(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: ALCORN
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ALCORN COUNTY, 2001
--------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 407 369 38 11.8 12.2 8.7
HEART DISEASES 111 103 8 321.2 341.1 183.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 92 84 8 266.2 278.2 183.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 46 41 5 133.1 135.8 114.5
ACCIDENTS 24 24 0 69.4 79.5 -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 20 19 1 57.9 62.9 22.9
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 18 16 2 52.1 53.0 45.8
SEPTICEMIA 9 8 1 26.0 26.5 22.9
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 7 6 1 20.2 19.9 22.9
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 6 6 0 17.4 19.9 -
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 4 3 1 11.6 9.9 22.9
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 4 4 0 11.6 13.2 -
SUICIDE 4 4 0 11.6 13.2 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 2 1 8.7 6.6 22.9
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 2 0 5.8 6.6 -
PARKINSON'S DISEASE 2 2 0 5.8 6.6 -
PEPTIC ULCER 2 2 0 5.8 6.6 -
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 2 1 1 4.1 2.4 12.3
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 2 2 0 5.8 6.6 -
HIV DISEASE 1 1 0 2.9 3.3 -
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 1 1 0 2.9 3.3 -
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 1 1 0 2.9 3.3 -
HOMICIDE 1 1 0 2.9 3.3 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 3 1 11.6 9.9 22.9
ALL OTHER CAUSES 41 33 8 118.6 109.3 183.3
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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 407 369 38 195 176 19 212 193 19
UNDER 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 5 4 1
(NEONATAL) 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 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 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
25-34 11 11 0 7 7 0 4 4 0
35-44 14 13 1 10 10 0 4 3 1
45-54 23 15 8 18 11 7 5 4 1
55-64 48 40 8 31 28 3 17 12 5
65-74 76 70 6 42 39 3 34 31 3
75-84 105 99 6 49 44 5 56 55 1
85 AND OVER 121 114 7 35 35 0 86 79 7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 34,558
WHITE 30,193
NONWHITE 4,365
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