SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT III, 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 2,731 1,197 1,534 10.6 12.2 9.7
HEART DISEASES 1,032 475 557 402.6 483.6 352.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 580 285 295 226.2 290.2 186.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 193 90 103 75.3 91.6 65.1
ACCIDENTS 153 61 92 59.7 62.1 58.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 75 34 41 29.2 34.6 25.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 70 46 24 27.3 46.8 15.2
DIABETES MELLITUS 56 16 40 21.8 16.3 25.3
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 50 10 40 19.5 10.2 25.3
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 43 8 35 16.8 8.1 22.1
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 28 9 19 10.9 9.2 12.0
SUICIDE 28 22 6 10.9 22.4 3.8
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 25 1 24 5.8 0.9 7.5
HIV INFECTION 23 4 19 9.0 4.1 12.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 20 6 14 7.8 6.1 8.8
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 13 7 6 5.1 7.1 3.8
HYPERTENSION 11 3 8 4.3 3.0 5.0
TUBERCULOSIS 2 0 2 0.8 0.0 1.3
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 24 8 16 9.4 8.1 10.1
ALL OTHER 305 112 193 119.0 114.0 122.0
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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 2,731 1,197 1,534 1,371 579 792 1,360 618 742
UNDER 1 55 5 50 31 3 28 24 2 22
(NEONATAL) 36 4 32 23 3 20 13 1 12
(POSTNEONATAL) 19 1 18 8 0 8 11 1 10
1-4 6 0 6 2 0 2 4 0 4
5-9 7 1 6 4 1 3 3 0 3
10-14 7 0 7 3 0 3 4 0 4
15-24 71 13 58 54 11 43 17 2 15
25-34 77 26 51 48 15 33 29 11 18
35-44 131 37 94 82 28 54 49 9 40
45-54 194 53 141 125 32 93 69 21 48
55-64 294 109 185 187 75 112 107 34 73
65-74 513 224 289 288 137 151 225 87 138
75-84 712 389 323 337 188 149 375 201 174
85 AND OVER 664 340 324 210 89 121 454 251 203
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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MORTALITY RATES** 1995 POPULATION
INFANT 12.9 4.7 15.6 TOTAL 256,349
NEONATAL 8.4 3.7 10.0 WHITE 98,210
POSTNEONATAL 4.4 0.9 5.6 NONWHITE 158,139
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** DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
