SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WEBSTER 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 118 101 17 11.3 12.6 7.0
HEART DISEASES 42 36 6 402.5 450.2 246.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 23 20 3 220.4 250.1 123.1
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 9 7 2 86.2 87.5 82.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 8 6 2 76.7 75.0 82.1
ACCIDENTS 5 5 0 47.9 62.5 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 2 0 19.2 25.0 0.0
SUICIDE 2 2 0 19.2 25.0 0.0
TUBERCULOSIS 1 1 0 9.6 12.5 0.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 1 1 0 9.6 12.5 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 1 0 1 9.6 0.0 41.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 9.6 0.0 41.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 2 0 19.2 25.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 21 19 2 201.3 237.6 82.1
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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 118 101 17 58 52 6 60 49 11
UNDER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
25-34 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
35-44 4 4 0 2 2 0 2 2 0
45-54 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
55-64 9 6 3 7 5 2 2 1 1
65-74 34 31 3 19 19 0 15 12 3
75-84 37 31 6 17 15 2 20 16 4
85 AND OVER 27 24 3 8 8 0 19 16 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 10,434
WHITE 7,997
NONWHITE 2,437
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