(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: DESOTO
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DESOTO 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 674 577 97 7.0 7.0 6.8
HEART DISEASES 182 155 27 187.8 187.3 190.9
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 164 141 23 169.2 170.4 162.6
HYPERTENSION 52 41 11 53.7 49.5 77.8
ACCIDENTS 43 39 4 44.4 47.1 28.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 35 31 4 36.1 37.5 28.3
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 33 32 1 34.0 38.7 7.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 22 20 2 22.7 24.2 14.1
DIABETES MELLITUS 12 9 3 12.4 10.9 21.2
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 12 10 2 12.4 12.1 14.1
SUICIDE 9 9 0 9.3 10.9 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 6 6 0 6.2 7.2 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 6 5 1 3.8 3.7 4.7
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 3 2 1 3.1 2.4 7.1
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 1 2 3.1 1.2 14.1
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 1.0 1.2 -
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 1.0 1.2 -
MATERNAL CAUSES 1 1 0 63.7 73.7 -
HIV INFECTION 1 1 0 1.0 1.2 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 3 1 4.1 3.6 7.1
ALL OTHER 84 69 15 86.7 83.4 106.1
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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 674 577 97 352 305 47 322 272 50
UNDER 1 10 7 3 7 4 3 3 3 0
(NEONATAL) 8 5 3 6 3 3 2 2 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1-4 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
5-9 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
10-14 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
15-24 17 14 3 9 8 1 8 6 2
25-34 15 13 2 10 8 2 5 5 0
35-44 41 36 5 26 24 2 15 12 3
45-54 42 39 3 24 23 1 18 16 2
55-64 104 86 18 66 56 10 38 30 8
65-74 152 136 16 87 75 12 65 61 4
75-84 157 132 25 76 68 8 81 64 17
85 AND OVER 129 107 22 43 35 8 86 72 14
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 96,897
WHITE 82,754
NONWHITE 14,143
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