(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: LOWNDES
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LOWNDES 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 499 289 210 8.2 8.0 8.6
HEART DISEASES 149 86 63 246.2 238.6 257.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 99 56 43 163.6 155.4 175.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 37 20 17 61.1 55.5 69.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 22 18 4 36.3 49.9 16.3
ACCIDENTS 22 12 10 36.3 33.3 40.8
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE 11 10 1 18.2 27.7 4.1
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 11 9 2 18.2 25.0 8.2
SEPTICEMIA 9 5 4 14.9 13.9 16.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 8 4 4 13.2 11.1 16.3
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 8 2 6 13.2 5.6 24.5
HIV DISEASE 7 0 7 11.6 - 28.6
SUICIDE 7 6 1 11.6 16.6 4.1
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 6 5 1 9.9 13.9 4.1
ANEMIAS 3 0 3 5.0 - 12.2
PARKINSONS DISEASE 3 3 0 5.0 8.3 -
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 3 3 0 5.0 8.3 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 1 2 5.0 2.8 8.2
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 1 2 3.1 2.0 4.1
HOMICIDE 3 0 3 5.0 - 12.2
VIRAL HEPATITIS 1 1 0 1.6 2.8 -
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED
NEOPLASMS 1 1 0 1.6 2.8 -
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 1 0 1 1.6 - 4.1
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 1 1 0 1.6 2.8 -
PEPTIC ULCER 1 1 0 1.6 2.8 -
CHOLELITHIASIS/GALLBLADDER DISORDER 1 0 1 1.6 - 4.1
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 1 0 1 1.6 - 4.1
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 42 22 20 69.4 61.0 81.7
ALL OTHER CAUSES 36 22 14 59.5 61.0 57.2
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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 499 289 210 249 142 107 250 147 103
UNDER 1 10 4 6 6 3 3 4 1 3
(NEONATAL) 3 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 7 3 4 3 2 1 4 1 3
1-4 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
15-24 10 6 4 7 5 2 3 1 2
25-34 12 4 8 10 3 7 2 1 1
35-44 29 10 19 20 5 15 9 5 4
45-54 48 21 27 29 15 14 19 6 13
55-64 56 31 25 35 22 13 21 9 12
65-74 86 45 41 46 25 21 40 20 20
75-84 129 90 39 62 44 18 67 46 21
85 AND OVER 115 78 37 31 20 11 84 58 26
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 60,527
WHITE 36,037
NONWHITE 24,490
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