SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAUDERDALE 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 802 548 254 10.5 11.3 9.0
HEART DISEASES 308 225 83 402.7 465.5 295.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 153 103 50 200.1 213.1 177.7
ACCIDENTS 47 30 17 61.4 62.1 60.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 40 27 13 52.3 55.8 46.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 39 30 9 51.0 62.1 32.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 35 29 6 45.8 60.0 21.3
HIV INFECTION 11 4 7 14.4 8.3 24.9
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 9 4 5 11.8 8.3 17.8
SUICIDE 9 9 0 11.8 18.6 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 8 2 6 7.0 3.5 10.5
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 8 4 4 10.5 8.3 14.2
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 1 5 7.8 2.1 17.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 6 4 2 7.8 8.3 7.1
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 4 4 0 5.2 8.3 0.0
HYPERTENSION 3 1 2 3.9 2.1 7.1
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 1 3 5.2 2.1 10.7
ALL OTHER 112 70 42 146.4 144.8 149.3
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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 802 548 254 389 266 123 413 282 131
UNDER 1 16 6 10 9 5 4 7 1 6
(NEONATAL) 11 4 7 6 3 3 5 1 4
(POSTNEONATAL) 5 2 3 3 2 1 2 0 2
1-4 4 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 1
5-9 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
10-14 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
15-24 9 2 7 7 2 5 2 0 2
25-34 20 10 10 13 7 6 7 3 4
35-44 32 21 11 24 17 7 8 4 4
45-54 45 28 17 24 18 6 21 10 11
55-64 92 58 34 60 43 17 32 15 17
65-74 143 106 37 69 52 17 74 54 20
75-84 222 157 65 113 79 34 109 78 31
85 AND OVER 214 157 57 64 41 23 150 116 34
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 76,475
WHITE 48,338
NONWHITE 28,137
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