



(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: GRENADA
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF GRENADA 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 278 175 103 12.4 14.0 10.4
HEART DISEASES 107 66 41 477.1 527.0 414.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 49 32 17 218.5 255.5 171.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 27 15 12 120.4 119.8 121.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 16 9 7 71.3 71.9 70.7
ACCIDENTS 10 6 4 44.6 47.9 40.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 8 8 0 35.7 63.9 -
SUICIDE 5 4 1 22.3 31.9 10.1
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 3 1 17.8 24.0 10.1
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 0 4 17.8 - 40.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 3 0 13.4 24.0 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 2 0 8.9 16.0 -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 0 2 8.9 - 20.2
HIV INFECTION 2 1 1 8.9 8.0 10.1
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 0 1 4.4 - 10.1
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 4.4 8.0 -
ALL OTHER 37 25 12 165.0 199.6 121.2
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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 278 175 103 133 78 55 145 97 48
UNDER 1 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
1-4 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25-34 4 4 0 3 3 0 1 1 0
35-44 14 3 11 7 1 6 7 2 5
45-54 15 7 8 9 4 5 6 3 3
55-64 35 19 16 21 12 9 14 7 7
65-74 57 43 14 23 16 7 34 27 7
75-84 79 55 24 44 28 16 35 27 8
85 AND OVER 69 42 27 24 14 10 45 28 17
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 22,427
WHITE 12,524
NONWHITE 9,903
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