(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: PERRY
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PERRY 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 89 60 29 7.5 6.8 9.7
HEART DISEASES 40 23 17 339.0 260.7 571.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 12 10 2 101.7 113.4 67.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 12 10 2 101.7 113.4 67.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 4 4 0 33.9 45.3 -
ACCIDENTS 3 3 0 25.4 34.0 -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 2 2 0 17.0 22.7 -
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 0 1 8.5 - 33.6
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 1 1 0 8.5 11.3 -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 8.5 11.3 -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 1 0 8.5 11.3 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 8.5 - 33.6
ALL OTHER 11 5 6 93.2 56.7 201.6
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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 89 60 29 49 37 12 40 23 17
UNDER 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
25-34 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
35-44 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
45-54 6 2 4 3 1 2 3 1 2
55-64 10 8 2 6 4 2 4 4 0
65-74 26 18 8 17 14 3 9 4 5
75-84 29 20 9 14 11 3 15 9 6
85 AND OVER 12 8 4 4 3 1 8 5 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 11,798
WHITE 8,822
NONWHITE 2,976
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