



(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: HANCOCK
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HANCOCK 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 483 450 33 11.2 11.6 7.8
HEART DISEASES 160 151 9 372.4 389.6 213.5
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 105 99 6 244.4 255.5 142.3
ACCIDENTS 34 31 3 79.1 80.0 71.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 32 31 1 74.5 80.0 23.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 22 22 0 51.2 56.8 -
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 17 16 1 39.6 41.3 23.7
SEPTICEMIA 11 11 0 25.6 28.4 -
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 10 9 1 23.3 23.2 23.7
SUICIDE 10 10 0 23.3 25.8 -
DIABETES MELLITUS 8 6 2 18.6 15.5 47.4
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 6 6 0 14.0 15.5 -
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 5 5 0 11.6 12.9 -
HIV DISEASE 3 2 1 7.0 5.2 23.7
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 3 3 0 7.0 7.7 -
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 3 3 0 7.0 7.7 -
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 3 2 1 7.0 5.2 23.7
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 3 2 1 7.0 5.2 23.7
HOMICIDE 3 3 0 7.0 7.7 -
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED
NEOPLASMS 2 2 0 4.6 5.2 -
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 2 1 1 4.6 2.6 23.7
CHOLELITHIASIS/GALLBLADDER DISORDER 2 2 0 4.6 5.2 -
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 2 1 1 4.6 2.6 23.7
TUBERCULOSIS 1 1 0 2.3 2.6 -
PARKINSON'S DISEASE 1 1 0 2.3 2.6 -
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 2.3 2.6 -
MATERNAL CAUSES 1 1 0 173.0 192.7 -
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 1 1 0 2.3 2.6 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 2.3 2.6 -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 31 26 5 72.1 67.1 118.6
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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
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 483 450 33 263 243 20 220 207 13
UNDER 1 4 3 1 1 0 1 3 3 0
(NEONATAL) 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
1-4 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
5-9 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
10-14 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
15-24 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
25-34 9 8 1 2 2 0 7 6 1
35-44 34 32 2 23 22 1 11 10 1
45-54 48 44 4 37 33 4 11 11 0
55-64 51 50 1 32 31 1 19 19 0
65-74 103 96 7 61 56 5 42 40 2
75-84 141 131 10 76 71 5 65 60 5
85 AND OVER 86 80 6 28 25 3 58 55 3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 42,967
WHITE 38,752
NONWHITE 4,215
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