(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: FORREST
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF FORREST 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 704 473 231 9.7 10.1 8.9
HEART DISEASES 206 142 64 283.7 304.0 247.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 148 113 35 203.8 241.9 135.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 51 35 16 70.2 74.9 61.8
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 41 31 10 56.5 66.4 38.6
DIABETES MELLITUS 27 17 10 37.2 36.4 38.6
ACCIDENTS 23 19 4 31.7 40.7 15.4
SEPTICEMIA 21 7 14 28.9 15.0 54.1
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 16 11 5 22.0 23.5 19.3
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 16 11 5 22.0 23.5 19.3
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 13 10 3 17.9 21.4 11.6
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 11 7 4 15.2 15.0 15.4
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 11 8 3 15.2 17.1 11.6
HIV DISEASE 8 0 8 11.0 - 30.9
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 7 3 4 9.6 6.4 15.4
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 7 1 6 6.6 1.7 12.6
HOMICIDE 7 1 6 9.6 2.1 23.2
SUICIDE 4 3 1 5.5 6.4 3.9
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED
NEOPLASMS 3 2 1 4.1 4.3 3.9
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 3 3 0 4.1 6.4 -
MENINGITIS 2 0 2 2.8 - 7.7
CHOLELITHIASIS/GALLBLADDER DISORDER 2 2 0 2.8 4.3 -
TUBERCULOSIS 1 0 1 1.4 - 3.9
ANEMIAS 1 0 1 1.4 - 3.9
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 1 0 1 1.4 - 3.9
PARKINSON'S DISEASE 1 1 0 1.4 2.1 -
PNEUMOCONIOSES & CHEMICAL EFFECTS 1 1 0 1.4 2.1 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 1 2 4.1 2.1 7.7
ALL OTHER CAUSES 69 44 25 95.0 94.2 96.6
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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 704 473 231 328 215 113 376 258 118
UNDER 1 12 2 10 8 0 8 4 2 2
(NEONATAL) 8 1 7 5 0 5 3 1 2
(POSTNEONATAL) 4 1 3 3 0 3 1 1 0
1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5-9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10-14 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
15-24 10 3 7 8 3 5 2 0 2
25-34 9 4 5 5 2 3 4 2 2
35-44 32 13 19 19 9 10 13 4 9
45-54 53 35 18 35 21 14 18 14 4
55-64 78 51 27 45 30 15 33 21 12
65-74 130 85 45 64 46 18 66 39 27
75-84 191 140 51 93 65 28 98 75 23
85 AND OVER 185 138 47 51 39 12 134 99 35
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 72,604
WHITE 46,717
NONWHITE 25,887
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