(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: TUNICA
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TUNICA 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 90 39 51 11.2 21.0 8.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 27 13 14 335.9 698.9 226.6
HEART DISEASES 20 9 11 248.8 483.9 178.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 5 2 3 62.2 107.5 48.6
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 3 1 49.8 161.3 16.2
ACCIDENTS 4 2 2 49.8 107.5 32.4
SUICIDE 3 3 0 37.3 161.3 -
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 0 2 24.9 - 32.4
HYPERTENSION 2 0 2 24.9 - 32.4
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 2 2 0 24.9 107.5 -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 2 1 1 24.9 53.8 16.2
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 0 2 24.9 - 32.4
HIV INFECTION 2 0 2 24.9 - 32.4
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 12.4 - 16.2
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 5.8 - 6.9
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 0 2 24.9 - 32.4
ALL OTHER 11 4 7 136.8 215.0 113.3
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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 90 39 51 46 18 28 44 21 23
UNDER 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
25-34 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
35-44 9 3 6 5 1 4 4 2 2
45-54 3 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
55-64 12 1 11 8 1 7 4 0 4
65-74 22 14 8 9 7 2 13 7 6
75-84 20 11 9 14 6 8 6 5 1
85 AND OVER 17 7 10 4 0 4 13 7 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 8,039
WHITE 1,860
NONWHITE 6,179
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