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COUNTY: SUNFLOWER

SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SUNFLOWER 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                    341    139    202     9.9   12.3    8.7

HEART DISEASES                         130     57     73   376.0  505.6  313.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS                     76     32     44   219.8  283.9  188.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES                21      8     13    60.7   71.0   55.8
ACCIDENTS                               21      5     16    60.7   44.4   68.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD                11      4      7    31.8   35.5   30.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA                 10      4      6    28.9   35.5   25.7
DIABETES MELLITUS                        9      3      6    26.0   26.6   25.7
HIV INFECTION                            7      1      6    20.2    8.9   25.7
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD      4      1      3     7.6    8.8    7.2
SUICIDE                                  4      3      1    11.6   26.6    4.3
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS      3      1      2     8.7    8.9    8.6
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES                     3      1      2     8.7    8.9    8.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION          2      0      2     5.8      -    8.6
HYPERTENSION                             1      0      1     2.9      -    4.3
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS      1      1      0     2.9    8.9      -


--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED             4      0      4    11.6      -   17.2
ALL OTHER                               34     18     16    98.3  159.7   68.6
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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              341    139    202    175     72    103    166     67     99

UNDER 1             10      1      9      6      1      5      4      0      4
 (NEONATAL)          4      0      4      2      0      2      2      0      2
 (POSTNEONATAL)      6      1      5      4      1      3      2      0      2

1-4                  2      0      2      1      0      1      1      0      1
5-9                  2      0      2      0      0      0      2      0      2
10-14                2      1      1      2      1      1      0      0      0
15-24                8      2      6      7      1      6      1      1      0
25-34               14      4     10     12      2     10      2      2      0
35-44               21      7     14     14      5      9      7      2      5
45-54               31      9     22     16      5     11     15      4     11
55-64               35     13     22     20     10     10     15      3     12
65-74               62     30     32     36     20     16     26     10     16
75-84               77     41     36     36     22     14     41     19     22
85 AND OVER         77     31     46     25      5     20     52     26     26
UNKNOWN              0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0
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1998 POPULATION:

  TOTAL        34,577
  WHITE        11,273
  NONWHITE     23,304
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