SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WINSTON 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 198 125 73 10.1 11.5 8.4
HEART DISEASES 102 69 33 520.5 634.4 378.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 28 16 12 142.9 147.1 137.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 11 7 4 56.1 64.4 45.9
ACCIDENTS 10 5 5 51.0 46.0 57.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 7 0 35.7 64.4 0.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 6 4 2 30.6 36.8 22.9
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 1 3 20.4 9.2 34.4
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 1 2 15.3 9.2 22.9
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 2 0 10.2 18.4 0.0
SUICIDE 2 1 1 10.2 9.2 11.5
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 5.1 9.2 0.0
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 5.1 0.0 11.5
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 5 4 1 25.5 36.8 11.5
ALL OTHER 16 7 9 81.6 64.4 103.2
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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 198 125 73 94 58 36 104 67 37
UNDER 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
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 5 1 4 4 0 4 1 1 0
25-34 4 1 3 4 1 3 0 0 0
35-44 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 2
45-54 10 4 6 5 3 2 5 1 4
55-64 20 13 7 13 7 6 7 6 1
65-74 46 28 18 25 19 6 21 9 12
75-84 52 31 21 22 13 9 30 18 12
85 AND OVER 56 45 11 20 14 6 36 31 5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 19,595
WHITE 10,877
NONWHITE 8,718
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