SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TIPPAH 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 240 200 40 12.2 12.3 11.7
HEART DISEASES 81 72 9 412.9 444.4 263.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 41 34 7 209.0 209.8 205.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 18 13 5 91.8 80.2 146.5
ACCIDENTS 16 9 7 81.6 55.5 205.1
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 13 12 1 66.3 74.1 29.3
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 9 9 0 45.9 55.5 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 7 5 2 35.7 30.9 58.6
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 5 3 2 25.5 18.5 58.6
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 4 2 2 20.4 12.3 58.6
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 4 2 2 20.4 12.3 58.6
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 3 0 15.3 18.5 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 3 0 15.3 18.5 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 0 2 6.6 0.0 27.8
SUICIDE 2 2 0 10.2 12.3 0.0
HIV INFECTION 2 2 0 10.2 12.3 0.0
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 5.1 6.2 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 2 0 10.2 12.3 0.0
ALL OTHER 27 26 1 137.6 160.5 29.3
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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 240 200 40 125 102 23 115 98 17
UNDER 1 8 3 5 5 3 2 3 0 3
(NEONATAL) 5 1 4 2 1 1 3 0 3
(POSTNEONATAL) 3 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
1-4 2 0 2 2 0 2 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 5 4 1 3 3 0 2 1 1
25-34 5 4 1 4 4 0 1 0 1
35-44 11 9 2 10 8 2 1 1 0
45-54 9 9 0 6 6 0 3 3 0
55-64 26 23 3 19 17 2 7 6 1
65-74 42 34 8 24 18 6 18 16 2
75-84 67 56 11 28 22 6 39 34 5
85 AND OVER 64 58 6 24 21 3 40 37 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 19,615
WHITE 16,202
NONWHITE 3,413
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