(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: GEORGE
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF GEORGE 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 176 156 20 9.8 9.8 10.4
HEART DISEASES 56 50 6 313.1 313.1 313.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 46 42 4 257.2 263.0 208.9
ACCIDENTS 15 13 2 83.9 81.4 104.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 14 13 1 78.3 81.4 52.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 7 7 0 39.1 43.8 0.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 6 1 39.1 37.6 52.2
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 4 1 28.0 25.0 52.2
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 1 3 22.4 6.3 156.6
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 2 1 16.8 12.5 52.2
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 1 1 0 5.6 6.3 0.0
SUICIDE 1 1 0 5.6 6.3 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 5.6 6.3 0.0
ALL OTHER 16 15 1 89.5 93.9 52.2
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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 176 156 20 104 91 13 72 65 7
UNDER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
5-9 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
10-14 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
15-24 9 3 6 7 3 4 2 0 2
25-34 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0
35-44 7 5 2 4 4 0 3 1 2
45-54 16 15 1 11 11 0 5 4 1
55-64 24 22 2 14 12 2 10 10 0
65-74 37 31 6 24 19 5 13 12 1
75-84 42 40 2 27 25 2 15 15 0
85 AND OVER 33 32 1 12 12 0 21 20 1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 17,884
WHITE 15,969
NONWHITE 1,915
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