(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: HOLMES
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HOLMES 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 251 74 177 11.6 16.7 10.3
HEART DISEASES 102 30 72 472.0 678.1 419.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 54 15 39 249.9 339.1 226.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 13 7 6 60.2 158.2 34.9
ACCIDENTS 13 7 6 60.2 158.2 34.9
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 11 1 10 50.9 22.6 58.2
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 9 3 6 41.6 67.8 34.9
DIABETES MELLITUS 7 1 6 32.4 22.6 34.9
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 6 3 3 27.8 67.8 17.4
HOMICIDE 5 2 3 23.1 45.2 17.4
SUICIDE 3 1 2 13.9 22.6 11.6
SEPTICEMIA 2 1 1 9.2 22.6 5.8
VIRAL HEPATITIS 1 0 1 4.6 - 5.8
HIV DISEASE 1 0 1 4.6 - 5.8
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 1 1 0 4.6 22.6 -
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 1 0 1 4.6 - 5.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 4.6 - 5.8
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 2 0 2 9.2 - 11.6
ALL OTHER CAUSES 19 2 17 87.9 45.2 98.9
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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 251 74 177 125 33 92 126 41 85
UNDER 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 6 0 6 5 0 5 1 0 1
25-34 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1
35-44 20 2 18 18 1 17 2 1 1
45-54 25 6 19 15 5 10 10 1 9
55-64 26 8 18 12 5 7 14 3 11
65-74 45 13 32 27 8 19 18 5 13
75-84 59 21 38 24 8 16 35 13 22
85 AND OVER 65 24 41 20 6 14 45 18 27
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 21,609
WHITE 4,424
NONWHITE 17,185
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