(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: JEFF DAVIS
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JEFF DAVIS 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 180 94 86 13.3 16.6 10.9
HEART DISEASES 77 41 36 569.2 723.5 458.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 33 22 11 244.0 388.2 139.9
ACCIDENTS 12 2 10 88.7 35.3 127.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 10 3 7 73.9 52.9 89.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 10 8 2 73.9 141.2 25.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 6 4 2 44.4 70.6 25.4
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 2 2 29.6 35.3 25.4
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 0 3 16.0 0.0 23.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 2 0 2 14.8 0.0 25.4
SUICIDE 2 2 0 14.8 35.3 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 0 1 7.4 0.0 12.7
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 7.4 17.6 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 7.4 17.6 0.0
ALL OTHER 18 8 10 133.1 141.2 127.2
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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 180 94 86 91 50 41 89 44 45
UNDER 1 4 1 3 2 1 1 2 0 2
(NEONATAL) 3 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 2
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 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 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
15-24 7 2 5 6 1 5 1 1 0
25-34 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
35-44 7 2 5 3 1 2 4 1 3
45-54 8 4 4 5 4 1 3 0 3
55-64 16 10 6 12 7 5 4 3 1
65-74 38 22 16 25 16 9 13 6 7
75-84 59 28 31 30 16 14 29 12 17
85 AND OVER 38 25 13 7 4 3 31 21 10
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 13,527
WHITE 5,667
NONWHITE 7,860
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