(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: COVINGTON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COVINGTON 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 220 136 84 13.7 13.5 14.2
HEART DISEASES 75 53 22 468.4 526.0 370.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 35 16 19 218.6 158.8 320.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 21 13 8 131.2 129.0 134.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 13 10 3 81.2 99.2 50.6
ACCIDENTS 13 7 6 81.2 69.5 101.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 11 9 2 68.7 89.3 33.7
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 3 3 37.5 29.8 50.6
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 1 2 18.7 9.9 33.7
SUICIDE 3 3 0 18.7 29.8 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 0 3 18.7 0.0 50.6
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 0 2 7.0 0.0 14.8
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 6.2 9.9 0.0
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 0 1 6.2 0.0 16.8
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 1 3 25.0 9.9 50.6
ALL OTHER 29 19 10 181.1 188.6 168.5
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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 220 136 84 131 83 48 89 53 36
UNDER 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 5 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 0
25-34 3 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 2
35-44 12 4 8 12 4 8 0 0 0
45-54 21 11 10 16 10 6 5 1 4
55-64 29 14 15 16 7 9 13 7 6
65-74 38 31 7 23 20 3 15 11 4
75-84 65 46 19 41 30 11 24 16 8
85 AND OVER 44 30 14 17 12 5 27 18 9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 16,010
WHITE 10,076
NONWHITE 5,934
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