(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: QUITMAN
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF QUITMAN 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 132 62 70 13.3 16.3 11.5
HEART DISEASES 43 25 18 433.7 655.6 295.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 31 13 18 312.7 340.9 295.0
ACCIDENTS 13 4 9 131.1 104.9 147.5
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 4 4 0 40.3 104.9 -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 4 1 3 40.3 26.2 49.2
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 4 3 1 40.3 78.7 16.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 3 0 3 30.3 - 49.2
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 0 2 20.2 - 32.8
HYPERTENSION 2 0 2 20.2 - 32.8
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 2 1 1 20.2 26.2 16.4
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 2 1 1 20.2 26.2 16.4
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 5.7 34.5 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 10.1 - 16.4
ALL OTHER 20 9 11 201.7 236.0 180.3
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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 132 62 70 67 29 38 65 33 32
UNDER 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
5-9 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2
25-34 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
35-44 5 1 4 2 1 1 3 0 3
45-54 4 2 2 4 2 2 0 0 0
55-64 20 11 9 15 8 7 5 3 2
65-74 24 11 13 10 2 8 14 9 5
75-84 36 16 20 15 5 10 21 11 10
85 AND OVER 33 19 14 15 9 6 18 10 8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 9,914
WHITE 3,813
NONWHITE 6,101
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