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COUNTY: KEMPER
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF KEMPER 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 100 55 45 9.6 13.5 7.1
HEART DISEASES 46 30 16 440.1 735.3 251.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 13 9 4 124.4 220.6 62.8
ACCIDENTS 7 3 4 67.0 73.5 62.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 6 5 1 57.4 122.5 15.7
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 0 3 28.7 - 47.1
SUICIDE 3 1 2 28.7 24.5 31.4
SEPTICEMIA 2 1 1 19.1 24.5 15.7
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 2 1 1 19.1 24.5 15.7
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 2 1 1 19.1 24.5 15.7
HOMICIDE 2 0 2 19.1 - 31.4
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED
NEOPLASMS 1 1 0 9.6 24.5 -
ANEMIAS 1 0 1 9.6 - 15.7
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 1 1 0 9.6 24.5 -
HERNIA 1 0 1 9.6 - 15.7
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 1 0 1 9.6 - 15.7
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 7.5 - 10.3
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 1 1 0 9.6 24.5 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 9.6 24.5 -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 6 0 6 57.4 - 94.1
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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
TOTAL 100 55 45 42 25 17 58 30 28
UNDER 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
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 1 1 0 1 0 1
25-34 5 0 5 4 0 4 1 0 1
35-44 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1
45-54 7 5 2 5 4 1 2 1 1
55-64 7 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 5
65-74 17 11 6 9 5 4 8 6 2
75-84 26 15 11 12 8 4 14 7 7
85 AND OVER 31 21 10 9 7 2 22 14 8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 10,453
WHITE 4,080
NONWHITE 6,373
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