(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: AMITE
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF AMITE 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 132 79 53 9.5 10.6 8.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 39 28 11 281.5 374.9 172.3
HEART DISEASES 36 20 16 259.8 267.8 250.6
DIABETES MELLITUS 7 4 3 50.5 53.6 47.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 6 1 50.5 80.3 15.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 6 4 2 43.3 53.6 31.3
ACCIDENTS 5 2 3 36.1 26.8 47.0
SUICIDE 4 3 1 28.9 40.2 15.7
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 0 4 28.9 0.0 62.6
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 1 2 21.6 13.4 31.3
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 7.2 13.4 0.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 1 1 0 7.2 13.4 0.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 6.0 0.0 13.5
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 18 9 9 129.9 120.5 141.0
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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 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 132 79 53 73 47 26 59 32 27
UNDER 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 3 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
25-34 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
35-44 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 1
45-54 11 5 6 3 0 3 8 5 3
55-64 9 5 4 4 1 3 5 4 1
65-74 35 21 14 21 15 6 14 6 8
75-84 38 29 9 20 18 2 18 11 7
85 AND OVER 28 15 13 16 9 7 12 6 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 13,854
WHITE 7,469
NONWHITE 6,385
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