



(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: SUNFLOWER
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SUNFLOWER 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 317 116 201 9.2 11.7 8.2
HEART DISEASES 106 39 67 308.4 392.9 274.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 72 24 48 209.5 241.8 196.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 29 11 18 84.4 110.8 73.6
ACCIDENTS 12 4 8 34.9 40.3 32.7
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 11 6 5 32.0 60.4 20.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 10 6 4 29.1 60.4 16.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 7 0 7 20.4 - 28.6
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 6 3 3 17.4 30.2 12.3
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 5 2 3 14.5 20.1 12.3
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 4 1 3 11.6 10.1 12.3
SUICIDE 4 3 1 11.6 30.2 4.1
SEPTICEMIA 3 1 2 8.7 10.1 8.2
HIV DISEASE 3 1 2 8.7 10.1 8.2
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 3 2 1 8.7 20.1 4.1
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 1 2 6.1 11.5 5.0
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 3 0 3 8.7 - 12.3
HOMICIDE 3 0 3 8.7 - 12.3
VIRAL HEPATITIS 2 1 1 5.8 10.1 4.1
PEPTIC ULCER 2 2 0 5.8 20.1 -
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 1 0 1 2.9 - 4.1
HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 1 0 1 2.9 - 4.1
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 0 3 8.7 - 12.3
ALL OTHER CAUSES 24 9 15 69.8 90.7 61.4
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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 317 116 201 153 53 100 164 63 101
UNDER 1 4 1 3 3 0 3 1 1 0
(NEONATAL) 3 1 2 2 0 2 1 1 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 8 1 7 3 0 3 5 1 4
25-34 6 0 6 4 0 4 2 0 2
35-44 22 8 14 16 7 9 6 1 5
45-54 35 11 24 16 8 8 19 3 16
55-64 37 11 26 21 8 13 16 3 13
65-74 39 18 21 17 10 7 22 8 14
75-84 80 29 51 43 15 28 37 14 23
85 AND OVER 85 37 48 30 5 25 55 32 23
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 34,369
WHITE 9,927
NONWHITE 24,442
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