(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: HANCOCK
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HANCOCK 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 409 386 23 10.1 10.7 5.3
HEART DISEASES 141 128 13 349.6 355.7 299.6
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 90 86 4 223.2 239.0 92.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 29 28 1 71.9 77.8 23.0
ACCIDENTS 28 27 1 69.4 75.0 23.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 19 19 0 47.1 52.8 -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 18 18 0 44.6 50.0 -
SUICIDE 11 11 0 27.3 30.6 -
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 10 7 3 24.8 19.4 69.1
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 5 1 14.9 13.9 23.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 4 0 9.9 11.1 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 3 0 7.4 8.3 -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 3 3 0 7.4 8.3 -
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 2.5 2.8 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 2 0 5.0 5.6 -
ALL OTHER 44 44 0 109.1 122.3 -
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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 409 386 23 227 213 14 182 173 9
UNDER 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
10-14 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
25-34 10 9 1 7 6 1 3 3 0
35-44 12 12 0 8 8 0 4 4 0
45-54 34 31 3 22 19 3 12 12 0
55-64 64 59 5 44 40 4 20 19 1
65-74 101 99 2 54 53 1 47 46 1
75-84 115 106 9 58 54 4 57 52 5
85 AND OVER 66 63 3 30 29 1 36 34 2
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 40,327
WHITE 35,988
NONWHITE 4,339
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