(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: PERRY
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PERRY 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 100 74 26 8.8 8.6 9.6
HEART DISEASES 36 26 10 318.0 301.8 369.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 22 15 7 194.3 174.1 258.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 12 11 1 106.0 127.7 37.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 4 4 0 35.3 46.4 0.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 4 3 1 35.3 34.8 37.0
ACCIDENTS 4 2 2 35.3 23.2 73.9
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 3 0 26.5 34.8 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 2 1 26.5 23.2 37.0
SUICIDE 2 1 1 17.7 11.6 37.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 1 0 8.8 11.6 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 9 6 3 79.5 69.6 110.9
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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 100 74 26 58 43 15 42 31 11
UNDER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
45-54 7 4 3 3 1 2 4 3 1
55-64 13 11 2 8 7 1 5 4 1
65-74 21 17 4 15 12 3 6 5 1
75-84 33 26 7 17 13 4 16 13 3
85 AND OVER 21 13 8 10 7 3 11 6 5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 11,321
WHITE 8,615
NONWHITE 2,706
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