



(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: SHARKEY
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SHARKEY 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 59 27 32 9.0 14.0 6.9
HEART DISEASES 16 4 12 243.2 207.0 258.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 14 6 8 212.8 310.6 172.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 7 5 2 106.4 258.8 43.0
ACCIDENTS 5 3 2 76.0 155.3 43.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 4 3 1 60.8 155.3 21.5
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 3 1 2 45.6 51.8 43.0
SEPTICEMIA 1 0 1 15.2 - 21.5
HIV DISEASE 1 0 1 15.2 - 21.5
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 1 1 0 15.2 51.8 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 15.2 - 21.5
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 30.4 51.8 21.5
ALL OTHER CAUSES 4 3 1 60.8 155.3 21.5
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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.
------- TOTAL ------ ------ MALE ------- ----- FEMALE ------
NON- NON- NON-
AGE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL 59 27 32 33 19 14 26 8 18
UNDER 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
15-24 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
25-34 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
35-44 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
45-54 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
55-64 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 1
65-74 11 4 7 7 3 4 4 1 3
75-84 17 9 8 10 7 3 7 2 5
85 AND OVER 18 9 9 6 4 2 12 5 7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 6,580
WHITE 1,932
NONWHITE 4,648
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