(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: COPIAH
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COPIAH 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 287 155 132 9.9 11.3 8.6
HEART DISEASES 102 53 49 352.4 388.0 320.6
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 64 39 25 221.1 285.5 163.5
ACCIDENTS 22 14 8 76.0 102.5 52.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 16 9 7 55.3 65.9 45.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 14 8 6 48.4 58.6 39.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 9 5 4 31.1 36.6 26.2
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 2 4 20.7 14.6 26.2
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 4 1 3 13.8 7.3 19.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 0 4 13.8 - 26.2
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 1 2 6.9 5.6 7.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 2 0 2 6.9 - 13.1
SUICIDE 2 2 0 6.9 14.6 -
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 3.4 7.3 -
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 3.4 - 6.5
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 3.4 - 6.5
ALL OTHER 36 20 16 124.4 146.4 104.7
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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 287 155 132 156 90 66 131 65 66
UNDER 1 5 1 4 2 0 2 3 1 2
(NEONATAL) 4 1 3 2 0 2 2 1 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 6 3 3 4 2 2 2 1 1
25-34 6 5 1 5 4 1 1 1 0
35-44 17 8 9 10 4 6 7 4 3
45-54 22 11 11 15 9 6 7 2 5
55-64 39 18 21 29 15 14 10 3 7
65-74 58 34 24 32 21 11 26 13 13
75-84 65 38 27 29 17 12 36 21 15
85 AND OVER 68 36 32 29 17 12 39 19 20
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 28,944
WHITE 13,658
NONWHITE 15,286
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