(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: WEBSTER
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WEBSTER 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 144 120 24 13.8 15.0 9.8
HEART DISEASES 58 49 9 555.9 612.7 369.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 25 22 3 239.6 275.1 123.1
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 8 7 1 76.7 87.5 41.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 7 5 2 67.1 62.5 82.1
ACCIDENTS 7 6 1 67.1 75.0 41.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 4 3 1 38.3 37.5 41.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 3 0 28.8 37.5 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 1 2 28.8 12.5 82.1
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 1 1 19.2 12.5 41.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 9.6 12.5 0.0
SUICIDE 1 1 0 9.6 12.5 0.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 9.6 0.0 41.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 24 21 3 230.0 262.6 123.1
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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 144 120 24 74 62 12 70 58 12
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 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
15-24 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
25-34 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
35-44 5 3 2 4 3 1 1 0 1
45-54 7 6 1 4 4 0 3 2 1
55-64 12 7 5 6 3 3 6 4 2
65-74 26 22 4 19 17 2 7 5 2
75-84 39 31 8 22 17 5 17 14 3
85 AND OVER 51 49 2 18 17 1 33 32 1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 10,434
WHITE 7,997
NONWHITE 2,437
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