(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: SIMPSON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SIMPSON 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 318 219 99 12.6 13.2 11.2
HEART DISEASES 104 77 27 410.4 465.7 306.6
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 69 45 24 272.3 272.2 272.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 23 17 6 90.8 102.8 68.1
ACCIDENTS 23 15 8 90.8 90.7 90.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 16 12 4 63.1 72.6 45.4
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 13 8 5 51.3 48.4 56.8
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 10 7 3 39.5 42.3 34.1
SUICIDE 6 5 1 23.7 30.2 11.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 3 1 15.8 18.1 11.4
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 3 2 1 11.8 12.1 11.4
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 3 2 1 11.8 12.1 11.4
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 3 0 3 11.8 - 34.1
HYPERTENSION 2 0 2 7.9 - 22.7
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 2 0 7.9 12.1 -
HIV INFECTION 2 0 2 7.9 - 22.7
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 2.4 - 5.1
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 7.9 6.0 11.4
ALL OTHER 32 23 9 126.3 139.1 102.2
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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 318 219 99 155 107 48 163 112 51
UNDER 1 7 2 5 6 1 5 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
1-4 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1
5-9 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 9 4 5 4 2 2 5 2 3
25-34 5 4 1 5 4 1 0 0 0
35-44 12 9 3 8 8 0 4 1 3
45-54 29 15 14 16 9 7 13 6 7
55-64 40 29 11 22 16 6 18 13 5
65-74 59 42 17 33 24 9 26 18 8
75-84 70 54 16 31 26 5 39 28 11
85 AND OVER 83 59 24 29 17 12 54 42 12
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 25,338
WHITE 16,533
NONWHITE 8,805
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