(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: HOLMES
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HOLMES 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 255 78 177 11.8 15.9 10.6
HEART DISEASES 88 25 63 408.1 510.7 378.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 45 18 27 208.7 367.7 162.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 21 11 10 97.4 224.7 60.0
ACCIDENTS 18 4 14 83.5 81.7 84.0
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 12 5 7 55.6 102.1 42.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 2 4 27.8 40.8 24.0
HIV DISEASE 5 0 5 23.2 - 30.0
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 5 0 5 23.2 - 30.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 4 4 0 18.6 81.7 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 4 0 4 9.7 - 11.0
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED
NEOPLASMS 3 0 3 13.9 - 18.0
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 3 1 2 13.9 20.4 12.0
HOMICIDE 3 1 2 13.9 20.4 12.0
SEPTICEMIA 2 0 2 9.3 - 12.0
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 2 0 2 9.3 - 12.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 0 2 9.3 - 12.0
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 2 0 2 9.3 - 12.0
SUICIDE 2 1 1 9.3 20.4 6.0
LEGAL INTERVENTION 2 0 2 9.3 - 12.0
VIRAL HEPATITIS 1 0 1 4.6 - 6.0
ANEMIAS 1 0 1 4.6 - 6.0
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 1 1 0 4.6 20.4 -
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 1 0 1 4.6 - 6.0
ACUTE BRONCHITIS AND BRONCHIOLITIS 1 0 1 4.6 - 6.0
PEPTIC ULCER 1 0 1 4.6 - 6.0
HERNIA 1 0 1 4.6 - 6.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 0 4 18.6 - 24.0
ALL OTHER CAUSES 15 5 10 69.6 102.1 60.0
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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 255 78 177 137 35 102 118 43 75
UNDER 1 7 0 7 4 0 4 3 0 3
(NEONATAL) 5 0 5 3 0 3 2 0 2
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
10-14 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
15-24 6 2 4 3 0 3 3 2 1
25-34 9 2 7 8 2 6 1 0 1
35-44 20 2 18 12 1 11 8 1 7
45-54 13 1 12 11 1 10 2 0 2
55-64 28 4 24 16 1 15 12 3 9
65-74 39 13 26 26 9 17 13 4 9
75-84 74 27 47 38 12 26 36 15 21
85 AND OVER 57 27 30 17 9 8 40 18 22
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 21,562
WHITE 4,895
NONWHITE 16,667
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