(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: LAWRENCE
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAWRENCE 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 151 100 51 11.6 11.9 11.0
HEART DISEASES 63 43 20 482.6 511.2 430.9
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 28 18 10 214.5 214.0 215.5
ACCIDENTS 8 5 3 61.3 59.4 64.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 7 6 1 53.6 71.3 21.5
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 5 2 53.6 59.4 43.1
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 4 2 46.0 47.6 43.1
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 5 4 1 38.3 47.6 21.5
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 4 2 2 30.6 23.8 43.1
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 7.7 - 21.5
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 7.7 11.9 -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 1 0 7.7 11.9 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 7.7 11.9 -
ALL OTHER 19 10 9 145.6 118.9 193.9
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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 151 100 51 75 48 27 76 52 24
UNDER 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
25-34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35-44 8 5 3 6 3 3 2 2 0
45-54 8 3 5 4 3 1 4 0 4
55-64 26 16 10 16 10 6 10 6 4
65-74 29 22 7 15 11 4 14 11 3
75-84 44 27 17 24 15 9 20 12 8
85 AND OVER 33 27 6 8 6 2 25 21 4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 13,053
WHITE 8,412
NONWHITE 4,641
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