(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: TUNICA
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TUNICA 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 90 30 60 9.8 11.8 9.0
HEART DISEASES 24 9 15 260.1 354.2 224.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 20 7 13 216.8 275.5 194.4
ACCIDENTS 8 3 5 86.7 118.1 74.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 5 2 3 54.2 78.7 44.9
SEPTICEMIA 4 1 3 43.4 39.4 44.9
HOMICIDE 4 0 4 43.4 - 59.8
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 3 1 2 32.5 39.4 29.9
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 3 2 1 32.5 78.7 15.0
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 2 0 2 21.7 - 29.9
DIABETES MELLITUS 1 0 1 10.8 - 15.0
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 1 0 1 10.8 - 15.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 1 1 0 10.8 39.4 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 10.8 - 15.0
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 1 1 0 10.8 39.4 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 5.5 - 6.4
SUICIDE 1 0 1 10.8 - 15.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 0 2 21.7 - 29.9
ALL OTHER CAUSES 8 3 5 86.7 118.1 74.8
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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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UNDER 1 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
15-24 5 0 5 4 0 4 1 0 1
25-34 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2
35-44 7 1 6 4 0 4 3 1 2
45-54 9 5 4 6 4 2 3 1 2
55-64 18 7 11 10 5 5 8 2 6
65-74 11 4 7 8 3 5 3 1 2
75-84 19 5 14 7 2 5 12 3 9
85 AND OVER 14 7 7 5 2 3 9 5 4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 9,227
WHITE 2,541
NONWHITE 6,686
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