



(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: COPIAH
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COPIAH 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 305 155 150 10.6 11.3 10.0
HEART DISEASES 93 48 45 323.4 349.2 299.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 62 38 24 215.6 276.4 159.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 22 8 14 76.5 58.2 93.3
ACCIDENTS 22 9 13 76.5 65.5 86.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 11 9 2 38.2 65.5 13.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 10 5 5 34.8 36.4 33.3
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 8 6 2 27.8 43.6 13.3
SEPTICEMIA 7 2 5 24.3 14.5 33.3
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 7 1 6 24.3 7.3 40.0
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 6 2 4 20.9 14.5 26.6
HOMICIDE 5 1 4 17.4 7.3 26.6
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 3 2 1 10.4 14.5 6.7
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 0 3 7.1 - 11.8
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 2 0 7.0 14.5 -
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 2 0 2 7.0 - 13.3
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 1 1 7.0 7.3 6.7
VIRAL HEPATITIS 1 1 0 3.5 7.3 -
HIV DISEASE 1 0 1 3.5 - 6.7
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 1 0 1 3.5 - 6.7
MENINGITIS 1 1 0 3.5 7.3 -
PARKINSON'S DISEASE 1 1 0 3.5 7.3 -
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 1 1 0 3.5 7.3 -
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 1 0 1 3.5 - 6.7
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 1 0 1 3.5 - 6.7
SUICIDE 1 1 0 3.5 7.3 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 - - -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 31 16 15 107.8 116.4 99.9
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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 305 155 150 164 82 82 141 73 68
UNDER 1 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5-9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 9 2 7 7 2 5 2 0 2
25-34 6 1 5 5 1 4 1 0 1
35-44 15 5 10 11 4 7 4 1 3
45-54 19 6 13 13 5 8 6 1 5
55-64 36 14 22 23 9 14 13 5 8
65-74 65 36 29 44 25 19 21 11 10
75-84 74 45 29 34 21 13 40 24 16
85 AND OVER 76 46 30 24 15 9 52 31 21
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 28,757
WHITE 13,747
NONWHITE 15,010
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