(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: PONTOTOC
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PONTOTOC 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 241 209 32 9.4 9.8 7.4
HEART DISEASES 89 80 9 346.5 374.3 208.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 38 32 6 147.9 149.7 139.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 19 15 4 74.0 70.2 92.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 16 16 0 62.3 74.9 -
ACCIDENTS 16 14 2 62.3 65.5 46.4
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 8 8 0 31.1 37.4 -
SEPTICEMIA 3 3 0 11.7 14.0 -
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 1 2 11.7 4.7 46.4
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 3 3 0 11.7 14.0 -
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 3 2 1 11.7 9.4 23.2
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 3 3 0 11.7 14.0 -
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED
NEOPLASMS 2 2 0 7.8 9.4 -
SUICIDE 2 2 0 7.8 9.4 -
HIV DISEASE 1 0 1 3.9 - 23.2
PARKINSONS DISEASE 1 1 0 3.9 4.7 -
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE 1 1 0 3.9 4.7 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 3.9 4.7 -
CHOLELITHIASIS/GALLBLADDER DISORDER 1 1 0 3.9 4.7 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 2.7 - 16.4
HOMICIDE 1 0 1 3.9 - 23.2
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 3 1 15.6 14.0 23.2
ALL OTHER CAUSES 25 21 4 97.3 98.2 92.7
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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 241 209 32 111 96 15 130 113 17
UNDER 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 1 0 1 1 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 4 3 1 3 3 0 1 0 1
25-34 6 5 1 3 2 1 3 3 0
35-44 11 9 2 7 6 1 4 3 1
45-54 13 12 1 4 4 0 9 8 1
55-64 24 20 4 17 14 3 7 6 1
65-74 60 51 9 31 26 5 29 25 4
75-84 54 47 7 28 25 3 26 22 4
85 AND OVER 67 61 6 17 15 2 50 46 4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 25,685
WHITE 21,372
NONWHITE 4,313
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