(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: WILKINSON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WILKINSON 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 117 47 70 12.9 19.0 10.7
HEART DISEASES 45 14 31 497.7 564.5 472.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 25 15 10 276.5 604.8 152.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 10 4 6 110.6 161.3 91.4
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 5 2 3 55.3 80.6 45.7
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 1 3 44.2 40.3 45.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 4 2 2 44.2 80.6 30.5
ACCIDENTS 4 1 3 44.2 40.3 45.7
HYPERTENSION 2 0 2 22.1 0.0 30.5
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 2 0 22.1 80.6 0.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 1 0 1 11.1 0.0 15.2
MATERNAL CAUSES 1 0 1 909.1 0.0 1162.8
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 1 0 11.1 40.3 0.0
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 11.1 0.0 15.2
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALL OTHER 12 5 7 132.7 201.6 106.7
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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 117 47 70 55 19 36 62 28 34
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 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
25-34 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
35-44 4 1 3 0 0 0 4 1 3
45-54 8 2 6 7 2 5 1 0 1
55-64 21 6 15 14 5 9 7 1 6
65-74 24 7 17 14 4 10 10 3 7
75-84 34 21 13 11 4 7 23 17 6
85 AND OVER 23 9 14 8 3 5 15 6 9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1995 POPULATION:
TOTAL 9,041
WHITE 2,480
NONWHITE 6,561
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