



(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: ITAWAMBA
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ITAWAMBA 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 264 252 12 12.5 13.0 7.2
HEART DISEASES 106 102 4 503.0 525.8 239.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 56 51 5 265.8 262.9 299.0
ACCIDENTS 19 19 0 90.2 97.9 -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 16 16 0 75.9 82.5 -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 11 11 0 52.2 56.7 -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 9 9 0 42.7 46.4 -
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 3 1 19.0 15.5 59.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 4 0 19.0 20.6 -
SUICIDE 3 3 0 14.2 15.5 -
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 4.7 5.2 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 4.7 5.2 -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 1 0 4.7 5.2 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 4 0 19.0 20.6 -
ALL OTHER 29 27 2 137.6 139.2 119.6
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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 264 252 12 137 130 7 127 122 5
UNDER 1 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
15-24 5 5 0 4 4 0 1 1 0
25-34 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
35-44 13 11 2 6 4 2 7 7 0
45-54 17 16 1 11 11 0 6 5 1
55-64 29 29 0 21 21 0 8 8 0
65-74 41 38 3 24 22 2 17 16 1
75-84 76 71 5 39 36 3 37 35 2
85 AND OVER 78 77 1 28 28 0 50 49 1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 21,072
WHITE 19,400
NONWHITE 1,672
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