(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: YAZOO
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF YAZOO 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 303 142 161 11.9 12.4 11.4
HEART DISEASES 87 46 41 341.0 401.8 291.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 55 25 30 215.6 218.4 213.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 28 12 16 109.8 104.8 113.8
ACCIDENTS 20 7 13 78.4 61.2 92.4
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 14 6 8 54.9 52.4 56.9
DIABETES MELLITUS 11 4 7 43.1 34.9 49.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER COPD 10 7 3 39.2 61.2 21.3
NEPHRITIS, NEPH SYNDROME, NEPHROSIS 6 2 4 23.5 17.5 28.4
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION 5 2 3 19.6 17.5 21.3
SUICIDE 4 4 0 15.7 34.9 -
HYPERTENSION 3 2 1 11.8 17.5 7.1
HIV INFECTION 3 0 3 11.8 - 21.3
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 1 1 7.8 8.7 7.1
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 1 1 4.1 5.6 3.2
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 0 1 3.9 - 7.1
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 3.9 8.7 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 3 0 11.8 26.2 -
ALL OTHER 48 19 29 188.2 166.0 206.2
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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 303 142 161 161 70 91 142 72 70
UNDER 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1
(NEONATAL) 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 8 7 1 5 5 0 3 2 1
25-34 6 0 6 5 0 5 1 0 1
35-44 15 5 10 13 4 9 2 1 1
45-54 15 1 14 10 1 9 5 0 5
55-64 31 14 17 22 10 12 9 4 5
65-74 63 36 27 39 23 16 24 13 11
75-84 76 39 37 38 18 20 38 21 17
85 AND OVER 84 38 46 27 8 19 57 30 27
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1998 POPULATION:
TOTAL 25,510
WHITE 11,447
NONWHITE 14,063
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