(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: LAMAR
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAMAR 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 283 251 32 7.4 7.6 6.0
HEART DISEASES 97 89 8 254.4 271.4 149.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 61 51 10 160.0 155.5 187.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 26 23 3 68.2 70.2 56.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 13 13 0 34.1 39.6 -
ACCIDENTS 12 11 1 31.5 33.6 18.7
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 7 6 1 18.4 18.3 18.7
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 5 4 1 13.1 12.2 18.7
SEPTICEMIA 4 4 0 10.5 12.2 -
SUICIDE 4 4 0 10.5 12.2 -
VIRAL HEPATITIS 3 3 0 7.9 9.2 -
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE 3 3 0 7.9 9.2 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 2 1 5.0 4.0 11.4
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 2 1 1 5.2 3.0 18.7
HOMICIDE 2 1 1 5.2 3.0 18.7
MENINGITIS 1 1 0 2.6 3.0 -
PARKINSONS DISEASE 1 1 0 2.6 3.0 -
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 1 1 0 2.6 3.0 -
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 1 1 0 2.6 3.0 -
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 1 1 0 2.6 3.0 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 2.6 3.0 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 6 5 1 15.7 15.2 18.7
ALL OTHER CAUSES 29 25 4 76.1 76.2 74.9
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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 283 251 32 137 127 10 146 124 22
UNDER 1 7 5 2 2 2 0 5 3 2
(NEONATAL) 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 2
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1-4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
15-24 6 6 0 5 5 0 1 1 0
25-34 8 7 1 6 5 1 2 2 0
35-44 8 8 0 4 4 0 4 4 0
45-54 24 19 5 14 13 1 10 6 4
55-64 35 24 11 20 16 4 15 8 7
65-74 46 44 2 27 25 2 19 19 0
75-84 77 75 2 39 37 2 38 38 0
85 AND OVER 69 62 7 20 20 0 49 42 7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 38,127
WHITE 32,787
NONWHITE 5,340
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