SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LINCOLN 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 363 268 95 11.4 12.2 9.6
HEART DISEASES 128 96 32 401.1 435.6 324.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 77 58 19 241.3 263.1 192.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 27 17 10 84.6 77.1 101.3
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 16 12 4 50.1 54.4 40.5
ACCIDENTS 13 11 2 40.7 49.9 20.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 12 5 7 37.6 22.7 70.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 11 11 0 34.5 49.9 0.0
HYPERTENSION 6 3 3 18.8 13.6 30.4
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 4 4 0 12.5 18.1 0.0
SUICIDE 4 2 2 12.5 9.1 20.3
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 2 1 9.4 9.1 10.1
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 1 1 6.3 4.5 10.1
TUBERCULOSIS 1 1 0 3.1 4.5 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 3.1 4.5 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 2.3 0.0 6.4
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 3.1 0.0 10.1
HIV INFECTION 1 1 0 3.1 4.5 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 3.1 4.5 0.0
ALL OTHER 54 42 12 169.2 190.6 121.6
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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 363 268 95 190 143 47 173 125 48
UNDER 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 2
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 8 6 2 7 5 2 1 1 0
25-34 4 3 1 3 3 0 1 0 1
35-44 17 10 7 13 8 5 4 2 2
45-54 21 9 12 13 6 7 8 3 5
55-64 33 23 10 20 12 8 13 11 2
65-74 73 57 16 49 40 9 24 17 7
75-84 101 80 21 49 39 10 52 41 11
85 AND OVER 102 78 24 35 29 6 67 49 18
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 31,911
WHITE 22,041
NONWHITE 9,870
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