SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF YAZOO 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 315 162 153 12.5 14.4 11.0
HEART DISEASES 94 57 37 374.0 507.1 266.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 57 33 24 226.8 293.6 172.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 21 13 8 83.6 115.6 57.6
ACCIDENTS 21 11 10 83.6 97.9 72.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 16 12 4 63.6 106.8 28.8
DIABETES MELLITUS 15 3 12 59.7 26.7 86.4
HYPERTENSION 12 4 8 47.7 35.6 57.6
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 10 5 5 39.8 44.5 36.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 7 2 5 27.8 17.8 36.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 1 3 15.9 8.9 21.6
SUICIDE 4 4 0 15.9 35.6 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 0 2 8.0 0.0 14.4
HIV INFECTION 2 0 2 8.0 0.0 14.4
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 4.0 0.0 7.2
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 2.3 0.0 3.5
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 0 2 8.0 0.0 14.4
ALL OTHER 46 17 29 183.0 151.2 208.7
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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 315 162 153 155 78 77 160 84 76
UNDER 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
(NEONATAL) 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
15-24 17 9 8 10 5 5 7 4 3
25-34 7 1 6 5 1 4 2 0 2
35-44 11 6 5 6 2 4 5 4 1
45-54 23 7 16 18 6 12 5 1 4
55-64 39 13 26 23 9 14 16 4 12
65-74 62 31 31 34 22 12 28 9 19
75-84 89 48 41 36 14 22 53 34 19
85 AND OVER 63 44 19 21 17 4 42 27 15
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 25,134
WHITE 11,240
NONWHITE 13,894
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