SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WALTHALL 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 156 109 47 11.1 14.0 7.5
HEART DISEASES 51 38 13 361.8 486.7 206.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 31 23 8 220.0 294.6 127.2
ACCIDENTS 16 13 3 113.5 166.5 47.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 9 6 3 63.8 76.8 47.7
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 9 5 4 63.8 64.0 63.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 5 3 2 35.5 38.4 31.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 2 2 28.4 25.6 31.8
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 2 2 28.4 25.6 31.8
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 0 3 21.3 0.0 47.7
TUBERCULOSIS 1 0 1 7.1 0.0 15.9
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 7.1 12.8 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 7.1 12.8 0.0
SUICIDE 1 1 0 7.1 12.8 0.0
HIV INFECTION 1 1 0 7.1 12.8 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 14.2 12.8 15.9
ALL OTHER 17 12 5 120.6 153.7 79.5
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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 156 109 47 73 51 22 83 58 25
UNDER 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1
(NEONATAL) 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 0 1
15-24 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
25-34 9 5 4 7 4 3 2 1 1
35-44 8 4 4 2 1 1 6 3 3
45-54 11 8 3 9 7 2 2 1 1
55-64 20 11 9 12 6 6 8 5 3
65-74 29 21 8 19 15 4 10 6 4
75-84 36 30 6 14 13 1 22 17 5
85 AND OVER 37 27 10 8 4 4 29 23 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 14,094
WHITE 7,807
NONWHITE 6,287
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