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COUNTY: JEFFERSON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JEFFERSON 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 92 20 72 11.0 18.1 9.9
HEART DISEASES 39 7 32 465.1 632.3 439.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 19 4 15 226.6 361.3 206.1
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 0 5 59.6 - 68.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 5 3 2 59.6 271.0 27.5
ACCIDENTS 5 2 3 59.6 180.7 41.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 4 1 3 47.7 90.3 41.2
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 2 1 1 23.8 90.3 13.7
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 2 1 1 23.8 90.3 13.7
SUICIDE 2 0 2 23.8 - 27.5
PARKINSONS DISEASE 1 0 1 11.9 - 13.7
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 0 1 11.9 - 13.7
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 11.9 - 13.7
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 11.9 90.3 -
MATERNAL CAUSES 1 0 1 714.3 - 757.6
HOMICIDE 1 0 1 11.9 - 13.7
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 - - -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 3 0 3 35.8 - 41.2
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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 92 20 72 51 13 38 41 7 34
UNDER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
25-34 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
35-44 7 0 7 3 0 3 4 0 4
45-54 10 1 9 5 1 4 5 0 5
55-64 16 5 11 11 5 6 5 0 5
65-74 18 4 14 11 3 8 7 1 6
75-84 20 6 14 10 3 7 10 3 7
85 AND OVER 17 4 13 8 1 7 9 3 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 8,385
WHITE 1,107
NONWHITE 7,278
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