



(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: SHARKEY
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SHARKEY 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 65 27 38 9.9 14.0 8.2
HEART DISEASES 16 4 12 243.2 207.0 258.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 9 5 4 136.8 258.8 86.0
DIABETES MELLITUS 5 2 3 76.0 103.5 64.5
SEPTICEMIA 4 1 3 60.8 51.8 64.5
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 4 4 0 60.8 207.0 -
ACCIDENTS 4 3 1 60.8 155.3 21.5
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 3 1 2 45.6 51.8 43.0
PARKINSON'S DISEASE 2 1 1 30.4 51.8 21.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 2 0 2 30.4 - 43.0
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 2 2 0 30.4 103.5 -
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 2 1 1 30.4 51.8 21.5
HIV DISEASE 1 0 1 15.2 - 21.5
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 1 1 0 15.2 51.8 -
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 1 0 1 15.2 - 21.5
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 - - -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 9 2 7 136.8 103.5 150.6
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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 65 27 38 26 12 14 39 15 24
UNDER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25-34 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
35-44 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
45-54 7 2 5 4 2 2 3 0 3
55-64 8 3 5 3 1 2 5 2 3
65-74 11 8 3 5 5 0 6 3 3
75-84 18 7 11 6 3 3 12 4 8
85 AND OVER 16 5 11 5 0 5 11 5 6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 6,580
WHITE 1,932
NONWHITE 4,648
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