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COUNTY: ADAMS

SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ADAMS 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                    433    198    235    12.0   11.0   13.0

HEART DISEASES                         174     81     93   483.6  450.4  516.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS                     98     49     49   272.4  272.5  272.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES                28      9     19    77.8   50.0  105.6
ACCIDENTS                               18     12      6    50.0   66.7   33.3
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA                 17      5     12    47.2   27.8   66.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD                11      8      3    30.6   44.5   16.7
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS      6      2      4    16.7   11.1   22.2
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION          6      0      6    16.7    0.0   33.3
DIABETES MELLITUS                        5      2      3    13.9   11.1   16.7
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD      5      1      4    10.4    5.4   13.6
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES                     3      1      2     8.3    5.6   11.1
HYPERTENSION                             2      0      2     5.6    0.0   11.1
SUICIDE                                  2      1      1     5.6    5.6    5.6
TUBERCULOSIS                             1      1      0     2.8    5.6    0.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS                          1      1      0     2.8    5.6    0.0
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY                     1      0      1     2.8    0.0    5.6
HIV INFECTION                            1      0      1     2.8    0.0    5.6


--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED             1      1      0     2.8    5.6    0.0
ALL OTHER                               53     24     29   147.3  133.5  161.1
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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              433    198    235    216    105    111    217     93    124

UNDER 1              8      2      6      4      1      3      4      1      3
 (NEONATAL)          6      1      5      3      0      3      3      1      2
 (POSTNEONATAL)      2      1      1      1      1      0      1      0      1

1-4                  1      1      0      1      1      0      0      0      0
5-9                  1      0      1      0      0      0      1      0      1
10-14                0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0
15-24                9      2      7      6      2      4      3      0      3
25-34                6      2      4      4      1      3      2      1      1
35-44               20      6     14     10      3      7     10      3      7
45-54               31     11     20     21      9     12     10      2      8
55-64               54     22     32     25      9     16     29     13     16
65-74               87     46     41     52     28     24     35     18     17
75-84              126     69     57     60     35     25     66     34     32
85 AND OVER         90     37     53     33     16     17     57     21     36
UNKNOWN              0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0
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1995 POPULATION:

  TOTAL        35,979
  WHITE        17,982
  NONWHITE     17,997
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