SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF UNION 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 245 223 22 10.4 11.3 6.0
HEART DISEASES 67 58 9 286.0 293.7 244.6
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 56 51 5 239.0 258.2 135.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 30 28 2 128.0 141.8 54.4
ACCIDENTS 14 12 2 59.8 60.8 54.4
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 11 11 0 47.0 55.7 0.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 10 10 0 42.7 50.6 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 7 6 1 29.9 30.4 27.2
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 5 0 21.3 25.3 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 3 3 0 12.8 15.2 0.0
SUICIDE 3 3 0 12.8 15.2 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 2 0 8.5 10.1 0.0
TUBERCULOSIS 1 1 0 4.3 5.1 0.0
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 4.3 5.1 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 4.3 5.1 0.0
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 4.3 5.1 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 2.9 3.6 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 1 0 4.3 5.1 0.0
HIV INFECTION 1 1 0 4.3 5.1 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 2 0 8.5 10.1 0.0
ALL OTHER 28 25 3 119.5 126.6 81.5
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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 245 223 22 127 118 9 118 105 13
UNDER 1 4 4 0 2 2 0 2 2 0
(NEONATAL) 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1-4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
25-34 6 5 1 3 2 1 3 3 0
35-44 6 5 1 4 4 0 2 1 1
45-54 13 11 2 8 7 1 5 4 1
55-64 22 18 4 16 13 3 6 5 1
65-74 38 32 6 20 17 3 18 15 3
75-84 83 81 2 42 42 0 41 39 2
85 AND OVER 68 62 6 29 28 1 39 34 5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 23,429
WHITE 19,750
NONWHITE 3,679
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