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COUNTY: UNION
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF UNION 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 263 227 36 11.0 11.4 9.3
HEART DISEASES 78 72 6 327.3 361.0 154.6
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 60 52 8 251.8 260.7 206.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 24 18 6 100.7 90.2 154.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 18 15 3 75.5 75.2 77.3
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 12 11 1 50.4 55.1 25.8
DIABETES MELLITUS 9 7 2 37.8 35.1 51.5
ACCIDENTS 9 9 0 37.8 45.1 -
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 6 4 2 25.2 20.0 51.5
SUICIDE 2 2 0 8.4 10.0 -
HYPERTENSION 1 1 0 4.2 5.0 -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 1 0 4.2 5.0 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 2.8 - 11.5
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 1 0 4.2 5.0 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 3 0 12.6 15.0 -
ALL OTHER 38 31 7 159.5 155.4 180.3
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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 263 227 36 139 121 18 124 106 18
UNDER 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
(NEONATAL) 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
25-34 5 5 0 4 4 0 1 1 0
35-44 8 7 1 6 6 0 2 1 1
45-54 19 15 4 12 9 3 7 6 1
55-64 27 24 3 16 15 1 11 9 2
65-74 46 40 6 28 23 5 18 17 1
75-84 80 68 12 41 35 6 39 33 6
85 AND OVER 72 63 9 28 25 3 44 38 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 23,828
WHITE 19,946
NONWHITE 3,882
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