(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: GEORGE
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF GEORGE 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 171 159 12 8.7 9.1 5.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 48 43 5 244.3 245.3 236.5
HEART DISEASES 34 33 1 173.1 188.2 47.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 13 13 0 66.2 74.2 -
DIABETES MELLITUS 12 9 3 61.1 51.3 141.9
ACCIDENTS 10 10 0 50.9 57.0 -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 7 0 35.6 39.9 -
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 5 5 0 25.4 28.5 -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 3 0 15.3 17.1 -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 3 2 1 15.3 11.4 47.3
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 2 0 10.2 11.4 -
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 5.1 5.7 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 5.1 5.7 -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 1 0 5.1 5.7 -
HIV INFECTION 1 1 0 5.1 5.7 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 3 0 15.3 17.1 -
ALL OTHER 27 25 2 137.4 142.6 94.6
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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 171 159 12 76 72 4 95 87 8
UNDER 1 6 5 1 3 2 1 3 3 0
(NEONATAL) 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
1-4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
25-34 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
35-44 6 5 1 4 4 0 2 1 1
45-54 16 13 3 9 9 0 7 4 3
55-64 22 20 2 9 8 1 13 12 1
65-74 29 28 1 13 12 1 16 16 0
75-84 48 48 0 22 22 0 26 26 0
85 AND OVER 37 33 4 11 10 1 26 23 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 19,645
WHITE 17,531
NONWHITE 2,114
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