



(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: PERRY
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PERRY 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 128 94 34 10.6 10.5 11.1
HEART DISEASES 49 36 13 407.0 400.7 425.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 24 19 5 199.4 211.5 163.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 11 10 1 91.4 111.3 32.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 6 5 1 49.8 55.6 32.7
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 5 3 2 41.5 33.4 65.5
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 1 3 33.2 11.1 98.2
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 3 2 1 24.9 22.2 32.7
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 1 1 16.6 11.1 32.7
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 2 2 0 16.6 22.2 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 0 2 16.6 - 65.5
ACCIDENTS 2 2 0 16.6 22.2 -
SUICIDE 2 2 0 16.6 22.2 -
HIV DISEASE 1 0 1 8.3 - 32.7
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 8.3 11.1 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 5.0 - 15.9
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 1 1 0 8.3 11.1 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 2 0 16.6 22.2 -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 10 7 3 83.1 77.9 98.2
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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 128 94 34 56 40 16 72 54 18
UNDER 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25-34 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
35-44 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2
45-54 11 7 4 8 5 3 3 2 1
55-64 12 11 1 9 8 1 3 3 0
65-74 31 23 8 17 13 4 14 10 4
75-84 29 20 9 9 6 3 20 14 6
85 AND OVER 37 29 8 9 6 3 28 23 5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 12,039
WHITE 8,985
NONWHITE 3,054
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