(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: COVINGTON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COVINGTON 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 230 160 70 12.9 14.4 10.5
HEART DISEASES 86 64 22 483.1 575.7 329.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 55 37 18 309.0 332.8 269.2
ACCIDENTS 20 12 8 112.3 108.0 119.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 10 7 3 56.2 63.0 44.9
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 5 1 4 28.1 9.0 59.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 5 5 0 28.1 45.0 -
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 3 1 22.5 27.0 15.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 3 2 1 16.8 18.0 15.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 2 1 16.8 18.0 15.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 0 3 16.8 - 44.9
HYPERTENSION 2 2 0 11.2 18.0 -
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 2 1 1 11.2 9.0 15.0
SUICIDE 2 2 0 11.2 18.0 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 3.1 5.6 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 5.6 9.0 -
ALL OTHER 28 20 8 157.3 179.9 119.6
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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 230 160 70 141 99 42 89 61 28
UNDER 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
(NEONATAL) 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 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 7 6 1 4 3 1 3 3 0
25-34 7 1 6 4 0 4 3 1 2
35-44 10 4 6 7 2 5 3 2 1
45-54 13 7 6 8 4 4 5 3 2
55-64 22 16 6 13 9 4 9 7 2
65-74 42 25 17 28 18 10 14 7 7
75-84 68 58 10 47 40 7 21 18 3
85 AND OVER 57 40 17 28 22 6 29 18 11
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 17,802
WHITE 11,116
NONWHITE 6,686
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