(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: LAFAYETTE
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAFAYETTE 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 319 252 67 9.2 10.4 6.4
HEART DISEASES 115 89 26 332.8 369.3 248.6
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 60 48 12 173.6 199.2 114.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 26 23 3 75.2 95.4 28.7
ACCIDENTS 23 17 6 66.6 70.5 57.4
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 15 13 2 43.4 53.9 19.1
DIABETES MELLITUS 10 3 7 28.9 12.4 66.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 10 10 0 28.9 41.5 -
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 5 2 3 14.5 8.3 28.7
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 4 3 1 9.5 12.5 5.6
SUICIDE 3 3 0 8.7 12.4 -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 2 1 8.7 8.3 9.6
HYPERTENSION 2 2 0 5.8 8.3 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 2 0 5.8 8.3 -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 2.9 - 9.6
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 2.9 4.2 -
ALL OTHER 39 34 5 112.9 141.1 47.8
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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 319 252 67 167 142 25 152 110 42
UNDER 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 4 3 1
(NEONATAL) 4 3 1 0 0 0 4 3 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
15-24 5 2 3 4 2 2 1 0 1
25-34 8 5 3 6 4 2 2 1 1
35-44 15 10 5 9 8 1 6 2 4
45-54 12 7 5 7 6 1 5 1 4
55-64 30 19 11 8 6 2 22 13 9
65-74 65 55 10 44 40 4 21 15 6
75-84 96 81 15 57 50 7 39 31 8
85 AND OVER 82 68 14 30 24 6 52 44 8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 34,555
WHITE 24,097
NONWHITE 10,458
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