(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: ALCORN
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ALCORN COUNTY, 1997
--------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 411 362 49 12.9 12.9 12.9
HEART DISEASES 122 105 17 382.5 373.7 447.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 86 71 15 269.6 252.7 394.6
ACCIDENTS 31 31 0 97.2 110.3 0.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 28 24 4 87.8 85.4 105.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 23 22 1 72.1 78.3 26.3
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 15 15 0 47.0 53.4 0.0
HYPERTENSION 10 9 1 31.4 32.0 26.3
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 9 9 0 28.2 32.0 0.0
SUICIDE 9 9 0 28.2 32.0 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 7 7 0 21.9 24.9 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 4 4 0 12.5 14.2 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 2 0 6.3 7.1 0.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 2 0 6.3 7.1 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 1 0 3.1 3.6 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 5 3 2 15.7 10.7 52.6
ALL OTHER 57 48 9 178.7 170.8 236.8
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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 411 362 49 199 177 22 212 185 27
UNDER 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1
(NEONATAL) 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 9 9 0 5 5 0 4 4 0
25-34 7 7 0 5 5 0 2 2 0
35-44 10 8 2 7 5 2 3 3 0
45-54 25 19 6 17 13 4 8 6 2
55-64 51 41 10 32 26 6 19 15 4
65-74 80 67 13 45 40 5 35 27 8
75-84 109 101 8 44 43 1 65 58 7
85 AND OVER 116 108 8 42 39 3 74 69 5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 31,897
WHITE 28,096
NONWHITE 3,801
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