



(HSWWDTCO)
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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