(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: WEBSTER
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WEBSTER 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 133 117 16 12.6 14.5 6.4
HEART DISEASES 44 41 3 417.2 509.7 119.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 25 21 4 237.0 261.1 159.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 13 11 2 123.2 136.7 79.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 8 7 1 75.8 87.0 40.0
ACCIDENTS 8 7 1 75.8 87.0 40.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 6 0 56.9 74.6 -
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 3 0 28.4 37.3 -
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 2 2 0 19.0 24.9 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 9.5 12.4 -
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 1 0 1 9.5 - 40.0
SUICIDE 1 1 0 9.5 12.4 -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 1 0 9.5 12.4 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 9.5 12.4 -
ALL OTHER 19 15 4 180.1 186.5 159.8
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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 133 117 16 69 59 10 64 58 6
UNDER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25-34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35-44 6 6 0 5 5 0 1 1 0
45-54 7 6 1 6 5 1 1 1 0
55-64 11 9 2 8 6 2 3 3 0
65-74 28 25 3 18 16 2 10 9 1
75-84 33 28 5 19 15 4 14 13 1
85 AND OVER 47 43 4 13 12 1 34 31 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 10,547
WHITE 8,044
NONWHITE 2,503
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