



(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: QUITMAN
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF QUITMAN 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 130 65 65 13.3 17.4 10.8
HEART DISEASES 38 21 17 388.5 561.2 281.6
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 34 17 17 347.6 454.3 281.6
ACCIDENTS 10 5 5 102.2 133.6 82.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 9 6 3 92.0 160.3 49.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 6 5 1 61.4 133.6 16.6
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 5 2 3 51.1 53.4 49.7
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 0 3 30.7 - 49.7
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 3 2 1 30.7 53.4 16.6
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 3 0 3 30.7 - 49.7
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 2 0 2 20.4 - 33.1
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 2 0 20.4 53.4 -
SEPTICEMIA 1 1 0 10.2 26.7 -
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 1 1 0 10.2 26.7 -
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE 1 0 1 10.2 - 16.6
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 10.2 26.7 -
PEPTIC ULCER 1 0 1 10.2 - 16.6
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 10.2 26.7 -
MATERNAL CAUSES 1 0 1 549.4 - 719.4
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 1 0 1 10.2 - 16.6
HOMICIDE 1 0 1 10.2 - 16.6
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 - - -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 6 1 5 61.4 26.7 82.8
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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 130 65 65 65 31 34 65 34 31
UNDER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
15-24 5 1 4 2 0 2 3 1 2
25-34 6 0 6 5 0 5 1 0 1
35-44 4 3 1 1 1 0 3 2 1
45-54 13 3 10 13 3 10 0 0 0
55-64 15 11 4 11 8 3 4 3 1
65-74 28 20 8 14 13 1 14 7 7
75-84 28 18 10 7 3 4 21 15 6
85 AND OVER 28 9 19 9 3 6 19 6 13
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 9,780
WHITE 3,742
NONWHITE 6,038
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