



(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: JEFF DAVIS
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JEFF DAVIS 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 145 72 73 10.5 12.3 9.2
HEART DISEASES 53 30 23 384.9 512.6 290.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 29 15 14 210.6 256.3 176.8
ACCIDENTS 10 5 5 72.6 85.4 63.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 7 4 3 50.8 68.4 37.9
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 4 1 3 29.0 17.1 37.9
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE 3 1 2 21.8 17.1 25.2
SEPTICEMIA 2 1 1 14.5 17.1 12.6
HIV DISEASE 2 0 2 14.5 - 25.2
PARKINSONS DISEASE 2 2 0 14.5 34.2 -
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 2 0 2 14.5 - 25.2
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 0 2 10.2 - 14.4
SUICIDE 2 2 0 14.5 34.2 -
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 0 1 7.3 - 12.6
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 1 0 1 7.3 - 12.6
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 7.3 17.1 -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 1 1 0 7.3 17.1 -
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 1 1 0 7.3 17.1 -
PEPTIC ULCER 1 1 0 7.3 17.1 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 7.3 17.1 -
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 1 0 1 7.3 - 12.6
HOMICIDE 1 0 1 7.3 - 12.6
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 2 1 21.8 34.2 12.6
ALL OTHER CAUSES 15 4 11 108.9 68.4 138.9
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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 145 72 73 56 28 28 89 44 45
UNDER 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
(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 3 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0
15-24 5 2 3 3 2 1 2 0 2
25-34 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
35-44 7 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 5
45-54 7 3 4 5 2 3 2 1 1
55-64 24 10 14 11 5 6 13 5 8
65-74 27 12 15 10 5 5 17 7 10
75-84 37 26 11 14 9 5 23 17 6
85 AND OVER 31 17 14 8 4 4 23 13 10
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 13,770
WHITE 5,852
NONWHITE 7,918
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