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COUNTY: SUNFLOWER

SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SUNFLOWER 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                    362    135    227    10.2   11.8    9.5

HEART DISEASES                         138     60     78   390.4  524.6  326.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS                     73     25     48   206.5  218.6  200.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES                29      7     22    82.0   61.2   92.0
ACCIDENTS                               27     10     17    76.4   87.4   71.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA                 11      6      5    31.1   52.5   20.9
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS      9      0      9    25.5    0.0   37.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION          9      1      8    25.5    8.7   33.5
DIABETES MELLITUS                        6      2      4    17.0   17.5   16.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD                 5      3      2    14.1   26.2    8.4
HIV INFECTION                            5      0      5    14.1    0.0   20.9
SUICIDE                                  4      3      1    11.3   26.2    4.2
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD      2      0      2     3.8    0.0    4.6
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS      1      1      0     2.8    8.7    0.0
MATERNAL CAUSES                          1      0      1   189.0    0.0  229.9


--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED             5      3      2    14.1   26.2    8.4
ALL OTHER                               37     14     23   104.7  122.4   96.2
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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              362    135    227    190     77    113    172     58    114

UNDER 1              5      0      5      4      0      4      1      0      1
 (NEONATAL)          2      0      2      2      0      2      0      0      0
 (POSTNEONATAL)      3      0      3      2      0      2      1      0      1

1-4                  1      0      1      1      0      1      0      0      0
5-9                  1      0      1      1      0      1      0      0      0
10-14                2      2      0      1      1      0      1      1      0
15-24                8      1      7      6      1      5      2      0      2
25-34               12      1     11     11      1     10      1      0      1
35-44               22      4     18     18      4     14      4      0      4
45-54               35      5     30     21      5     16     14      0     14
55-64               53     23     30     31     17     14     22      6     16
65-74               56     23     33     28     14     14     28      9     19
75-84               97     46     51     44     24     20     53     22     31
85 AND OVER         70     30     40     24     10     14     46     20     26
UNKNOWN              0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0
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1995 POPULATION:

  TOTAL        35,345
  WHITE        11,437
  NONWHITE     23,908
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