SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MARION 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 297 218 79 11.9 12.8 10.0
HEART DISEASES 103 79 24 413.0 464.1 303.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 58 39 19 232.6 229.1 240.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 36 26 10 144.4 152.7 126.3
ACCIDENTS 18 11 7 72.2 64.6 88.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 14 13 1 56.1 76.4 12.6
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 9 5 4 36.1 29.4 50.5
DIABETES MELLITUS 8 5 3 32.1 29.4 37.9
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 5 5 0 20.0 29.4 0.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 4 2 2 16.0 11.7 25.3
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 3 0 12.0 17.6 0.0
SUICIDE 3 3 0 12.0 17.6 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 2 1 12.0 11.7 12.6
TUBERCULOSIS 2 1 1 8.0 5.9 12.6
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 1 1 5.4 4.7 6.4
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 4.0 5.9 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 2 0 8.0 11.7 0.0
ALL OTHER 26 20 6 104.2 117.5 75.8
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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 297 218 79 155 111 44 142 107 35
UNDER 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 0
(NEONATAL) 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1-4 2 1 1 2 1 1 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 5 2 3 5 2 3 0 0 0
25-34 9 6 3 5 4 1 4 2 2
35-44 16 13 3 13 10 3 3 3 0
45-54 20 14 6 12 7 5 8 7 1
55-64 27 19 8 13 11 2 14 8 6
65-74 65 47 18 41 29 12 24 18 6
75-84 88 67 21 45 35 10 43 32 11
85 AND OVER 62 47 15 18 12 6 44 35 9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 24,938
WHITE 17,023
NONWHITE 7,915
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