(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: ALCORN
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ALCORN COUNTY, 1998
--------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 385 335 50 11.8 11.7 12.2
HEART DISEASES 103 93 10 314.8 325.1 243.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 75 65 10 229.2 227.2 243.4
ACCIDENTS 30 25 5 91.7 87.4 121.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 26 22 4 79.5 76.9 97.3
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 26 24 2 79.5 83.9 48.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 23 20 3 70.3 69.9 73.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 12 10 2 36.7 35.0 48.7
HYPERTENSION 8 5 3 24.4 17.5 73.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 6 3 3 18.3 10.5 73.0
SUICIDE 5 5 0 15.3 17.5 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 2 0 6.1 7.0 -
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 3.0 3.5 -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 3.0 3.5 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 2.2 - 13.9
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 4 0 12.2 14.0 -
ALL OTHER 62 55 7 189.5 192.3 170.4
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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 1998 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 385 335 50 193 167 26 192 168 24
UNDER 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1-4 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 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 9 7 2 6 5 1 3 2 1
25-34 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0
35-44 11 9 2 9 8 1 2 1 1
45-54 32 23 9 17 13 4 15 10 5
55-64 41 34 7 22 17 5 19 17 2
65-74 86 79 7 57 53 4 29 26 3
75-84 97 86 11 47 40 7 50 46 4
85 AND OVER 100 89 11 28 25 3 72 64 8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 32,716
WHITE 28,607
NONWHITE 4,109
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