(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: NEWTON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF NEWTON 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 243 164 79 11.3 11.7 10.5
HEART DISEASES 82 57 25 381.1 406.4 333.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 58 44 14 269.6 313.7 186.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 14 8 6 65.1 57.0 80.1
ACCIDENTS 12 6 6 55.8 42.8 80.1
DIABETES MELLITUS 9 6 3 41.8 42.8 40.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 7 5 2 32.5 35.6 26.7
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 6 5 1 27.9 35.6 13.4
SUICIDE 6 5 1 27.9 35.6 13.4
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 5 2 3 14.4 10.5 19.2
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 5 1 4 23.2 7.1 53.4
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 1 3 18.6 7.1 40.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 1 2 13.9 7.1 26.7
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 2 0 9.3 14.2 -
TUBERCULOSIS 1 0 1 4.6 - 13.4
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 4.6 7.1 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 - - -
ALL OTHER 28 20 8 130.1 142.6 106.8
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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 243 164 79 122 90 32 121 74 47
UNDER 1 5 2 3 4 2 2 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 5 2 3 4 2 2 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 6 3 3 4 2 2 2 1 1
25-34 4 1 3 1 0 1 3 1 2
35-44 12 6 6 9 5 4 3 1 2
45-54 8 6 2 5 4 1 3 2 1
55-64 31 17 14 20 13 7 11 4 7
65-74 61 47 14 32 28 4 29 19 10
75-84 56 41 15 31 25 6 25 16 9
85 AND OVER 59 41 18 16 11 5 43 30 13
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 21,516
WHITE 14,026
NONWHITE 7,490
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