SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF RANKIN 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 730 585 145 7.1 6.9 7.8
HEART DISEASES 297 240 57 287.8 284.1 304.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 154 125 29 149.3 148.0 155.0
ACCIDENTS 36 29 7 34.9 34.3 37.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 34 31 3 33.0 36.7 16.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 25 16 9 24.2 18.9 48.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 21 14 7 20.4 16.6 37.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 13 8 5 12.6 9.5 26.7
SUICIDE 12 12 0 11.6 14.2 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 7 7 0 6.8 8.3 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 7 5 2 4.8 4.3 6.8
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 7 4 3 6.8 4.7 16.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 5 5 0 4.8 5.9 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 2 1 2.9 2.4 5.3
HIV INFECTION 3 1 2 2.9 1.2 10.7
HYPERTENSION 2 0 2 1.9 0.0 10.7
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 2 0 1.9 2.4 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 8 6 2 7.8 7.1 10.7
ALL OTHER 94 78 16 91.1 92.3 85.5
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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 730 585 145 373 299 74 357 286 71
UNDER 1 15 11 4 9 7 2 6 4 2
(NEONATAL) 11 9 2 8 6 2 3 3 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 2
1-4 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
5-9 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 17 15 2 10 8 2 7 7 0
25-34 25 20 5 17 14 3 8 6 2
35-44 30 25 5 20 16 4 10 9 1
45-54 55 40 15 37 27 10 18 13 5
55-64 97 75 22 63 47 16 34 28 6
65-74 156 135 21 98 83 15 58 52 6
75-84 183 147 36 71 61 10 112 86 26
85 AND OVER 147 112 35 46 34 12 101 78 23
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 103,176
WHITE 84,469
NONWHITE 18,707
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