(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: SHARKEY
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SHARKEY 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 82 23 59 12.3 11.1 12.9
HEART DISEASES 26 8 18 391.0 386.3 393.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 15 4 11 225.6 193.1 240.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 9 3 6 135.3 144.8 131.0
ACCIDENTS 5 1 4 75.2 48.3 87.4
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 4 1 3 60.2 48.3 65.5
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 1 2 45.1 48.3 43.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 2 0 2 30.1 - 43.7
HYPERTENSION 1 0 1 15.0 - 21.8
HIV INFECTION 1 0 1 15.0 - 21.8
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 15.0 - 21.8
ALL OTHER 15 5 10 225.6 241.4 218.4
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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 82 23 59 41 14 27 41 9 32
UNDER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
15-24 3 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 2
25-34 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
35-44 6 2 4 4 1 3 2 1 1
45-54 11 1 10 6 1 5 5 0 5
55-64 8 2 6 5 2 3 3 0 3
65-74 12 5 7 9 4 5 3 1 2
75-84 18 6 12 6 3 3 12 3 9
85 AND OVER 21 7 14 8 3 5 13 4 9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 6,650
WHITE 2,071
NONWHITE 4,579
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