



(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: BENTON
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF BENTON 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 99 74 25 12.3 14.9 8.1
HEART DISEASES 40 34 6 498.4 686.3 195.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 30 20 10 373.8 403.7 325.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 5 5 0 62.3 100.9 -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 5 3 2 62.3 60.6 65.1
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 4 3 1 49.8 60.6 32.6
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 2 1 1 24.9 20.2 32.6
SUICIDE 2 2 0 24.9 40.4 -
SEPTICEMIA 1 0 1 12.5 - 32.6
HIV DISEASE 1 1 0 12.5 20.2 -
ACCIDENTS 1 1 0 12.5 20.2 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 1 1 24.9 20.2 32.6
ALL OTHER CAUSES 6 3 3 74.8 60.6 97.6
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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 99 74 25 48 38 10 51 36 15
UNDER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
25-34 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
35-44 3 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 1
45-54 6 4 2 4 3 1 2 1 1
55-64 14 7 7 8 4 4 6 3 3
65-74 22 16 6 13 10 3 9 6 3
75-84 28 24 4 12 11 1 16 13 3
85 AND OVER 21 18 3 6 5 1 15 13 2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 8,026
WHITE 4,954
NONWHITE 3,072
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