SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT II, 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 3,149 2,587 562 10.2 10.6 8.5
HEART DISEASES 1,127 953 174 364.3 391.5 263.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 660 533 127 213.3 219.0 192.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 221 179 42 71.4 73.5 63.7
ACCIDENTS 192 145 47 62.1 59.6 71.3
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 135 129 6 43.6 53.0 9.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 118 98 20 38.1 40.3 30.3
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 54 38 16 17.4 15.6 24.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 46 34 12 14.9 14.0 18.2
SUICIDE 31 27 4 10.0 11.1 6.1
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 27 25 2 8.7 10.3 3.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 27 15 12 6.2 4.8 10.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 27 17 10 8.7 7.0 15.2
HYPERTENSION 22 16 6 7.1 6.6 9.1
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 17 13 4 5.5 5.3 6.1
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 16 12 4 5.2 4.9 6.1
HIV INFECTION 13 11 2 4.2 4.5 3.0
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 4 3 1 1.3 1.2 1.5
TUBERCULOSIS 3 2 1 1.0 0.8 1.5
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 38 31 7 12.3 12.7 10.6
ALL OTHER 371 306 65 119.9 125.7 98.6
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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 3,149 2,587 562 1,669 1,363 306 1,480 1,224 256
UNDER 1 51 33 18 28 17 11 23 16 7
(NEONATAL) 36 21 15 19 11 8 17 10 7
(POSTNEONATAL) 15 12 3 9 6 3 6 6 0
1-4 9 3 6 7 3 4 2 0 2
5-9 10 7 3 4 3 1 6 4 2
10-14 4 4 0 1 1 0 3 3 0
15-24 65 45 20 52 35 17 13 10 3
25-34 65 45 20 42 30 12 23 15 8
35-44 127 90 37 97 68 29 30 22 8
45-54 210 161 49 134 103 31 76 58 18
55-64 321 257 64 197 161 36 124 96 28
65-74 639 531 108 391 334 57 248 197 51
75-84 887 751 136 438 365 73 449 386 63
85 AND OVER 760 659 101 277 242 35 483 417 66
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
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MORTALITY RATES** 1995 POPULATION
INFANT 11.7 10.5 14.9 TOTAL 309,366
NEONATAL 8.3 6.7 12.4 WHITE 243,417
POSTNEONATAL 3.4 3.8 2.5 NONWHITE 65,949
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** DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
