(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: NEWTON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF NEWTON 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 235 158 77 10.8 11.2 10.1
HEART DISEASES 78 55 23 358.8 389.3 302.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 54 38 16 248.4 269.0 210.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 19 14 5 87.4 99.1 65.7
ACCIDENTS 15 6 9 69.0 42.5 118.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 12 10 2 55.2 70.8 26.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 7 2 5 32.2 14.2 65.7
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 6 4 2 27.6 28.3 26.3
SUICIDE 6 4 2 27.6 28.3 26.3
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 5 3 2 23.0 21.2 26.3
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 4 3 1 18.4 21.2 13.1
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE 3 3 0 13.8 21.2 -
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 3 2 1 13.8 14.2 13.1
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 2 1 1 9.2 7.1 13.1
SEPTICEMIA 1 1 0 4.6 7.1 -
HIV DISEASE 1 0 1 4.6 - 13.1
ANEMIAS 1 0 1 4.6 - 13.1
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 4.6 7.1 -
PNEUMOCONIOSES & CHEMICAL EFFECTS 1 1 0 4.6 7.1 -
HOMICIDE 1 0 1 4.6 - 13.1
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 4.6 - 13.1
ALL OTHER CAUSES 14 10 4 64.4 70.8 52.5
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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 235 158 77 130 83 47 105 75 30
UNDER 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 1 1 1 1 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 6 1 5 5 1 4 1 0 1
25-34 8 5 3 7 4 3 1 1 0
35-44 5 1 4 2 0 2 3 1 2
45-54 9 3 6 9 3 6 0 0 0
55-64 23 15 8 15 9 6 8 6 2
65-74 57 40 17 32 22 10 25 18 7
75-84 62 47 15 36 29 7 26 18 8
85 AND OVER 63 45 18 23 14 9 40 31 9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 21,741
WHITE 14,127
NONWHITE 7,614
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