(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: KEMPER
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF KEMPER 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 117 49 68 11.2 12.0 10.7
HEART DISEASES 38 21 17 363.5 514.7 266.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 28 8 20 267.9 196.1 313.8
ACCIDENTS 12 4 8 114.8 98.0 125.5
DIABETES MELLITUS 8 3 5 76.5 73.5 78.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 7 3 4 67.0 73.5 62.8
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 3 1 2 28.7 24.5 31.4
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 3 1 2 28.7 24.5 31.4
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 0 3 22.0 - 32.2
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 2 2 0 19.1 49.0 -
SEPTICEMIA 1 0 1 9.6 - 15.7
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED
NEOPLASMS 1 1 0 9.6 24.5 -
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 1 1 0 9.6 24.5 -
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 1 1 0 9.6 24.5 -
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 1 1 0 9.6 24.5 -
MATERNAL CAUSES 1 1 0 735.3 2325.6 -
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 1 0 1 9.6 - 15.7
HOMICIDE 1 0 1 9.6 - 15.7
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 - - -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 5 1 4 47.8 24.5 62.8
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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 117 49 68 47 21 26 70 28 42
UNDER 1 4 0 4 1 0 1 3 0 3
(NEONATAL) 3 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 2
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
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 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
25-34 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
35-44 4 1 3 2 1 1 2 0 2
45-54 9 0 9 5 0 5 4 0 4
55-64 17 6 11 6 2 4 11 4 7
65-74 23 5 18 10 4 6 13 1 12
75-84 22 12 10 6 4 2 16 8 8
85 AND OVER 33 23 10 15 9 6 18 14 4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 10,453
WHITE 4,080
NONWHITE 6,373
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