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COUNTY: LAMAR
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAMAR 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 291 259 32 7.4 7.8 5.6
HEART DISEASES 98 88 10 250.8 263.9 174.6
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 58 50 8 148.4 150.0 139.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 33 30 3 84.5 90.0 52.4
ACCIDENTS 15 14 1 38.4 42.0 17.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 14 13 1 35.8 39.0 17.4
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 10 9 1 25.6 27.0 17.4
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 6 6 0 15.4 18.0 -
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 5 4 1 12.8 12.0 17.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 4 0 10.2 12.0 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 4 3 1 6.7 6.1 9.0
SUICIDE 4 4 0 10.2 12.0 -
SEPTICEMIA 3 2 1 7.7 6.0 17.4
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 2 0 5.1 6.0 -
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 1 1 0 2.6 3.0 -
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 1 0 1 2.6 - 17.4
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 1 1 0 2.6 3.0 -
HOMICIDE 1 1 0 2.6 3.0 -
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 1 1 0 2.6 3.0 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 2.6 - 17.4
ALL OTHER CAUSES 29 26 3 74.2 78.0 52.4
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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-
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TOTAL 291 259 32 138 127 11 153 132 21
UNDER 1 6 5 1 4 3 1 2 2 0
(NEONATAL) 5 4 1 3 2 1 2 2 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 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 7 5 2 3 3 0 4 2 2
25-34 5 5 0 2 2 0 3 3 0
35-44 7 6 1 2 2 0 5 4 1
45-54 22 15 7 14 11 3 8 4 4
55-64 35 33 2 20 20 0 15 13 2
65-74 61 52 9 33 30 3 28 22 6
75-84 75 73 2 40 38 2 35 35 0
85 AND OVER 72 65 7 19 18 1 53 47 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 39,070
WHITE 33,342
NONWHITE 5,728
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