(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: AMITE
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF AMITE 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 146 80 66 10.7 10.4 11.1
HEART DISEASES 51 28 23 375.0 364.9 388.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 31 16 15 228.0 208.5 253.1
ACCIDENTS 12 3 9 88.2 39.1 151.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 9 3 6 66.2 39.1 101.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 5 2 3 36.8 26.1 50.6
SEPTICEMIA 4 2 2 29.4 26.1 33.8
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 3 2 1 22.1 26.1 16.9
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 3 2 1 22.1 26.1 16.9
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 3 3 0 22.1 39.1 -
DIABETES MELLITUS 2 1 1 14.7 13.0 16.9
HIV DISEASE 1 0 1 7.4 - 16.9
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 1 1 0 7.4 13.0 -
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 1 1 0 7.4 13.0 -
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 1 1 0 7.4 13.0 -
PNEUMOCONIOSES & CHEMICAL EFFECTS 1 1 0 7.4 13.0 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 1 0 7.4 13.0 -
CHOLELITHIASIS/GALLBLADDER DISORDER 1 0 1 7.4 - 16.9
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 1 0 7.4 13.0 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 7.4 13.0 -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 14 11 3 102.9 143.4 50.6
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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 146 80 66 67 36 31 79 44 35
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
1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
25-34 4 1 3 2 0 2 2 1 1
35-44 5 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 2
45-54 13 3 10 6 2 4 7 1 6
55-64 14 5 9 10 4 6 4 1 3
65-74 32 20 12 18 14 4 14 6 8
75-84 44 28 16 23 13 10 21 15 6
85 AND OVER 31 20 11 4 1 3 27 19 8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 13,599
WHITE 7,673
NONWHITE 5,926
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