(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: WILKINSON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WILKINSON 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 121 47 74 13.2 16.7 11.6
HEART DISEASES 45 16 29 490.5 569.2 455.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 31 10 21 337.9 355.7 330.0
ACCIDENTS 9 2 7 98.1 71.1 110.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 6 6 0 65.4 213.4 -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 5 1 4 54.5 35.6 62.9
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 4 3 1 43.6 106.7 15.7
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 4 1 3 43.6 35.6 47.1
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 2 1 32.7 71.1 15.7
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 0 1 10.9 - 15.7
SUICIDE 1 1 0 10.9 35.6 -
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 0 1 10.9 - 15.7
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 10.9 - 15.7
ALL OTHER 10 5 5 109.0 177.9 78.6
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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 121 47 74 68 27 41 53 20 33
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 1 0 1 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
25-34 5 2 3 5 2 3 0 0 0
35-44 9 1 8 5 1 4 4 0 4
45-54 7 2 5 3 1 2 4 1 3
55-64 11 6 5 8 3 5 3 3 0
65-74 15 6 9 8 4 4 7 2 5
75-84 37 15 22 22 10 12 15 5 10
85 AND OVER 34 14 20 14 5 9 20 9 11
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 9,174
WHITE 2,811
NONWHITE 6,363
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