(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: BENTON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF BENTON 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 80 60 20 10.2 13.1 6.1
HEART DISEASES 29 20 9 369.8 438.1 274.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 15 12 3 191.3 262.9 91.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 8 8 0 102.0 175.2 0.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 5 5 0 63.8 109.5 0.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 5 5 0 63.8 109.5 0.0
ACCIDENTS 4 2 2 51.0 43.8 61.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 1 2 38.3 21.9 61.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 1 1 0 12.8 21.9 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 12.8 21.9 0.0
ALL OTHER 9 5 4 114.8 109.5 122.1
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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 80 60 20 42 32 10 38 28 10
UNDER 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 1 1 2 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25-34 4 1 3 1 1 0 3 0 3
35-44 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
45-54 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
55-64 6 4 2 5 3 2 1 1 0
65-74 15 11 4 7 6 1 8 5 3
75-84 24 19 5 15 11 4 9 8 1
85 AND OVER 25 21 4 9 8 1 16 13 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 7,841
WHITE 4,565
NONWHITE 3,276
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