(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: FORREST
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF FORREST 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 707 516 191 9.5 10.5 7.5
HEART DISEASES 257 191 66 345.6 389.3 260.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 166 126 40 223.2 256.8 158.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 44 25 19 59.2 51.0 75.1
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 43 36 7 57.8 73.4 27.7
ACCIDENTS 34 26 8 45.7 53.0 31.6
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 24 19 5 32.3 38.7 19.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 9 4 5 12.1 8.2 19.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 9 6 3 12.1 12.2 11.8
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 4 2 8.1 8.2 7.9
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 6 3 3 8.1 6.1 11.8
SUICIDE 4 3 1 5.4 6.1 4.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 1 2 2.8 1.7 4.0
HYPERTENSION 2 1 1 2.7 2.0 4.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 1.3 2.0 -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 1.3 2.0 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 2 1 4.0 4.1 4.0
ALL OTHER 95 67 28 127.8 136.6 110.7
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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 707 516 191 327 231 96 380 285 95
UNDER 1 5 2 3 3 1 2 2 1 1
(NEONATAL) 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 9 5 4 6 4 2 3 1 2
25-34 13 6 7 8 2 6 5 4 1
35-44 20 9 11 10 4 6 10 5 5
45-54 51 34 17 27 18 9 24 16 8
55-64 82 49 33 51 30 21 31 19 12
65-74 138 110 28 72 60 12 66 50 16
75-84 211 157 54 91 66 25 120 91 29
85 AND OVER 176 144 32 58 46 12 118 98 20
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 74,364
WHITE 49,062
NONWHITE 25,302
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