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COUNTY: SUNFLOWER

SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SUNFLOWER 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                    323    123    200     9.7   11.4    8.9

HEART DISEASES                         113     45     68   339.8  415.8  303.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS                     72     26     46   216.5  240.2  205.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE                 28     12     16    84.2  110.9   71.3
ACCIDENTS                               14      6      8    42.1   55.4   35.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER  
  RESPIRATORY DISEASES                  12      5      7    36.1   46.2   31.2
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS       9      1      8    27.1    9.2   35.7
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA                  8      2      6    24.0   18.5   26.7
HOMICIDE                                 6      2      4    18.0   18.5   17.8
DIABETES MELLITUS                        4      1      3    12.0    9.2   13.4
SEPTICEMIA                               3      1      2     9.0    9.2    8.9
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS      3      1      2     9.0    9.2    8.9
HIV DISEASE                              2      0      2     6.0      -    8.9
ANEMIAS                                  2      0      2     6.0      -    8.9
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE                       2      2      0     6.0   18.5      -
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ       2      0      2     6.0      -    8.9
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION           2      0      2     6.0      -    8.9
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS      2      1      1     6.0    9.2    4.4
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD      2      0      2     3.4      -    4.3
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE      2      2      0     6.0   18.5      -
VIRAL HEPATITIS                          1      1      0     3.0    9.2      -
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED      
  NEOPLASMS                              1      0      1     3.0      -    4.4
HERNIA                                   1      1      0     3.0    9.2      -
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND       
  CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES              1      0      1     3.0      -    4.4
SUICIDE                                  1      1      0     3.0    9.2      -


--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED             8      3      5    24.0   27.7   22.3
ALL OTHER CAUSES                        22     10     12    66.2   92.4   53.5
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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              323    123    200    161     62     99    162     61    101

UNDER 1              7      1      6      6      1      5      1      0      1
 (NEONATAL)          2      0      2      2      0      2      0      0      0
 (POSTNEONATAL)      5      1      4      4      1      3      1      0      1

1-4                  2      0      2      1      0      1      1      0      1
5-9                  1      0      1      1      0      1      0      0      0
10-14                0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0
15-24               10      4      6      4      2      2      6      2      4
25-34               11      3      8      8      3      5      3      0      3
35-44               20      7     13      9      5      4     11      2      9
45-54               29      5     24     20      3     17      9      2      7
55-64               38     18     20     24     12     12     14      6      8
65-74               66     26     40     39     17     22     27      9     18
75-84               66     28     38     29     14     15     37     14     23
85 AND OVER         73     31     42     20      5     15     53     26     27
UNKNOWN              0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0
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1999 POPULATION:

  TOTAL        33,257
  WHITE        10,823
  NONWHITE     22,434
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