(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: AMITE
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF AMITE 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 146 97 49 10.7 12.6 8.3
HEART DISEASES 47 27 20 345.6 351.9 337.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 36 25 11 264.7 325.8 185.6
ACCIDENTS 11 7 4 80.9 91.2 67.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 10 9 1 73.5 117.3 16.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 6 5 1 44.1 65.2 16.9
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 2 2 29.4 26.1 33.8
SEPTICEMIA 3 3 0 22.1 39.1 -
ANEMIAS 2 0 2 14.7 - 33.8
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 2 2 0 14.7 26.1 -
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 2 0 2 14.7 - 33.8
HOMICIDE 2 0 2 14.7 - 33.8
VIRAL HEPATITIS 1 0 1 7.4 - 16.9
HIV DISEASE 1 0 1 7.4 - 16.9
PARKINSON'S DISEASE 1 1 0 7.4 13.0 -
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 1 1 0 7.4 13.0 -
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 1 1 0 7.4 13.0 -
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 1 1 0 7.4 13.0 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 3 0 22.1 39.1 -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 12 10 2 88.2 130.3 33.8
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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.
# 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 146 97 49 89 55 34 57 42 15
UNDER 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 4 1 3 4 1 3 0 0 0
25-34 5 3 2 5 3 2 0 0 0
35-44 4 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 0
45-54 6 2 4 4 2 2 2 0 2
55-64 15 11 4 10 6 4 5 5 0
65-74 42 28 14 26 17 9 16 11 5
75-84 36 26 10 19 13 6 17 13 4
85 AND OVER 32 23 9 16 11 5 16 12 4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 13,599
WHITE 7,673
NONWHITE 5,926
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