SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF QUITMAN 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 116 50 66 12.2 15.3 10.6
HEART DISEASES 57 26 31 601.9 796.3 499.6
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 26 10 16 274.6 306.3 257.8
ACCIDENTS 6 1 5 63.4 30.6 80.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 3 1 2 31.7 30.6 32.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 3 0 31.7 91.9 0.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 3 1 2 31.7 30.6 32.2
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 2 0 2 21.1 0.0 32.2
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 0 1 10.6 0.0 16.1
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 10.6 30.6 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 10.6 30.6 0.0
SUICIDE 1 0 1 10.6 0.0 16.1
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 10.6 0.0 16.1
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 0 2 21.1 0.0 32.2
ALL OTHER 9 6 3 95.0 183.8 48.3
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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 116 50 66 62 28 34 54 22 32
UNDER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
25-34 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
35-44 5 1 4 5 1 4 0 0 0
45-54 7 3 4 6 3 3 1 0 1
55-64 19 5 14 12 4 8 7 1 6
65-74 22 9 13 14 5 9 8 4 4
75-84 33 15 18 14 8 6 19 7 12
85 AND OVER 26 17 9 9 7 2 17 10 7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 9,470
WHITE 3,265
NONWHITE 6,205
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