SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT VIII, 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 2,703 1,974 729 10.3 10.7 9.3
HEART DISEASES 959 715 244 365.3 387.7 312.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 566 423 143 215.6 229.4 183.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 161 119 42 61.3 64.5 53.8
ACCIDENTS 154 111 43 58.7 60.2 55.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 108 83 25 41.1 45.0 32.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 106 90 16 40.4 48.8 20.5
DIABETES MELLITUS 59 33 26 22.5 17.9 33.3
SUICIDE 41 34 7 15.6 18.4 9.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 41 19 22 15.6 10.3 28.2
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 35 18 17 13.3 9.8 21.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 28 21 7 10.7 11.4 9.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 13 13 0 5.0 7.0 0.0
HIV INFECTION 13 2 11 5.0 1.1 14.1
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 12 6 6 4.6 3.2 7.7
HYPERTENSION 10 9 1 3.8 4.9 1.3
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 8 3 5 2.0 1.2 3.1
TUBERCULOSIS 5 1 4 1.9 0.5 5.1
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 3 2 1 1.1 1.1 1.3
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 27 14 13 10.3 7.6 16.6
ALL OTHER 354 258 96 134.8 139.9 122.9
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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 2,703 1,974 729 1,405 1,014 391 1,298 960 338
UNDER 1 29 16 13 15 7 8 14 9 5
(NEONATAL) 15 6 9 9 3 6 6 3 3
(POSTNEONATAL) 14 10 4 6 4 2 8 6 2
1-4 9 4 5 7 3 4 2 1 1
5-9 3 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
10-14 13 7 6 11 6 5 2 1 1
15-24 67 37 30 49 27 22 18 10 8
25-34 78 42 36 53 29 24 25 13 12
35-44 113 66 47 85 50 35 28 16 12
45-54 188 114 74 110 71 39 78 43 35
55-64 328 247 81 208 162 46 120 85 35
65-74 562 430 132 327 253 74 235 177 58
75-84 710 543 167 348 272 76 362 271 91
85 AND OVER 602 466 136 188 132 56 414 334 80
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
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MORTALITY RATES** 1995 POPULATION
INFANT 7.2 6.7 8.1 TOTAL 262,501
NEONATAL 3.7 2.5 5.6 WHITE 184,414
POSTNEONATAL 3.5 4.2 2.5 NONWHITE 78,087
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** DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
