SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SUNFLOWER 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 342 140 202 9.7 12.2 8.4
HEART DISEASES 132 58 74 373.5 507.1 309.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 73 35 38 206.5 306.0 158.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 26 11 15 73.6 96.2 62.7
ACCIDENTS 24 7 17 67.9 61.2 71.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 11 6 5 31.1 52.5 20.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 4 3 19.8 35.0 12.5
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 0 6 17.0 0.0 25.1
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 6 1 5 17.0 8.7 20.9
SUICIDE 5 3 2 14.1 26.2 8.4
HIV INFECTION 5 1 4 14.1 8.7 16.7
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 0 4 11.3 0.0 16.7
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 1 2 8.5 8.7 8.4
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 3 1 2 8.5 8.7 8.4
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 1.9 0.0 2.5
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 1 2 8.5 8.7 8.4
ALL OTHER 33 11 22 93.4 96.2 92.0
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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 342 140 202 172 62 110 170 78 92
UNDER 1 6 1 5 4 1 3 2 0 2
(NEONATAL) 3 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 3 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 2
1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5-9 4 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 1
10-14 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
15-24 9 1 8 8 1 7 1 0 1
25-34 9 4 5 7 2 5 2 2 0
35-44 19 6 13 13 4 9 6 2 4
45-54 28 6 22 17 3 14 11 3 8
55-64 42 18 24 22 10 12 20 8 12
65-74 58 20 38 35 14 21 23 6 17
75-84 97 44 53 43 19 24 54 25 29
85 AND OVER 66 40 26 18 8 10 48 32 16
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 35,345
WHITE 11,437
NONWHITE 23,908
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