(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: BENTON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF BENTON 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 118 94 24 14.5 19.7 7.1
HEART DISEASES 28 26 2 344.0 544.0 59.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 21 16 5 258.0 334.8 148.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 18 15 3 221.1 313.9 89.2
ACCIDENTS 11 6 5 135.1 125.5 148.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 9 7 2 110.6 146.5 59.5
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 6 1 86.0 125.5 29.8
HYPERTENSION 3 2 1 36.8 41.8 29.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 2 0 2 24.6 - 59.5
SUICIDE 2 2 0 24.6 41.8 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 6 4 2 73.7 83.7 59.5
ALL OTHER 11 10 1 135.1 209.2 29.8
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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 118 94 24 51 41 10 67 53 14
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 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
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 0 0 0 2 1 1
25-34 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 1
35-44 4 3 1 1 1 0 3 2 1
45-54 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 1
55-64 15 12 3 8 6 2 7 6 1
65-74 18 15 3 14 11 3 4 4 0
75-84 34 30 4 13 11 2 21 19 2
85 AND OVER 37 29 8 12 10 2 25 19 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 8,140
WHITE 4,779
NONWHITE 3,361
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