(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: KEMPER
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF KEMPER 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 101 54 47 9.6 12.6 7.4
HEART DISEASES 39 22 17 368.8 515.1 269.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 17 9 8 160.8 210.7 126.9
ACCIDENTS 8 3 5 75.6 70.2 79.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 5 4 1 47.3 93.6 15.9
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 2 1 28.4 46.8 15.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 2 1 1 18.9 23.4 15.9
SUICIDE 2 2 0 18.9 46.8 -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 0 2 18.9 - 31.7
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 9.4 23.4 -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 1 1 0 9.4 23.4 -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 9.4 - 15.9
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 - - -
ALL OTHER 20 9 11 189.1 210.7 174.5
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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 101 54 47 53 27 26 48 27 21
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 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 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 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
35-44 5 2 3 2 0 2 3 2 1
45-54 6 1 5 3 0 3 3 1 2
55-64 18 5 13 11 1 10 7 4 3
65-74 15 11 4 11 9 2 4 2 2
75-84 30 19 11 15 10 5 15 9 6
85 AND OVER 24 16 8 9 7 2 15 9 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 10,575
WHITE 4,271
NONWHITE 6,304
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