(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: LAFAYETTE
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAFAYETTE 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 293 228 65 7.6 8.2 6.0
HEART DISEASES 67 53 14 172.9 190.4 128.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 62 45 17 160.0 161.6 155.9
ACCIDENTS 21 14 7 54.2 50.3 64.2
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 15 13 2 38.7 46.7 18.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 14 12 2 36.1 43.1 18.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 14 12 2 36.1 43.1 18.3
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 14 13 1 36.1 46.7 9.2
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 12 12 0 31.0 43.1 -
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 10 7 3 25.8 25.1 27.5
SEPTICEMIA 7 7 0 18.1 25.1 -
PARKINSON'S DISEASE 6 6 0 15.5 21.6 -
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 3 2 1 7.7 7.2 9.2
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 1 2 6.7 3.8 10.7
HOMICIDE 3 1 2 7.7 3.6 18.3
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 2 1 1 5.2 3.6 9.2
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 1 1 5.2 3.6 9.2
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 2 1 1 5.2 3.6 9.2
SUICIDE 2 2 0 5.2 7.2 -
HIV DISEASE 1 1 0 2.6 3.6 -
ANEMIAS 1 0 1 2.6 - 9.2
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 1 1 0 2.6 3.6 -
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 1 1 0 2.6 3.6 -
CHOLELITHIASIS/GALLBLADDER DISORDER 1 1 0 2.6 3.6 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 - - -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 29 21 8 74.8 75.4 73.4
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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 293 228 65 146 114 32 147 114 33
UNDER 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 1
(NEONATAL) 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 1
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
15-24 6 6 0 4 4 0 2 2 0
25-34 8 5 3 6 3 3 2 2 0
35-44 7 4 3 5 3 2 2 1 1
45-54 19 10 9 10 6 4 9 4 5
55-64 28 19 9 18 11 7 10 8 2
65-74 51 38 13 27 22 5 24 16 8
75-84 91 83 8 52 48 4 39 35 4
85 AND OVER 77 60 17 23 17 6 54 43 11
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 38,744
WHITE 27,838
NONWHITE 10,906
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