(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: YAZOO
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF YAZOO 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 315 159 156 11.2 12.6 10.0
HEART DISEASES 89 43 46 316.2 341.5 295.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 65 37 28 230.9 293.8 180.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 28 15 13 99.5 119.1 83.6
DIABETES MELLITUS 17 9 8 60.4 71.5 51.4
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 13 5 8 46.2 39.7 51.4
ACCIDENTS 13 7 6 46.2 55.6 38.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 11 8 3 39.1 63.5 19.3
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 8 4 4 28.4 31.8 25.7
HOMICIDE 5 1 4 17.8 7.9 25.7
SEPTICEMIA 4 2 2 14.2 15.9 12.8
SUICIDE 4 3 1 14.2 23.8 6.4
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 3 1 2 10.6 7.9 12.8
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 0 3 6.1 - 9.2
PARKINSON'S DISEASE 2 1 1 7.1 7.9 6.4
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 2 0 2 7.1 - 12.8
VIRAL HEPATITIS 1 0 1 3.6 - 6.4
HIV DISEASE 1 0 1 3.6 - 6.4
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED
NEOPLASMS 1 1 0 3.6 7.9 -
ANEMIAS 1 1 0 3.6 7.9 -
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 1 0 1 3.6 - 6.4
PEPTIC ULCER 1 1 0 3.6 7.9 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 3.6 7.9 -
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 1 1 0 3.6 7.9 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 8 2 6 28.4 15.9 38.6
ALL OTHER CAUSES 32 16 16 113.7 127.0 102.8
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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.
------- TOTAL ------ ------ MALE ------- ----- FEMALE ------
NON- NON- NON-
AGE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL 315 159 156 150 79 71 165 80 85
UNDER 1 9 1 8 3 0 3 6 1 5
(NEONATAL) 7 0 7 3 0 3 4 0 4
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1-4 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 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 2 5 5 2 3 2 0 2
25-34 8 1 7 3 0 3 5 1 4
35-44 12 4 8 7 3 4 5 1 4
45-54 18 8 10 13 7 6 5 1 4
55-64 36 19 17 25 13 12 11 6 5
65-74 56 32 24 30 18 12 26 14 12
75-84 78 40 38 38 18 20 40 22 18
85 AND OVER 89 50 39 25 17 8 64 33 31
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 28,149
WHITE 12,593
NONWHITE 15,556
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