



(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: OKTIBBEHA
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF OKTIBBEHA 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 283 162 121 7.2 6.9 7.6
HEART DISEASES 119 71 48 302.9 302.9 302.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 53 29 24 134.9 123.7 151.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 17 9 8 43.3 38.4 50.5
ACCIDENTS 14 10 4 35.6 42.7 25.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 10 6 4 25.4 25.6 25.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 8 7 1 20.4 29.9 6.3
SUICIDE 8 5 3 20.4 21.3 18.9
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 1 4 12.7 4.3 25.2
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 5 1 4 12.7 4.3 25.2
HYPERTENSION 2 1 1 5.1 4.3 6.3
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 1 1 5.1 4.3 6.3
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 0 2 4.0 - 7.4
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 2.5 - 6.3
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 2.5 - 6.3
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 2.5 4.3 -
ALL OTHER 35 20 15 89.1 85.3 94.6
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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 283 162 121 147 82 65 136 80 56
UNDER 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 1 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
15-24 8 5 3 7 5 2 1 0 1
25-34 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1
35-44 12 3 9 10 2 8 2 1 1
45-54 19 10 9 11 7 4 8 3 5
55-64 30 9 21 21 6 15 9 3 6
65-74 46 31 15 27 20 7 19 11 8
75-84 73 43 30 31 20 11 42 23 19
85 AND OVER 88 58 30 37 21 16 51 37 14
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 39,291
WHITE 23,439
NONWHITE 15,852
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