(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: AMITE
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF AMITE 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 123 63 60 8.9 8.8 9.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 41 26 15 298.1 361.1 228.9
HEART DISEASES 33 13 20 240.0 180.6 305.2
ACCIDENTS 13 5 8 94.5 69.4 122.1
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 4 2 43.6 55.6 30.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 5 1 4 36.4 13.9 61.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 3 3 0 21.8 41.7 -
SUICIDE 3 3 0 21.8 41.7 -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 1 1 14.5 13.9 15.3
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 1 1 0 7.3 13.9 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 7.3 - 15.3
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 7.3 13.9 -
ALL OTHER 14 5 9 101.8 69.4 137.4
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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 123 63 60 69 36 33 54 27 27
UNDER 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 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 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
25-34 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
35-44 7 3 4 4 2 2 3 1 2
45-54 12 6 6 7 3 4 5 3 2
55-64 11 2 9 9 2 7 2 0 2
65-74 37 20 17 18 12 6 19 8 11
75-84 28 18 10 17 9 8 11 9 2
85 AND OVER 23 11 12 10 5 5 13 6 7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 13,752
WHITE 7,200
NONWHITE 6,552
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