(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: TUNICA
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TUNICA 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 102 35 67 11.0 13.8 10.0
HEART DISEASES 35 14 21 379.3 551.0 314.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 16 5 11 173.4 196.8 164.5
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 9 3 6 97.5 118.1 89.7
ACCIDENTS 5 1 4 54.2 39.4 59.8
HOMICIDE 5 2 3 54.2 78.7 44.9
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 0 3 32.5 - 44.9
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 3 0 3 32.5 - 44.9
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 2 1 1 21.7 39.4 15.0
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 2 0 2 21.7 - 29.9
SUICIDE 2 2 0 21.7 78.7 -
ANEMIAS 1 1 0 10.8 39.4 -
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 1 0 1 10.8 - 15.0
PARKINSON'S DISEASE 1 1 0 10.8 39.4 -
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 1 1 0 10.8 39.4 -
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 1 0 1 10.8 - 15.0
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 1 0 1 10.8 - 15.0
HERNIA 1 0 1 10.8 - 15.0
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 1 0 1 5.4 - 6.1
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 3 0 3 32.5 - 44.9
ALL OTHER CAUSES 9 4 5 97.5 157.4 74.8
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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 102 35 67 49 21 28 53 14 39
UNDER 1 4 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
25-34 6 1 5 4 1 3 2 0 2
35-44 5 2 3 2 2 0 3 0 3
45-54 11 5 6 6 3 3 5 2 3
55-64 14 4 10 6 4 2 8 0 8
65-74 18 8 10 9 3 6 9 5 4
75-84 20 4 16 11 3 8 9 1 8
85 AND OVER 22 10 12 7 4 3 15 6 9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 9,227
WHITE 2,541
NONWHITE 6,686
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