(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: LAMAR
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAMAR 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 274 239 35 7.4 7.5 6.9
HEART DISEASES 87 75 12 235.8 235.8 236.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 69 60 9 187.0 188.6 177.2
ACCIDENTS 24 21 3 65.1 66.0 59.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 15 13 2 40.7 40.9 39.4
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 13 12 1 35.2 37.7 19.7
DIABETES MELLITUS 8 7 1 21.7 22.0 19.7
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 7 7 0 19.0 22.0 -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 6 6 0 16.3 18.9 -
SUICIDE 5 5 0 13.6 15.7 -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 5 3 2 13.6 9.4 39.4
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 3 0 8.1 9.4 -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 3 3 0 8.1 9.4 -
TUBERCULOSIS 1 1 0 2.7 3.1 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 1.6 - 10.5
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 2 0 5.4 6.3 -
ALL OTHER 25 21 4 67.8 66.0 78.8
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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 274 239 35 137 120 17 137 119 18
UNDER 1 4 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 0
(NEONATAL) 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
1-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 14 11 3 10 9 1 4 2 2
25-34 12 9 3 4 3 1 8 6 2
35-44 18 15 3 11 11 0 7 4 3
45-54 17 14 3 14 12 2 3 2 1
55-64 30 27 3 19 16 3 11 11 0
65-74 56 47 9 31 26 5 25 21 4
75-84 67 63 4 31 29 2 36 34 2
85 AND OVER 54 50 4 13 13 0 41 37 4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 36,888
WHITE 31,809
NONWHITE 5,079
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