(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: PONTOTOC
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PONTOTOC 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 244 220 24 9.6 10.4 5.7
HEART DISEASES 84 77 7 330.7 363.5 166.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 49 43 6 192.9 203.0 142.4
ACCIDENTS 18 17 1 70.9 80.2 23.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 15 14 1 59.1 66.1 23.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 14 10 4 55.1 47.2 95.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 10 9 1 39.4 42.5 23.7
DIABETES MELLITUS 7 7 0 27.6 33.0 -
SUICIDE 7 7 0 27.6 33.0 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 3 0 11.8 14.2 -
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 3 0 11.8 14.2 -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 3.9 4.7 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 2.7 3.1 -
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 3.9 - 23.7
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 3.9 - 23.7
ALL OTHER 30 28 2 118.1 132.2 47.5
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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 244 220 24 126 116 10 118 104 14
UNDER 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
15-24 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
25-34 5 4 1 3 2 1 2 2 0
35-44 14 12 2 10 9 1 4 3 1
45-54 12 11 1 9 8 1 3 3 0
55-64 29 27 2 20 19 1 9 8 1
65-74 45 41 4 30 28 2 15 13 2
75-84 68 64 4 31 31 0 37 33 4
85 AND OVER 65 55 10 17 13 4 48 42 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 25,397
WHITE 21,185
NONWHITE 4,212
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