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COUNTY: UNION
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF UNION 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 243 215 28 10.1 10.7 7.1
HEART DISEASES 73 69 4 302.6 342.3 100.9
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 42 37 5 174.1 183.6 126.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 26 20 6 107.8 99.2 151.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 15 14 1 62.2 69.4 25.2
ACCIDENTS 14 14 0 58.0 69.4 -
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 11 9 2 45.6 44.6 50.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 10 10 0 41.4 49.6 -
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 7 5 2 29.0 24.8 50.4
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 6 5 1 24.9 24.8 25.2
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 4 4 0 16.6 19.8 -
SEPTICEMIA 3 3 0 12.4 14.9 -
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE 3 3 0 12.4 14.9 -
SUICIDE 3 3 0 12.4 14.9 -
ANEMIAS 2 2 0 8.3 9.9 -
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 2 0 8.3 9.9 -
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 2 2 0 8.3 9.9 -
HOMICIDE 2 0 2 8.3 - 50.4
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 2.6 3.3 -
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 1 1 0 4.1 5.0 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 4.1 5.0 -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 15 10 5 62.2 49.6 126.1
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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 243 215 28 101 95 6 142 120 22
UNDER 1 4 4 0 3 3 0 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
5-9 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
25-34 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1
35-44 10 8 2 5 5 0 5 3 2
45-54 19 17 2 8 7 1 11 10 1
55-64 27 22 5 16 14 2 11 8 3
65-74 46 43 3 27 27 0 19 16 3
75-84 60 55 5 27 26 1 33 29 4
85 AND OVER 66 58 8 10 10 0 56 48 8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 24,121
WHITE 20,157
NONWHITE 3,964
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