



(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: COVINGTON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COVINGTON 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 200 150 50 10.3 12.2 7.0
HEART DISEASES 63 49 14 324.6 398.1 197.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 48 32 16 247.3 260.0 225.4
ACCIDENTS 21 16 5 108.2 130.0 70.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 13 11 2 67.0 89.4 28.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 12 7 5 61.8 56.9 70.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 3 0 15.4 24.4 -
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 3 3 0 15.4 24.4 -
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 3 3 0 15.4 24.4 -
SUICIDE 3 3 0 15.4 24.4 -
SEPTICEMIA 2 1 1 10.3 8.1 14.1
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 2 2 0 10.3 16.2 -
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 1 1 10.3 8.1 14.1
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 2 1 1 10.3 8.1 14.1
ANEMIAS 1 0 1 5.2 - 14.1
MENINGITIS 1 1 0 5.2 8.1 -
PARKINSON'S DISEASE 1 1 0 5.2 8.1 -
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 1 1 0 5.2 8.1 -
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 1 1 0 5.2 8.1 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 5.2 8.1 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 3.3 - 7.3
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 5.2 8.1 -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 15 12 3 77.3 97.5 42.2
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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.
NON- NON- NON-
AGE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL 200 150 50 129 102 27 71 48 23
UNDER 1 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 3 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
1-4 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1
5-9 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 7 3 4 6 2 4 1 1 0
25-34 7 4 3 6 3 3 1 1 0
35-44 4 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 2
45-54 7 6 1 5 4 1 2 2 0
55-64 21 17 4 13 11 2 8 6 2
65-74 49 35 14 37 30 7 12 5 7
75-84 62 53 9 42 38 4 20 15 5
85 AND OVER 34 26 8 13 9 4 21 17 4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 19,407
WHITE 12,307
NONWHITE 7,100
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