(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: PONTOTOC
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PONTOTOC 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 244 224 20 9.1 9.9 4.8
HEART DISEASES 76 68 8 284.4 301.4 191.9
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 46 41 5 172.1 181.8 119.9
ACCIDENTS 21 20 1 78.6 88.7 24.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 20 19 1 74.8 84.2 24.0
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 17 17 0 63.6 75.4 -
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 10 10 0 37.4 44.3 -
DIABETES MELLITUS 7 5 2 26.2 22.2 48.0
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 4 3 1 15.0 13.3 24.0
SUICIDE 4 4 0 15.0 17.7 -
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 3 3 0 11.2 13.3 -
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 3 3 0 11.2 13.3 -
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED
NEOPLASMS 2 2 0 7.5 8.9 -
PARKINSON'S DISEASE 2 2 0 7.5 8.9 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 2 2 0 7.5 8.9 -
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 1 1 0 3.7 4.4 -
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 1 0 3.7 4.4 -
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 1 1 0 3.7 4.4 -
HOMICIDE 1 1 0 3.7 4.4 -
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 1 0 1 3.7 - 24.0
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 4 0 15.0 17.7 -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 18 17 1 67.4 75.4 24.0
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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 244 224 20 120 110 10 124 114 10
UNDER 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 2 0 1 1 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 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
15-24 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
25-34 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
35-44 11 9 2 6 4 2 5 5 0
45-54 16 14 2 11 9 2 5 5 0
55-64 24 24 0 16 16 0 8 8 0
65-74 45 41 4 26 25 1 19 16 3
75-84 60 55 5 35 32 3 25 23 2
85 AND OVER 78 72 6 20 19 1 58 53 5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 26,726
WHITE 22,557
NONWHITE 4,169
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