(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: SIMPSON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SIMPSON 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 284 212 72 11.9 13.4 8.9
HEART DISEASES 92 77 15 384.4 486.6 184.9
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 56 40 16 234.0 252.8 197.2
ACCIDENTS 26 14 12 108.6 88.5 147.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 19 15 4 79.4 94.8 49.3
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 17 14 3 71.0 88.5 37.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 14 11 3 58.5 69.5 37.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 12 11 1 50.1 69.5 12.3
HYPERTENSION 5 2 3 20.9 12.6 37.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 4 3 1 16.7 19.0 12.3
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 2 2 16.7 12.6 24.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 1 3 16.7 6.3 37.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 3 3 0 12.5 19.0 0.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 2 0 8.4 12.6 0.0
SUICIDE 1 1 0 4.2 6.3 0.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 4.2 0.0 12.3
ALL OTHER 24 16 8 100.3 101.1 98.6
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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 284 212 72 143 103 40 141 109 32
UNDER 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 4 3 1
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 1
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 8 2 6 4 0 4 4 2 2
25-34 8 2 6 6 1 5 2 1 1
35-44 12 9 3 10 7 3 2 2 0
45-54 18 8 10 12 4 8 6 4 2
55-64 25 20 5 19 14 5 6 6 0
65-74 60 47 13 34 30 4 26 17 9
75-84 82 66 16 36 31 5 46 35 11
85 AND OVER 67 55 12 22 16 6 45 39 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 23,936
WHITE 15,824
NONWHITE 8,112
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