SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PONTOTOC 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 240 207 33 9.6 9.9 8.2
HEART DISEASES 91 78 13 363.7 371.9 321.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 54 47 7 215.8 224.1 172.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 14 13 1 56.0 62.0 24.7
ACCIDENTS 13 12 1 52.0 57.2 24.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 11 10 1 44.0 47.7 24.7
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 9 7 2 36.0 33.4 49.4
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 3 0 12.0 14.3 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 3 0 12.0 14.3 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 1 2 8.8 3.5 37.7
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 2 0 8.0 9.5 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 2 0 8.0 9.5 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 1 1 8.0 4.8 24.7
HIV INFECTION 2 2 0 8.0 9.5 0.0
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 4.0 0.0 24.7
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 4.0 4.8 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 8.0 4.8 24.7
ALL OTHER 27 24 3 107.9 114.4 74.1
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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 240 207 33 126 107 19 114 100 14
UNDER 1 5 3 2 2 0 2 3 3 0
(NEONATAL) 3 1 2 2 0 2 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 4 1 4 3 1 1 1 0
25-34 4 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 0
35-44 11 10 1 9 8 1 2 2 0
45-54 12 10 2 7 6 1 5 4 1
55-64 22 21 1 14 14 0 8 7 1
65-74 55 48 7 30 28 2 25 20 5
75-84 69 61 8 39 32 7 30 29 1
85 AND OVER 57 47 10 18 14 4 39 33 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 25,020
WHITE 20,971
NONWHITE 4,049
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