(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: NEWTON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF NEWTON 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 237 166 71 10.8 11.7 9.3
HEART DISEASES 83 62 21 380.1 436.7 274.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 54 42 12 247.3 295.8 157.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 19 12 7 87.0 84.5 91.6
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 10 3 7 45.8 21.1 91.6
ACCIDENTS 9 6 3 41.2 42.3 39.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 7 3 4 32.0 21.1 52.3
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 7 7 0 32.0 49.3 -
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 3 3 0 13.7 21.1 -
SUICIDE 3 2 1 13.7 14.1 13.1
HOMICIDE 3 1 2 13.7 7.0 26.2
MENINGITIS 2 1 1 9.2 7.0 13.1
PARKINSON'S DISEASE 2 2 0 9.2 14.1 -
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 2 1 1 9.2 7.0 13.1
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 2 2 0 9.2 14.1 -
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 2 2 0 9.2 14.1 -
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 2 1 1 9.2 7.0 13.1
HIV DISEASE 1 0 1 4.6 - 13.1
ANEMIAS 1 1 0 4.6 7.0 -
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 1 1 0 4.6 7.0 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 4.6 - 13.1
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 1 1 0 4.6 7.0 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 1 3 18.3 7.0 39.3
ALL OTHER CAUSES 18 12 6 82.4 84.5 78.5
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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 237 166 71 117 85 32 120 81 39
UNDER 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 6 3 3 5 3 2 1 0 1
25-34 6 4 2 4 3 1 2 1 1
35-44 6 3 3 4 2 2 2 1 1
45-54 17 9 8 12 7 5 5 2 3
55-64 23 16 7 12 10 2 11 6 5
65-74 47 32 15 28 17 11 19 15 4
75-84 64 51 13 36 30 6 28 21 7
85 AND OVER 65 47 18 16 13 3 49 34 15
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 21,838
WHITE 14,197
NONWHITE 7,641
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