



(HSWWDTCO)
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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