



(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: JEFF DAVIS
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JEFF DAVIS 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 142 73 69 10.2 12.3 8.7
HEART DISEASES 63 31 32 454.5 521.5 404.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 31 20 11 223.7 336.5 139.0
ACCIDENTS 8 3 5 57.7 50.5 63.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 6 2 4 43.3 33.6 50.5
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 6 4 2 43.3 67.3 25.3
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 5 1 4 36.1 16.8 50.5
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 2 1 21.6 33.6 12.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 2 2 0 14.4 33.6 -
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 1 0 7.2 16.8 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 7.2 16.8 -
SUICIDE 1 1 0 7.2 16.8 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 7.2 16.8 -
ALL OTHER 14 4 10 101.0 67.3 126.3
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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 142 73 69 75 39 36 67 34 33
UNDER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
5-9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 3 1 2 2 0 2 1 1 0
25-34 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
35-44 5 0 5 3 0 3 2 0 2
45-54 9 4 5 5 2 3 4 2 2
55-64 18 15 3 13 10 3 5 5 0
65-74 31 20 11 19 13 6 12 7 5
75-84 45 22 23 23 12 11 22 10 12
85 AND OVER 26 10 16 7 2 5 19 8 11
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 13,860
WHITE 5,944
NONWHITE 7,916
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