



(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: SMITH
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SMITH 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 187 147 40 12.1 12.6 10.7
HEART DISEASES 57 40 17 369.4 342.1 454.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 36 28 8 233.3 239.5 213.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 13 10 3 84.2 85.5 80.2
ACCIDENTS 11 9 2 71.3 77.0 53.5
DIABETES MELLITUS 9 8 1 58.3 68.4 26.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 7 6 1 45.4 51.3 26.7
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 6 5 1 38.9 42.8 26.7
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 5 4 1 32.4 34.2 26.7
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE 4 4 0 25.9 34.2 -
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 4 4 0 25.9 34.2 -
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 4 3 1 25.9 25.7 26.7
SEPTICEMIA 2 1 1 13.0 8.6 26.7
ANEMIAS 2 1 1 13.0 8.6 26.7
HOMICIDE 2 2 0 13.0 17.1 -
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 6.5 8.6 -
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 1 1 0 6.5 8.6 -
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 1 1 0 6.5 8.6 -
HERNIA 1 1 0 6.5 8.6 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 5.2 8.2 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 6.5 8.6 -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 19 16 3 123.1 136.8 80.2
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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 187 147 40 92 76 16 95 71 24
UNDER 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
5-9 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
10-14 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
15-24 5 3 2 4 3 1 1 0 1
25-34 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
35-44 8 4 4 4 3 1 4 1 3
45-54 12 9 3 8 6 2 4 3 1
55-64 21 16 5 15 11 4 6 5 1
65-74 40 36 4 22 22 0 18 14 4
75-84 46 39 7 24 21 3 22 18 4
85 AND OVER 49 37 12 12 8 4 37 29 8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 15,431
WHITE 11,691
NONWHITE 3,740
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