(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: ALCORN
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ALCORN COUNTY, 2000
--------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 494 433 61 14.3 14.3 14.0
HEART DISEASES 148 136 12 428.3 450.4 274.9
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 101 84 17 292.3 278.2 389.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 47 43 4 136.0 142.4 91.6
ACCIDENTS 30 26 4 86.8 86.1 91.6
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 22 21 1 63.7 69.6 22.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 18 17 1 52.1 56.3 22.9
SEPTICEMIA 16 13 3 46.3 43.0 68.7
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 10 7 3 28.9 23.2 68.7
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 9 8 1 26.0 26.5 22.9
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 6 6 0 17.4 19.9 -
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 3 1 11.6 9.9 22.9
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 4 1 3 11.6 3.3 68.7
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 4 4 0 11.6 13.2 -
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 3 3 0 8.7 9.9 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 1 2 6.6 2.6 26.7
VIRAL HEPATITIS 2 2 0 5.8 6.6 -
SUICIDE 2 2 0 5.8 6.6 -
HOMICIDE 2 2 0 5.8 6.6 -
HIV DISEASE 1 0 1 2.9 - 22.9
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED
NEOPLASMS 1 1 0 2.9 3.3 -
PARKINSON'S DISEASE 1 1 0 2.9 3.3 -
DISEASES OF APPENDIX 1 1 0 2.9 3.3 -
HERNIA 1 1 0 2.9 3.3 -
CHOLELITHIASIS/GALLBLADDER DISORDER 1 1 0 2.9 3.3 -
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 1 1 0 2.9 3.3 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 5 5 0 14.5 16.6 -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 51 43 8 147.6 142.4 183.3
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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 FROM THE 2000 CENSUS.
------- TOTAL ------ ------ MALE ------- ----- FEMALE ------
NON- NON- NON-
AGE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL 494 433 61 227 204 23 267 229 38
UNDER 1 4 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 3 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
25-34 9 8 1 6 6 0 3 2 1
35-44 15 11 4 6 4 2 9 7 2
45-54 37 26 11 18 13 5 19 13 6
55-64 50 42 8 30 24 6 20 18 2
65-74 84 74 10 48 45 3 36 29 7
75-84 146 132 14 75 71 4 71 61 10
85 AND OVER 147 137 10 41 40 1 106 97 9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 34,558
WHITE 30,193
NONWHITE 4,365
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