(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: KEMPER
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF KEMPER 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 93 51 42 8.9 12.0 6.7
HEART DISEASES 37 15 22 352.8 354.6 351.6
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 18 12 6 171.6 283.7 95.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 8 5 3 76.3 118.2 47.9
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 7 5 2 66.7 118.2 32.0
ACCIDENTS 5 4 1 47.7 94.6 16.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 4 3 1 38.1 70.9 16.0
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 3 1 2 28.6 23.6 32.0
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE 2 1 1 19.1 23.6 16.0
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED
NEOPLASMS 1 0 1 9.5 - 16.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 0 1 9.5 - 16.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 9.5 23.6 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 7.2 - 9.8
SUICIDE 1 1 0 9.5 23.6 -
HOMICIDE 1 0 1 9.5 - 16.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 9.5 23.6 -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 2 2 0 19.1 47.3 -
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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 93 51 42 47 25 22 46 26 20
UNDER 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
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 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
25-34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35-44 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
45-54 6 2 4 5 1 4 1 1 0
55-64 11 3 8 5 1 4 6 2 4
65-74 21 10 11 13 6 7 8 4 4
75-84 20 14 6 9 7 2 11 7 4
85 AND OVER 29 20 9 11 8 3 18 12 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 10,487
WHITE 4,230
NONWHITE 6,257
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