(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: COVINGTON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COVINGTON 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 183 135 48 10.2 12.1 7.1
HEART DISEASES 71 53 18 396.9 475.5 267.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 42 32 10 234.8 287.1 148.3
ACCIDENTS 11 10 1 61.5 89.7 14.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 10 7 3 55.9 62.8 44.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 8 4 4 44.7 35.9 59.3
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 4 3 1 22.4 26.9 14.8
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 3 3 0 16.8 26.9 -
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 2 0 11.2 17.9 -
PARKINSONS DISEASE 2 2 0 11.2 17.9 -
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 2 2 0 11.2 17.9 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 0 2 11.2 - 29.7
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 2 1 1 11.2 9.0 14.8
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 2 2 0 11.2 17.9 -
SEPTICEMIA 1 1 0 5.6 9.0 -
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED
NEOPLASMS 1 1 0 5.6 9.0 -
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 5.6 9.0 -
PEPTIC ULCER 1 1 0 5.6 9.0 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 3.5 6.7 -
HOMICIDE 1 0 1 5.6 - 14.8
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 1 1 0 5.6 9.0 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 - - -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 15 8 7 83.8 71.8 103.8
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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 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 183 135 48 105 74 31 78 61 17
UNDER 1 4 3 1 1 1 0 3 2 1
(NEONATAL) 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1-4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
5-9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10-14 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 0
15-24 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
25-34 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
35-44 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1
45-54 14 5 9 8 2 6 6 3 3
55-64 16 12 4 12 9 3 4 3 1
65-74 49 40 9 31 25 6 18 15 3
75-84 46 34 12 30 21 9 16 13 3
85 AND OVER 41 33 8 16 12 4 25 21 4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 17,889
WHITE 11,147
NONWHITE 6,742
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