(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: JEFFERSON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JEFFERSON 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 99 18 81 11.9 17.2 11.2
HEART DISEASES 33 7 26 397.8 667.3 358.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 23 3 20 277.3 286.0 276.0
ACCIDENTS 8 1 7 96.4 95.3 96.6
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 0 5 60.3 0.0 69.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 4 3 1 48.2 286.0 13.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 3 1 2 36.2 95.3 27.6
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 0 2 24.1 0.0 27.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 0 2 24.1 0.0 27.6
HIV INFECTION 2 1 1 24.1 95.3 13.8
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 12.0 0.0 13.8
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 12.0 0.0 13.8
SUICIDE 1 0 1 12.0 0.0 13.8
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 24.1 95.3 13.8
ALL OTHER 12 1 11 144.7 95.3 151.8
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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 99 18 81 47 8 39 52 10 42
UNDER 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(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 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
25-34 5 0 5 3 0 3 2 0 2
35-44 5 1 4 3 1 2 2 0 2
45-54 7 0 7 4 0 4 3 0 3
55-64 18 2 16 12 1 11 6 1 5
65-74 11 3 8 4 2 2 7 1 6
75-84 23 7 16 11 2 9 12 5 7
85 AND OVER 26 5 21 8 2 6 18 3 15
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 8,295
WHITE 1,049
NONWHITE 7,246
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