(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: LOWNDES
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LOWNDES 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 609 363 246 9.9 9.6 10.3
HEART DISEASES 212 126 86 344.8 335.2 360.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 113 69 44 183.8 183.6 184.2
ACCIDENTS 40 21 19 65.1 55.9 79.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 36 22 14 58.6 58.5 58.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 13 12 1 21.1 31.9 4.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 12 9 3 19.5 23.9 12.6
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 9 4 5 14.6 10.6 20.9
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 9 4 5 8.6 8.0 9.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 7 3 4 11.4 8.0 16.7
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 7 4 3 11.4 10.6 12.6
SUICIDE 5 4 1 8.1 10.6 4.2
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 5 2 3 8.1 5.3 12.6
HYPERTENSION 3 2 1 4.9 5.3 4.2
HIV INFECTION 2 1 1 3.2 2.7 4.2
TUBERCULOSIS 1 0 1 1.6 0.0 4.2
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 1.6 2.7 0.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 1.6 0.0 4.2
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 65 45 20 105.7 119.7 83.7
ALL OTHER 68 34 34 110.6 90.4 142.3
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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 609 363 246 292 162 130 317 201 116
UNDER 1 13 4 9 10 3 7 3 1 2
(NEONATAL) 11 4 7 8 3 5 3 1 2
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
1-4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
10-14 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
15-24 14 7 7 11 6 5 3 1 2
25-34 20 8 12 15 5 10 5 3 2
35-44 32 10 22 23 6 17 9 4 5
45-54 46 16 30 25 7 18 21 9 12
55-64 65 35 30 41 24 17 24 11 13
65-74 119 75 44 58 40 18 61 35 26
75-84 163 109 54 67 46 21 96 63 33
85 AND OVER 132 96 36 38 22 16 94 74 20
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 61,480
WHITE 37,591
NONWHITE 23,889
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