(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: SHARKEY
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SHARKEY 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 75 24 51 10.9 12.2 10.4
HEART DISEASES 21 7 14 305.4 355.9 285.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 14 4 10 203.6 203.4 203.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 9 4 5 130.9 203.4 101.9
ACCIDENTS 5 2 3 72.7 101.7 61.1
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 0 4 58.2 0.0 81.5
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 4 2 2 58.2 101.7 40.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 2 1 1 29.1 50.8 20.4
SUICIDE 2 2 0 29.1 101.7 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 0 2 29.1 0.0 40.8
HIV INFECTION 2 0 2 29.1 0.0 40.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 1 0 1 14.5 0.0 20.4
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 9 2 7 130.9 101.7 142.6
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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 75 24 51 38 12 26 37 12 25
UNDER 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1-4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
5-9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 4 1 3 2 1 1 2 0 2
25-34 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
35-44 4 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 2
45-54 5 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 0
55-64 7 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 5
65-74 20 6 14 12 4 8 8 2 6
75-84 15 6 9 7 3 4 8 3 5
85 AND OVER 15 7 8 5 2 3 10 5 5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 6,875
WHITE 1,967
NONWHITE 4,908
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