SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TUNICA 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 108 38 70 11.9 16.0 10.5
HEART DISEASES 44 15 29 485.5 632.1 433.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 21 9 12 231.7 379.3 179.4
ACCIDENTS 10 1 9 110.3 42.1 134.5
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 5 3 2 55.2 126.4 29.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 4 1 3 44.1 42.1 44.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 2 1 33.1 84.3 14.9
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 11.0 42.1 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 11.0 0.0 14.9
SUICIDE 1 1 0 11.0 42.1 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 11.0 0.0 14.9
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 11.0 0.0 14.9
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 0 2 22.1 0.0 29.9
ALL OTHER 14 5 9 154.5 210.7 134.5
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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 108 38 70 53 22 31 55 16 39
UNDER 1 4 0 4 1 0 1 3 0 3
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 4 0 4 1 0 1 3 0 3
1-4 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
5-9 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
10-14 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
15-24 4 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 2
25-34 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
35-44 6 3 3 5 3 2 1 0 1
45-54 10 3 7 5 1 4 5 2 3
55-64 11 4 7 7 3 4 4 1 3
65-74 22 11 11 14 7 7 8 4 4
75-84 23 10 13 9 5 4 14 5 9
85 AND OVER 21 7 14 6 3 3 15 4 11
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 9,063
WHITE 2,373
NONWHITE 6,690
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