SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAWRENCE 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 145 103 42 11.9 13.0 10.0
HEART DISEASES 49 38 11 403.5 478.8 261.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 24 20 4 197.6 252.0 95.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 18 12 6 148.2 151.2 142.6
ACCIDENTS 10 6 4 82.4 75.6 95.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 8 6 2 65.9 75.6 47.5
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 5 2 57.6 63.0 47.5
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 1 4 41.2 12.6 95.1
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 2 0 16.5 25.2 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 1 1 10.5 8.3 14.3
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 0 2 16.5 0.0 47.5
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 8.2 0.0 23.8
SUICIDE 1 1 0 8.2 12.6 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 2 0 16.5 25.2 0.0
ALL OTHER 14 9 5 115.3 113.4 118.8
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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 145 103 42 82 63 19 63 40 23
UNDER 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1
(NEONATAL) 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 4 1 3 4 1 3 0 0 0
15-24 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
25-34 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
35-44 7 4 3 4 3 1 3 1 2
45-54 9 8 1 8 7 1 1 1 0
55-64 23 16 7 15 11 4 8 5 3
65-74 32 25 7 18 16 2 14 9 5
75-84 32 21 11 14 9 5 18 12 6
85 AND OVER 30 23 7 15 13 2 15 10 5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 12,143
WHITE 7,936
NONWHITE 4,207
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