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COUNTY: FORREST
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF FORREST 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 769 547 222 10.3 11.1 8.6
HEART DISEASES 227 167 60 303.0 339.4 233.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 177 129 48 236.2 262.1 186.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 54 33 21 72.1 67.1 81.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 51 38 13 68.1 77.2 50.5
ACCIDENTS 50 30 20 66.7 61.0 77.8
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 22 15 7 29.4 30.5 27.2
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE 17 15 2 22.7 30.5 7.8
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 14 12 2 18.7 24.4 7.8
SEPTICEMIA 12 6 6 16.0 12.2 23.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 9 5 4 12.0 10.2 15.6
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 9 7 2 12.0 14.2 7.8
PARKINSONS DISEASE 8 7 1 10.7 14.2 3.9
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 8 6 2 10.7 12.2 7.8
SUICIDE 8 5 3 10.7 10.2 11.7
HIV DISEASE 5 3 2 6.7 6.1 7.8
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 5 4 1 6.7 8.1 3.9
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 5 4 1 6.7 8.1 3.9
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 4 4 0 5.3 8.1 -
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 4 1 3 5.3 2.0 11.7
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 3 2 1 4.0 4.1 3.9
PEPTIC ULCER 3 3 0 4.0 6.1 -
HOMICIDE 3 2 1 4.0 4.1 3.9
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED
NEOPLASMS 2 2 0 2.7 4.1 -
TUBERCULOSIS 1 1 0 1.3 2.0 -
VIRAL HEPATITIS 1 1 0 1.3 2.0 -
MENINGITIS 1 0 1 1.3 - 3.9
HERNIA 1 1 0 1.3 2.0 -
CHOLELITHIASIS/GALLBLADDER DISORDER 1 1 0 1.3 2.0 -
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 1.3 2.0 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 0.9 1.7 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 1 2 4.0 2.0 7.8
ALL OTHER CAUSES 59 40 19 78.7 81.3 73.9
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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 769 547 222 386 268 118 383 279 104
UNDER 1 6 4 2 4 4 0 2 0 2
(NEONATAL) 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 4 3 1 3 3 0 1 0 1
1-4 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 1
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
15-24 11 6 5 7 3 4 4 3 1
25-34 19 5 14 9 4 5 10 1 9
35-44 39 26 13 23 15 8 16 11 5
45-54 62 34 28 39 23 16 23 11 12
55-64 83 49 34 52 32 20 31 17 14
65-74 150 117 33 85 63 22 65 54 11
75-84 203 158 45 106 81 25 97 77 20
85 AND OVER 190 146 44 56 41 15 134 105 29
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 74,927
WHITE 49,209
NONWHITE 25,718
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