(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: LAMAR
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAMAR 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 282 250 32 7.2 7.5 5.6
HEART DISEASES 97 88 9 248.3 263.9 157.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 72 65 7 184.3 194.9 122.2
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 19 16 3 48.6 48.0 52.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 17 17 0 43.5 51.0 -
ACCIDENTS 17 16 1 43.5 48.0 17.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 6 4 2 15.4 12.0 34.9
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 5 5 0 12.8 15.0 -
SUICIDE 5 5 0 12.8 15.0 -
SEPTICEMIA 4 2 2 10.2 6.0 34.9
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 4 2 2 6.4 3.9 18.3
VIRAL HEPATITIS 3 2 1 7.7 6.0 17.4
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 2 1 7.7 6.0 17.4
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 3 3 0 7.7 9.0 -
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 2 2 0 5.1 6.0 -
HIV DISEASE 1 1 0 2.6 3.0 -
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 1 1 0 2.6 3.0 -
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 2.6 3.0 -
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 1 1 0 2.6 3.0 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 0 1 2.6 - 17.4
ALL OTHER CAUSES 20 17 3 51.2 51.0 52.4
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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 282 250 32 146 135 11 136 115 21
UNDER 1 5 3 2 3 1 2 2 2 0
(NEONATAL) 5 3 2 3 1 2 2 2 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 2 2 0 2 2 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 5 2 3 4 2 2 1 0 1
25-34 7 6 1 6 5 1 1 1 0
35-44 14 13 1 9 9 0 5 4 1
45-54 22 18 4 17 16 1 5 2 3
55-64 31 28 3 19 18 1 12 10 2
65-74 59 52 7 37 35 2 22 17 5
75-84 71 65 6 33 31 2 38 34 4
85 AND OVER 66 61 5 16 16 0 50 45 5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 39,070
WHITE 33,342
NONWHITE 5,728
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