(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: NEWTON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF NEWTON 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 244 162 82 11.3 11.2 11.4
HEART DISEASES 88 61 27 406.8 422.6 375.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 49 38 11 226.5 263.3 152.9
ACCIDENTS 24 14 10 111.0 97.0 139.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 14 13 1 64.7 90.1 13.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 10 6 4 46.2 41.6 55.6
DIABETES MELLITUS 7 2 5 32.4 13.8 69.5
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 5 5 0 23.1 34.6 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 5 2 3 23.1 13.8 41.7
SUICIDE 5 2 3 23.1 13.8 41.7
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 1 2 9.5 5.6 14.3
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 1 1 9.2 6.9 13.9
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 0 2 9.2 0.0 27.8
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 4.6 0.0 13.9
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 4.6 0.0 13.9
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 9.2 6.9 13.9
ALL OTHER 26 16 10 120.2 110.8 139.0
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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 244 162 82 126 78 48 118 84 34
UNDER 1 6 1 5 2 0 2 4 1 3
(NEONATAL) 5 1 4 1 0 1 4 1 3
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1-4 5 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 2
5-9 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
10-14 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
15-24 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
25-34 9 5 4 6 2 4 3 3 0
35-44 14 7 7 8 3 5 6 4 2
45-54 17 6 11 7 3 4 10 3 7
55-64 18 10 8 12 6 6 6 4 2
65-74 45 34 11 23 17 6 22 17 5
75-84 65 48 17 33 23 10 32 25 7
85 AND OVER 59 48 11 30 23 7 29 25 4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 21,630
WHITE 14,434
NONWHITE 7,196
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