SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MONROE 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 393 282 111 10.8 11.3 9.6
HEART DISEASES 140 100 40 383.4 401.0 345.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 77 57 20 210.9 228.6 172.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 37 25 12 101.3 100.2 103.6
ACCIDENTS 25 17 8 68.5 68.2 69.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 24 20 4 65.7 80.2 34.6
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 12 7 5 32.9 28.1 43.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 9 8 1 24.6 32.1 8.6
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 3 3 16.4 12.0 25.9
SUICIDE 4 4 0 11.0 16.0 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 3 2 1 8.2 8.0 8.6
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 0 3 6.1 0.0 16.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 1 1 5.5 4.0 8.6
TUBERCULOSIS 1 1 0 2.7 4.0 0.0
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 2.7 0.0 8.6
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 2.7 4.0 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 1 0 2.7 4.0 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 1 3 11.0 4.0 25.9
ALL OTHER 43 34 9 117.8 136.3 77.7
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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 393 282 111 187 141 46 206 141 65
UNDER 1 8 2 6 4 1 3 4 1 3
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 6 2 4 3 1 2 3 1 2
1-4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
15-24 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 0
25-34 7 5 2 4 2 2 3 3 0
35-44 14 9 5 9 6 3 5 3 2
45-54 30 19 11 18 14 4 12 5 7
55-64 50 31 19 30 20 10 20 11 9
65-74 95 78 17 56 49 7 39 29 10
75-84 89 70 19 41 33 8 48 37 11
85 AND OVER 95 65 30 22 15 7 73 50 23
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 36,514
WHITE 24,937
NONWHITE 11,577
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