SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PEARL RIVER 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 397 353 44 9.5 10.0 6.6
HEART DISEASES 135 120 15 322.4 340.9 225.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 86 77 9 205.4 218.8 135.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 22 21 1 52.5 59.7 15.0
ACCIDENTS 22 21 1 52.5 59.7 15.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 19 15 4 45.4 42.6 60.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 15 14 1 35.8 39.8 15.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 13 11 2 31.0 31.2 30.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 5 5 0 11.9 14.2 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 5 3 2 11.9 8.5 30.0
SUICIDE 4 3 1 9.6 8.5 15.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 2 1 7.2 5.7 15.0
HIV INFECTION 2 0 2 4.8 0.0 30.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 2.4 2.8 0.0
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 2.4 2.8 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 2.4 2.8 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 1.7 2.0 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 3 0 7.2 8.5 0.0
ALL OTHER 59 54 5 140.9 153.4 75.0
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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 397 353 44 213 190 23 184 163 21
UNDER 1 4 4 0 1 1 0 3 3 0
(NEONATAL) 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10-14 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
15-24 11 9 2 9 7 2 2 2 0
25-34 10 6 4 6 3 3 4 3 1
35-44 16 11 5 12 10 2 4 1 3
45-54 34 27 7 22 17 5 12 10 2
55-64 61 53 8 41 36 5 20 17 3
65-74 99 90 9 56 52 4 43 38 5
75-84 96 90 6 54 52 2 42 38 4
85 AND OVER 62 59 3 12 12 0 50 47 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 41,866
WHITE 35,198
NONWHITE 6,668
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