SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SMITH 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 171 146 25 11.5 12.8 7.3
HEART DISEASES 62 56 6 418.6 492.1 174.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 30 23 7 202.5 202.1 203.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 14 12 2 94.5 105.4 58.2
ACCIDENTS 14 9 5 94.5 79.1 145.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 8 8 0 54.0 70.3 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 5 5 0 33.8 43.9 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 2 2 27.0 17.6 58.2
HYPERTENSION 3 3 0 20.2 26.4 0.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 2 2 0 13.5 17.6 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 2 0 13.5 17.6 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 1 1 0 6.8 8.8 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 6.8 8.8 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 6.8 0.0 29.1
ALL OTHER 24 22 2 162.0 193.3 58.2
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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 171 146 25 82 66 16 89 80 9
UNDER 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
15-24 7 5 2 4 2 2 3 3 0
25-34 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
35-44 10 6 4 5 2 3 5 4 1
45-54 6 5 1 2 1 1 4 4 0
55-64 23 19 4 12 10 2 11 9 2
65-74 34 32 2 23 22 1 11 10 1
75-84 45 36 9 21 16 5 24 20 4
85 AND OVER 43 42 1 12 12 0 31 30 1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 14,813
WHITE 11,379
NONWHITE 3,434
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