(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: HOLMES
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HOLMES 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 272 84 188 12.6 17.1 11.3
HEART DISEASES 88 30 58 408.9 611.1 349.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 47 16 31 218.4 325.9 186.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 27 5 22 125.4 101.8 132.4
ACCIDENTS 18 5 13 83.6 101.8 78.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 8 6 2 37.2 122.2 12.0
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 8 1 7 37.2 20.4 42.1
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 8 2 6 37.2 40.7 36.1
DIABETES MELLITUS 7 1 6 32.5 20.4 36.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 7 4 3 32.5 81.5 18.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 4 0 4 9.8 - 11.1
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 3 0 3 13.9 - 18.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 0 2 9.3 - 12.0
SUICIDE 2 1 1 9.3 20.4 6.0
HIV INFECTION 2 0 2 9.3 - 12.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 4.6 20.4 -
MATERNAL CAUSES 1 0 1 244.5 - 277.8
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 5 1 4 23.2 20.4 24.1
ALL OTHER 34 11 23 158.0 224.1 138.4
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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 272 84 188 135 32 103 137 52 85
UNDER 1 10 1 9 8 0 8 2 1 1
(NEONATAL) 5 0 5 4 0 4 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 5 1 4 4 0 4 1 1 0
1-4 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0
5-9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
10-14 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
15-24 7 1 6 4 0 4 3 1 2
25-34 6 0 6 5 0 5 1 0 1
35-44 11 1 10 7 1 6 4 0 4
45-54 13 2 11 9 2 7 4 0 4
55-64 36 9 27 23 6 17 13 3 10
65-74 53 14 39 31 10 21 22 4 18
75-84 71 34 37 23 8 15 48 26 22
85 AND OVER 59 22 37 19 5 14 40 17 23
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 21,522
WHITE 4,909
NONWHITE 16,613
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