(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: HOLMES
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HOLMES 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 232 61 171 11.2 13.1 10.6
HEART DISEASES 88 20 68 423.7 429.7 421.9
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 41 11 30 197.4 236.4 186.1
ACCIDENTS 22 4 18 105.9 85.9 111.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 17 4 13 81.8 85.9 80.7
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 10 4 6 48.1 85.9 37.2
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 6 2 4 28.9 43.0 24.8
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 4 1 24.1 85.9 6.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 5 2 3 24.1 43.0 18.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 5 1 4 24.1 21.5 24.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 0 3 14.4 0.0 18.6
HYPERTENSION 2 0 2 9.6 0.0 12.4
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 1 1 9.6 21.5 6.2
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 0 2 5.5 0.0 6.4
SUICIDE 2 1 1 9.6 21.5 6.2
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 4.8 0.0 6.2
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 0 2 9.6 0.0 12.4
ALL OTHER 19 7 12 91.5 150.4 74.4
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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 232 61 171 128 30 98 104 31 73
UNDER 1 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 10 2 8 8 2 6 2 0 2
25-34 12 1 11 7 1 6 5 0 5
35-44 16 2 14 12 1 11 4 1 3
45-54 21 2 19 17 2 15 4 0 4
55-64 18 2 16 12 1 11 6 1 5
65-74 53 18 35 27 11 16 26 7 19
75-84 45 15 30 26 7 19 19 8 11
85 AND OVER 54 19 35 17 5 12 37 14 23
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 20,771
WHITE 4,654
NONWHITE 16,117
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