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COUNTY: UNION
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF UNION 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 270 243 27 10.6 11.5 6.4
HEART DISEASES 103 96 7 406.1 453.8 166.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 45 41 4 177.4 193.8 95.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 23 21 2 90.7 99.3 47.6
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 21 20 1 82.8 94.5 23.8
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 13 11 2 51.2 52.0 47.6
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 6 6 0 23.6 28.4 -
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 6 3 3 23.6 14.2 71.3
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 6 5 1 23.6 23.6 23.8
ACCIDENTS 6 5 1 23.6 23.6 23.8
SEPTICEMIA 4 3 1 15.8 14.2 23.8
DIABETES MELLITUS 4 3 1 15.8 14.2 23.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 3 3 0 11.8 14.2 -
SUICIDE 3 3 0 11.8 14.2 -
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 2 2 0 7.9 9.4 -
MENINGITIS 1 1 0 3.9 4.7 -
PARKINSON'S DISEASE 1 1 0 3.9 4.7 -
HERNIA 1 1 0 3.9 4.7 -
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 1 1 0 3.9 4.7 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 4 3 1 15.8 14.2 23.8
ALL OTHER CAUSES 17 14 3 67.0 66.2 71.3
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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 270 243 27 125 116 9 145 127 18
UNDER 1 3 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 1
(NEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1-4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
15-24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25-34 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
35-44 7 6 1 4 3 1 3 3 0
45-54 19 18 1 11 10 1 8 8 0
55-64 38 36 2 21 20 1 17 16 1
65-74 38 32 6 26 22 4 12 10 2
75-84 80 74 6 33 32 1 47 42 5
85 AND OVER 80 71 9 26 25 1 54 46 8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 25,362
WHITE 21,156
NONWHITE 4,206
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