



(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: ATTALA
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ATTALA 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 306 210 96 16.6 19.7 12.4
HEART DISEASES 98 71 27 532.5 667.2 347.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 69 49 20 374.9 460.4 257.7
ACCIDENTS 21 14 7 114.1 131.6 90.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 20 10 10 108.7 94.0 128.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 10 10 0 54.3 94.0 -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 8 4 4 43.5 37.6 51.5
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 6 4 2 32.6 37.6 25.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 6 3 3 32.6 28.2 38.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 6 1 5 32.6 9.4 64.4
HYPERTENSION 5 1 4 27.2 9.4 51.5
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 2 1 16.3 18.8 12.9
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 3 0 16.3 28.2 -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 2 0 10.9 18.8 -
SUICIDE 2 2 0 10.9 18.8 -
HIV INFECTION 2 0 2 10.9 - 25.8
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 3.9 - 8.7
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 10.9 9.4 12.9
ALL OTHER 42 33 9 228.2 310.1 115.9
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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 306 210 96 172 121 51 134 89 45
UNDER 1 4 2 2 4 2 2 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 3 1 2 3 1 2 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 5 3 2 3 1 2 2 2 0
25-34 7 3 4 6 2 4 1 1 0
35-44 12 5 7 7 3 4 5 2 3
45-54 18 12 6 10 7 3 8 5 3
55-64 27 17 10 19 13 6 8 4 4
65-74 59 39 20 39 29 10 20 10 10
75-84 106 79 27 57 43 14 49 36 13
85 AND OVER 68 50 18 27 21 6 41 29 12
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 18,404
WHITE 10,642
NONWHITE 7,762
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