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COUNTY: LAWRENCE
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAWRENCE 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 137 93 44 10.5 11.1 9.4
HEART DISEASES 49 32 17 375.0 380.6 364.9
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 34 24 10 260.2 285.5 214.6
ACCIDENTS 12 10 2 91.8 118.9 42.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 7 3 4 53.6 35.7 85.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 7 6 1 53.6 71.4 21.5
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 4 1 3 30.6 11.9 64.4
SEPTICEMIA 2 2 0 15.3 23.8 -
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 2 2 0 15.3 23.8 -
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 2 0 2 15.3 - 42.9
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 0 1 7.6 - 21.5
PARKINSONS DISEASE 1 1 0 7.6 11.9 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 7.6 11.9 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 5.8 8.9 -
SUICIDE 1 1 0 7.6 11.9 -
HOMICIDE 1 0 1 7.6 - 21.5
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 7.6 - 21.5
ALL OTHER CAUSES 11 9 2 84.2 107.0 42.9
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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 137 93 44 69 48 21 68 45 23
UNDER 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
15-24 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
25-34 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
35-44 6 2 4 3 2 1 3 0 3
45-54 12 8 4 10 7 3 2 1 1
55-64 17 12 5 10 7 3 7 5 2
65-74 31 22 9 19 14 5 12 8 4
75-84 38 26 12 19 13 6 19 13 6
85 AND OVER 26 17 9 5 3 2 21 14 7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 13,066
WHITE 8,407
NONWHITE 4,659
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