(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: LAFAYETTE
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAFAYETTE 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 278 214 64 8.0 8.8 6.0
HEART DISEASES 97 82 15 277.8 337.8 141.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 62 46 16 177.6 189.5 150.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 17 14 3 48.7 57.7 28.2
ACCIDENTS 17 10 7 48.7 41.2 65.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 10 8 2 28.6 33.0 18.8
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 9 5 4 25.8 20.6 37.6
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 8 7 1 22.9 28.8 9.4
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE 6 6 0 17.2 24.7 -
SEPTICEMIA 5 3 2 14.3 12.4 18.8
SUICIDE 5 4 1 14.3 16.5 9.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 3 1 11.4 12.4 9.4
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 3 3 0 8.6 12.4 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 2 1 8.6 8.2 9.4
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 3 2 1 8.6 8.2 9.4
PARKINSONS DISEASE 2 1 1 5.7 4.1 9.4
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 2 1 1 5.7 4.1 9.4
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 2 0 4.5 7.9 -
TUBERCULOSIS 1 0 1 2.9 - 9.4
HOMICIDE 1 1 0 2.9 4.1 -
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 1 1 0 2.9 4.1 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 3 0 8.6 12.4 -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 17 10 7 48.7 41.2 65.8
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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 278 214 64 156 123 33 122 91 31
UNDER 1 5 3 2 3 3 0 2 0 2
(NEONATAL) 4 3 1 3 3 0 1 0 1
(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 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
25-34 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
35-44 12 6 6 5 3 2 7 3 4
45-54 16 15 1 7 7 0 9 8 1
55-64 41 22 19 24 16 8 17 6 11
65-74 57 48 9 34 29 5 23 19 4
75-84 77 64 13 48 40 8 29 24 5
85 AND OVER 64 52 12 32 22 10 32 30 2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 34,914
WHITE 24,275
NONWHITE 10,639
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