(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: FORREST
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF FORREST 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 743 548 195 10.2 11.2 8.3
HEART DISEASES 298 223 75 411.4 454.5 321.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 146 105 41 201.6 214.0 175.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 46 36 10 63.5 73.4 42.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 36 30 6 49.7 61.1 25.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 31 29 2 42.8 59.1 8.6
ACCIDENTS 28 20 8 38.7 40.8 34.2
DIABETES MELLITUS 19 12 7 26.2 24.4 30.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 9 3 6 12.4 6.1 25.7
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 8 5 3 11.0 10.2 12.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 5 4 1 6.9 8.2 4.3
SUICIDE 5 4 1 6.9 8.2 4.3
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 4 3 1 3.6 4.8 2.0
HYPERTENSION 3 3 0 4.1 6.1 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 3 2 1 4.1 4.1 4.3
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 3 2 1 4.1 4.1 4.3
HIV INFECTION 2 2 0 2.8 4.1 0.0
TUBERCULOSIS 1 0 1 1.4 0.0 4.3
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 1.4 0.0 4.3
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 5 2 3 6.9 4.1 12.8
ALL OTHER 90 63 27 124.3 128.4 115.6
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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 743 548 195 348 252 96 395 296 99
UNDER 1 9 4 5 4 1 3 5 3 2
(NEONATAL) 7 4 3 2 1 1 5 3 2
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
1-4 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
5-9 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
10-14 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
15-24 12 10 2 5 5 0 7 5 2
25-34 12 5 7 7 3 4 5 2 3
35-44 29 18 11 19 11 8 10 7 3
45-54 39 26 13 26 15 11 13 11 2
55-64 72 48 24 43 34 9 29 14 15
65-74 155 117 38 89 68 21 66 49 17
75-84 217 174 43 98 76 22 119 98 21
85 AND OVER 193 144 49 54 37 17 139 107 32
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 72,427
WHITE 49,061
NONWHITE 23,366
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