(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: KEMPER
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF KEMPER 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 103 47 56 9.8 11.0 8.9
HEART DISEASES 33 17 16 312.7 396.8 255.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 18 9 9 170.6 210.1 143.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 11 6 5 104.2 140.0 79.7
ACCIDENTS 10 2 8 94.8 46.7 127.6
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 5 3 2 47.4 70.0 31.9
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 1 3 37.9 23.3 47.8
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 1 1 19.0 23.3 15.9
HYPERTENSION 2 0 2 19.0 0.0 31.9
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 1 1 19.0 23.3 15.9
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 0 2 17.1 0.0 22.5
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 2 0 19.0 46.7 0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 9.5 23.3 0.0
SUICIDE 1 0 1 9.5 0.0 15.9
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 10 4 6 94.8 93.4 95.7
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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 103 47 56 58 26 32 45 21 24
UNDER 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
(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 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
15-24 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
25-34 3 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
35-44 5 3 2 2 2 0 3 1 2
45-54 9 2 7 9 2 7 0 0 0
55-64 14 5 9 9 4 5 5 1 4
65-74 22 10 12 11 7 4 11 3 8
75-84 22 13 9 9 5 4 13 8 5
85 AND OVER 24 11 13 11 3 8 13 8 5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 10,554
WHITE 4,284
NONWHITE 6,270
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