(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: ALCORN
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ALCORN COUNTY, 1999
--------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 424 382 42 12.8 13.2 10.0
HEART DISEASES 134 124 10 405.1 429.3 238.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 88 80 8 266.0 277.0 190.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 39 35 4 117.9 121.2 95.3
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 22 21 1 66.5 72.7 23.8
ACCIDENTS 21 20 1 63.5 69.2 23.8
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 15 13 2 45.3 45.0 47.6
SEPTICEMIA 11 11 0 33.2 38.1 -
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 9 6 3 27.2 20.8 71.4
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE 7 7 0 21.2 24.2 -
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 3 2 15.1 10.4 47.6
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 4 3 1 12.1 10.4 23.8
HOMICIDE 4 2 2 12.1 6.9 47.6
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 3 3 0 9.1 10.4 -
ANEMIAS 2 1 1 6.0 3.5 23.8
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 2 1 1 6.0 3.5 23.8
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 2 1 1 6.0 3.5 23.8
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 2 2 0 6.0 6.9 -
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED
NEOPLASMS 1 1 0 3.0 3.5 -
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 1 1 0 3.0 3.5 -
PEPTIC ULCER 1 1 0 3.0 3.5 -
HERNIA 1 1 0 3.0 3.5 -
CHOLELITHIASIS/GALLBLADDER DISORDER 1 1 0 3.0 3.5 -
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 3.0 3.5 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 2.4 2.8 -
SUICIDE 1 1 0 3.0 3.5 -
LEGAL INTERVENTION 1 1 0 3.0 3.5 -
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 1 1 0 3.0 3.5 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 5 4 1 15.1 13.8 23.8
ALL OTHER CAUSES 39 35 4 117.9 121.2 95.3
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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 1999 ESTIMATES.
# 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 424 382 42 202 186 16 222 196 26
UNDER 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 4 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 0
25-34 6 5 1 4 4 0 2 1 1
35-44 15 12 3 10 8 2 5 4 1
45-54 30 26 4 22 19 3 8 7 1
55-64 44 41 3 25 25 0 19 16 3
65-74 91 81 10 57 51 6 34 30 4
75-84 118 110 8 55 51 4 63 59 4
85 AND OVER 115 103 12 27 27 0 88 76 12
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 33,080
WHITE 28,881
NONWHITE 4,199
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