(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: HINDS
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HINDS 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 2,410 1,256 1,154 9.5 10.8 8.4
HEART DISEASES 773 413 360 305.4 356.5 262.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 556 301 255 219.7 259.8 185.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 165 94 71 65.2 81.1 51.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 113 84 29 44.6 72.5 21.1
ACCIDENTS 113 45 68 44.6 38.8 49.5
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 75 45 30 29.6 38.8 21.8
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 70 14 56 27.6 12.1 40.8
HIV INFECTION 48 7 41 19.0 6.0 29.9
DIABETES MELLITUS 46 13 33 18.2 11.2 24.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 23 11 12 9.1 9.5 8.7
SUICIDE 19 11 8 7.5 9.5 5.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 17 15 2 6.7 12.9 1.4
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 13 1 12 3.2 0.9 4.1
HYPERTENSION 12 3 9 4.7 2.6 6.6
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 11 5 6 4.3 4.3 4.4
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 7 5 2 2.8 4.3 1.4
TUBERCULOSIS 2 0 2 0.8 0.0 1.4
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 0.4 0.9 0.0
MATERNAL CAUSES 1 1 0 24.6 88.9 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 15 5 10 5.9 4.3 7.3
ALL OTHER 330 182 148 130.4 157.1 107.8
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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 2,410 1,256 1,154 1,175 570 605 1,235 686 549
UNDER 1 41 7 34 25 3 22 16 4 12
(NEONATAL) 23 4 19 14 1 13 9 3 6
(POSTNEONATAL) 18 3 15 11 2 9 7 1 6
1-4 6 0 6 2 0 2 4 0 4
5-9 5 0 5 3 0 3 2 0 2
10-14 9 1 8 6 1 5 3 0 3
15-24 73 15 58 54 10 44 19 5 14
25-34 87 18 69 56 11 45 31 7 24
35-44 137 45 92 83 29 54 54 16 38
45-54 167 52 115 102 33 69 65 19 46
55-64 240 129 111 126 71 55 114 58 56
65-74 478 273 205 261 155 106 217 118 99
75-84 627 397 230 300 188 112 327 209 118
85 AND OVER 538 319 219 155 69 86 383 250 133
UNKNOWN 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 253,096
WHITE 115,854
NONWHITE 137,242
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