(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: LAMAR
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAMAR 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 251 222 29 8.0 8.1 7.1
HEART DISEASES 95 85 10 302.0 310.5 244.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 51 46 5 162.1 168.0 122.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 16 14 2 50.9 51.1 49.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 11 11 0 35.0 40.2 0.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 9 8 1 28.6 29.2 24.5
ACCIDENTS 7 5 2 22.2 18.3 49.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 6 6 0 19.1 21.9 0.0
SUICIDE 6 5 1 19.1 18.3 24.5
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 3 0 9.5 11.0 0.0
HYPERTENSION 3 2 1 9.5 7.3 24.5
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 0 2 3.4 0.0 19.6
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 3.2 3.6 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 1 0 3.2 3.6 0.0
HIV INFECTION 1 1 0 3.2 3.6 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 3 1 12.7 11.0 24.5
ALL OTHER 35 31 4 111.2 113.2 97.9
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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 251 222 29 124 107 17 127 115 12
UNDER 1 5 2 3 3 1 2 2 1 1
(NEONATAL) 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
1-4 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
5-9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
15-24 3 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
25-34 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
35-44 8 7 1 8 7 1 0 0 0
45-54 17 17 0 10 10 0 7 7 0
55-64 22 18 4 12 9 3 10 9 1
65-74 63 54 9 32 27 5 31 27 4
75-84 75 68 7 35 31 4 40 37 3
85 AND OVER 52 48 4 16 15 1 36 33 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 31,458
WHITE 27,373
NONWHITE 4,085
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