(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: BENTON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF BENTON 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 96 67 29 12.0 13.5 9.4
HEART DISEASES 34 24 10 423.6 484.4 325.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 20 14 6 249.2 282.6 195.3
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 6 4 2 74.8 80.7 65.1
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 6 6 0 74.8 121.1 -
ACCIDENTS 6 3 3 74.8 60.6 97.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 5 2 3 62.3 40.4 97.6
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 1 1 24.9 20.2 32.6
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 2 2 0 24.9 40.4 -
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 2 2 0 24.9 40.4 -
SEPTICEMIA 1 1 0 12.5 20.2 -
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 1 0 1 12.5 - 32.6
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 1 1 0 12.5 20.2 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 1 0 7.5 13.2 -
SUICIDE 1 1 0 12.5 20.2 -
HOMICIDE 1 0 1 12.5 - 32.6
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 12.5 20.2 -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 6 4 2 74.8 80.7 65.1
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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 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 96 67 29 61 40 21 35 27 8
UNDER 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25-34 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
35-44 4 2 2 4 2 2 0 0 0
45-54 10 5 5 9 4 5 1 1 0
55-64 14 9 5 9 4 5 5 5 0
65-74 24 17 7 16 13 3 8 4 4
75-84 21 16 5 13 10 3 8 6 2
85 AND OVER 18 14 4 8 6 2 10 8 2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 8,026
WHITE 4,954
NONWHITE 3,072
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