 24.5
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 3 1 12.7 11.0 24.5
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 2 0 6.4 7.3 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 2 0 6.4 7.3 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 2 0 6.4 7.3 0.0
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 3.2 3.6 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 1 0 1 3.2 0.0 24.5
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 2 0 6.4 7.3 0.0
ALL OTHER 33 31 2 104.9 113.2 49.0
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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 242 220 22 128 116 12 114 104 10
UNDER 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
15-24 8 7 1 7 6 1 1 1 0
25-34 6 4 2 4 3 1 2 1 1
35-44 13 12 1 12 11 1 1 1 0
45-54 13 11 2 10 9 1 3 2 1
55-64 28 26 2 19 18 1 9 8 1
65-74 54 50 4 28 25 3 26 25 1
75-84 59 54 5 25 24 1 34 30 4
85 AND OVER 57 52 5 20 17 3 37 35 2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 31,458
WHITE 27,373
NONWHITE 4,085
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