(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: PONTOTOC
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PONTOTOC 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 256 227 29 9.6 10.1 7.0
HEART DISEASES 80 72 8 299.3 319.2 191.9
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 48 39 9 179.6 172.9 215.9
ACCIDENTS 26 24 2 97.3 106.4 48.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 15 12 3 56.1 53.2 72.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 14 14 0 52.4 62.1 -
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 6 0 22.4 26.6 -
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 6 6 0 22.4 26.6 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 6 6 0 22.4 26.6 -
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 5 5 0 18.7 22.2 -
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 3 2 1 11.2 8.9 24.0
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 3 3 0 11.2 13.3 -
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 3 3 0 11.2 13.3 -
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 3 2 1 11.2 8.9 24.0
SUICIDE 3 3 0 11.2 13.3 -
SEPTICEMIA 2 1 1 7.5 4.4 24.0
HIV DISEASE 2 2 0 7.5 8.9 -
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 2 2 0 7.5 8.9 -
HOMICIDE 2 1 1 7.5 4.4 24.0
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED
NEOPLASMS 1 1 0 3.7 4.4 -
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 1 1 0 3.7 4.4 -
PARKINSON'S DISEASE 1 1 0 3.7 4.4 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 2 0 7.5 8.9 -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 22 19 3 82.3 84.2 72.0
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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
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TOTAL 256 227 29 138 123 15 118 104 14
UNDER 1 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1-4 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 8 7 1 5 4 1 3 3 0
25-34 7 6 1 4 4 0 3 2 1
35-44 11 11 0 8 8 0 3 3 0
45-54 16 12 4 13 10 3 3 2 1
55-64 21 16 5 10 8 2 11 8 3
65-74 59 52 7 36 33 3 23 19 4
75-84 66 62 4 37 34 3 29 28 1
85 AND OVER 62 55 7 19 16 3 43 39 4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 26,726
WHITE 22,557
NONWHITE 4,169
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