(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: WASHINGTON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON 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 723 270 453 10.3 9.5 10.8
HEART DISEASES 267 113 154 379.2 396.5 367.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 135 54 81 191.7 189.5 193.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 59 18 41 83.8 63.2 97.8
ACCIDENTS 40 13 27 56.8 45.6 64.4
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 21 3 18 29.8 10.5 42.9
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 19 3 16 27.0 10.5 38.2
DIABETES MELLITUS 18 4 14 25.6 14.0 33.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 18 12 6 25.6 42.1 14.3
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 10 4 6 14.2 14.0 14.3
HIV INFECTION 10 2 8 14.2 7.0 19.1
HYPERTENSION 8 1 7 11.4 3.5 16.7
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 7 3 4 9.9 10.5 9.5
SUICIDE 6 2 4 8.5 7.0 9.5
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 5 2 3 4.3 7.8 3.3
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 4 2 2 5.7 7.0 4.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 0 3 4.3 0.0 7.2
MATERNAL CAUSES 1 0 1 86.3 0.0 110.9
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 18 2 16 25.6 7.0 38.2
ALL OTHER 74 32 42 105.1 112.3 100.2
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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 723 270 453 339 133 206 384 137 247
UNDER 1 14 5 9 3 1 2 11 4 7
(NEONATAL) 10 5 5 2 1 1 8 4 4
(POSTNEONATAL) 4 0 4 1 0 1 3 0 3
1-4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
5-9 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 23 4 19 16 2 14 7 2 5
25-34 27 9 18 17 7 10 10 2 8
35-44 42 7 35 22 6 16 20 1 19
45-54 54 7 47 38 5 33 16 2 14
55-64 89 31 58 47 18 29 42 13 29
65-74 126 48 78 66 29 37 60 19 41
75-84 189 90 99 83 44 39 106 46 60
85 AND OVER 156 68 88 45 20 25 111 48 63
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 70,411
WHITE 28,501
NONWHITE 41,910
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