(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: PEARL RIVER
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PEARL RIVER 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 461 393 68 9.8 10.0 8.9
HEART DISEASES 135 116 19 288.1 295.6 249.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 107 91 16 228.3 231.9 209.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 25 24 1 53.3 61.2 13.1
ACCIDENTS 25 22 3 53.3 56.1 39.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 21 16 5 44.8 40.8 65.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 20 14 6 42.7 35.7 78.7
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 17 14 3 36.3 35.7 39.3
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 11 11 0 23.5 28.0 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 8 7 1 17.1 17.8 13.1
SUICIDE 4 4 0 8.5 10.2 -
HYPERTENSION 3 1 2 6.4 2.5 26.2
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 2 1 6.4 5.1 13.1
HIV INFECTION 2 1 1 4.3 2.5 13.1
TUBERCULOSIS 1 1 0 2.1 2.5 -
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 2.1 2.5 -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 2.1 2.5 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 1.6 1.9 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 8 7 1 17.1 17.8 13.1
ALL OTHER 68 59 9 145.1 150.4 118.0
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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 461 393 68 248 218 30 213 175 38
UNDER 1 4 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
1-4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
5-9 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
10-14 3 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 1
15-24 8 6 2 7 5 2 1 1 0
25-34 11 8 3 6 4 2 5 4 1
35-44 17 11 6 9 7 2 8 4 4
45-54 37 30 7 24 21 3 13 9 4
55-64 58 51 7 38 35 3 20 16 4
65-74 110 99 11 69 63 6 41 36 5
75-84 120 105 15 58 53 5 62 52 10
85 AND OVER 90 75 15 30 24 6 60 51 9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 46,862
WHITE 39,236
NONWHITE 7,626
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