SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT I, 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 2,360 1,444 916 9.7 9.7 9.6
HEART DISEASES 831 501 330 340.7 337.8 345.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 540 345 195 221.4 232.6 204.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 168 105 63 68.9 70.8 65.9
ACCIDENTS 147 72 75 60.3 48.6 78.5
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 84 59 25 34.4 39.8 26.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 78 50 28 32.0 33.7 29.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 42 21 21 17.2 14.2 22.0
HYPERTENSION 32 24 8 13.1 16.2 8.4
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 29 15 14 11.9 10.1 14.6
SUICIDE 27 23 4 11.1 15.5 4.2
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 23 5 18 5.9 2.4 9.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 22 17 5 9.0 11.5 5.2
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 21 6 15 8.6 4.0 15.7
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 14 5 9 5.7 3.4 9.4
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 10 7 3 4.1 4.7 3.1
HIV INFECTION 6 2 4 2.5 1.3 4.2
TUBERCULOSIS 3 1 2 1.2 0.7 2.1
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 21 9 12 8.6 6.1 12.6
ALL OTHER 262 177 85 107.4 119.4 88.9
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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 PROJECTIONS.
# 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 2,360 1,444 916 1,223 754 469 1,137 690 447
UNDER 1 51 15 36 30 9 21 21 6 15
(NEONATAL) 31 9 22 17 5 12 14 4 10
(POSTNEONATAL) 20 6 14 13 4 9 7 2 5
1-4 9 3 6 5 2 3 4 1 3
5-9 6 2 4 4 1 3 2 1 1
10-14 7 3 4 5 3 2 2 0 2
15-24 53 18 35 35 10 25 18 8 10
25-34 57 26 31 40 18 22 17 8 9
35-44 103 46 57 65 32 33 38 14 24
45-54 182 99 83 102 56 46 80 43 37
55-64 263 154 109 166 100 66 97 54 43
65-74 492 331 161 290 209 81 202 122 80
75-84 646 418 228 321 215 106 325 203 122
85 AND OVER 489 329 160 159 99 60 330 230 100
UNKNOWN 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
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MORTALITY RATES** 1995 POPULATION
INFANT 13.1 7.3 19.6 TOTAL 243,891
NEONATAL 8.0 4.4 12.0 WHITE 148,301
POSTNEONATAL 5.1 2.9 7.6 NONWHITE 95,590
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** DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
