(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: YAZOO
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF YAZOO 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 328 151 177 13.0 13.4 12.7
HEART DISEASES 97 45 52 384.8 399.6 372.9
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 66 33 33 261.8 293.0 236.6
ACCIDENTS 26 9 17 103.1 79.9 121.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 25 12 13 99.2 106.6 93.2
DIABETES MELLITUS 17 7 10 67.4 62.2 71.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 13 10 3 51.6 88.8 21.5
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 9 4 5 35.7 35.5 35.8
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 8 4 4 31.7 35.5 28.7
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 7 4 3 27.8 35.5 21.5
HIV DISEASE 5 0 5 19.8 - 35.8
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 4 2 2 15.9 17.8 14.3
HOMICIDE 4 0 4 15.9 - 28.7
SUICIDE 3 2 1 11.9 17.8 7.2
SEPTICEMIA 2 2 0 7.9 17.8 -
PARKINSONS DISEASE 2 2 0 7.9 17.8 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 0 2 4.6 - 6.9
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 1 0 1 4.0 - 7.2
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE 1 1 0 4.0 8.9 -
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 0 1 4.0 - 7.2
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 4.0 - 7.2
CHOLELITHIASIS/GALLBLADDER DISORDER 1 0 1 4.0 - 7.2
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 1 0 1 4.0 - 7.2
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 2 2 15.9 17.8 14.3
ALL OTHER CAUSES 28 12 16 111.1 106.6 114.7
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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 328 151 177 166 70 96 162 81 81
UNDER 1 3 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 2
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1-4 4 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 2
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
15-24 14 5 9 10 3 7 4 2 2
25-34 7 2 5 5 1 4 2 1 1
35-44 18 2 16 9 2 7 9 0 9
45-54 25 14 11 16 10 6 9 4 5
55-64 29 14 15 17 11 6 12 3 9
65-74 61 30 31 40 17 23 21 13 8
75-84 88 44 44 36 18 18 52 26 26
85 AND OVER 78 39 39 29 7 22 49 32 17
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 25,208
WHITE 11,262
NONWHITE 13,946
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