(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: LOWNDES
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LOWNDES 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 526 321 205 8.6 8.8 8.3
HEART DISEASES 177 101 76 289.2 276.0 308.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 109 70 39 178.1 191.3 158.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 31 19 12 50.6 51.9 48.7
ACCIDENTS 26 15 11 42.5 41.0 44.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 20 20 0 32.7 54.6 -
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 12 10 2 19.6 27.3 8.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 10 4 6 16.3 10.9 24.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 7 4 3 11.4 10.9 12.2
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 7 1 6 7.1 2.0 12.3
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 7 2 5 11.4 5.5 20.3
SUICIDE 4 4 0 6.5 10.9 -
HIV INFECTION 4 1 3 6.5 2.7 12.2
HYPERTENSION 2 1 1 3.3 2.7 4.1
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 1 1 3.3 2.7 4.1
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 42 28 14 68.6 76.5 56.9
ALL OTHER 66 40 26 107.8 109.3 105.6
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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 526 321 205 261 163 98 265 158 107
UNDER 1 13 3 10 4 1 3 9 2 7
(NEONATAL) 9 1 8 1 0 1 8 1 7
(POSTNEONATAL) 4 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 0
1-4 5 0 5 2 0 2 3 0 3
5-9 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
10-14 3 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 2
15-24 12 7 5 10 6 4 2 1 1
25-34 10 5 5 6 3 3 4 2 2
35-44 30 8 22 15 6 9 15 2 13
45-54 34 18 16 20 11 9 14 7 7
55-64 59 30 29 38 19 19 21 11 10
65-74 100 64 36 60 40 20 40 24 16
75-84 132 98 34 58 46 12 74 52 22
85 AND OVER 126 88 38 46 31 15 80 57 23
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 61,208
WHITE 36,591
NONWHITE 24,617
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