(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: WASHINGTON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON 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 696 280 416 10.7 10.9 10.5
HEART DISEASES 243 109 134 372.3 422.8 339.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 121 46 75 185.4 178.4 190.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 58 23 35 88.9 89.2 88.6
ACCIDENTS 39 10 29 59.8 38.8 73.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 22 17 5 33.7 65.9 12.7
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 20 3 17 30.6 11.6 43.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 19 11 8 29.1 42.7 20.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 13 5 8 19.9 19.4 20.3
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 13 4 9 19.9 15.5 22.8
HIV INFECTION 8 2 6 12.2 7.8 15.2
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 7 4 3 10.7 15.5 7.6
HYPERTENSION 6 2 4 9.2 7.8 10.1
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 4 0 4 6.1 - 10.1
SUICIDE 4 4 0 6.1 15.5 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 0 3 2.4 - 3.3
TUBERCULOSIS 1 0 1 1.5 - 2.5
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 0 1 1.5 - 2.5
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 14 1 13 21.4 3.9 32.9
ALL OTHER 100 39 61 153.2 151.3 154.5
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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 696 280 416 350 142 208 346 138 208
UNDER 1 15 0 15 8 0 8 7 0 7
(NEONATAL) 6 0 6 3 0 3 3 0 3
(POSTNEONATAL) 9 0 9 5 0 5 4 0 4
1-4 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
5-9 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
10-14 4 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 1
15-24 18 5 13 13 4 9 5 1 4
25-34 23 7 16 17 5 12 6 2 4
35-44 31 16 15 20 11 9 11 5 6
45-54 67 23 44 49 16 33 18 7 11
55-64 96 34 62 52 22 30 44 12 32
65-74 128 53 75 70 32 38 58 21 37
75-84 174 82 92 73 34 39 101 48 53
85 AND OVER 137 60 77 44 18 26 93 42 51
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 65,264
WHITE 25,782
NONWHITE 39,482
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