(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: AMITE
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF AMITE 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 130 69 61 9.3 9.5 9.2
HEART DISEASES 45 24 21 323.6 331.1 315.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 31 20 11 222.9 275.9 165.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 7 3 4 50.3 41.4 60.1
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 2 3 36.0 27.6 45.1
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 5 1 4 36.0 13.8 60.1
SUICIDE 5 3 2 36.0 41.4 30.0
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 4 1 3 28.8 13.8 45.1
ACCIDENTS 4 2 2 28.8 27.6 30.0
SEPTICEMIA 3 2 1 21.6 27.6 15.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 3 2 1 21.6 27.6 15.0
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 1 0 1 7.2 - 15.0
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 1 1 0 7.2 13.8 -
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 1 1 0 7.2 13.8 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 5.8 - 11.8
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 1 0 1 7.2 - 15.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 - - -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 13 7 6 93.5 96.6 90.1
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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 130 69 61 75 40 35 55 29 26
UNDER 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 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 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
25-34 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
35-44 4 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 1
45-54 7 2 5 5 2 3 2 0 2
55-64 15 12 3 10 7 3 5 5 0
65-74 33 16 17 18 11 7 15 5 10
75-84 37 22 15 20 11 9 17 11 6
85 AND OVER 29 16 13 16 9 7 13 7 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 13,906
WHITE 7,249
NONWHITE 6,657
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