(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: YAZOO
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF YAZOO 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 284 151 133 10.1 12.0 8.6
HEART DISEASES 78 43 35 277.1 341.5 225.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 62 31 31 220.2 246.2 199.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 29 17 12 103.0 135.0 77.1
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 15 12 3 53.3 95.3 19.3
ACCIDENTS 14 10 4 49.7 79.4 25.7
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 11 7 4 39.1 55.6 25.7
DIABETES MELLITUS 8 1 7 28.4 7.9 45.0
SEPTICEMIA 7 4 3 24.9 31.8 19.3
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 6 2 4 21.3 15.9 25.7
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 4 2 2 9.7 14.1 7.4
HIV DISEASE 3 0 3 10.6 - 19.3
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 2 2 0 7.1 15.9 -
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 2 0 2 7.1 - 12.8
SUICIDE 2 2 0 7.1 15.9 -
HOMICIDE 2 0 2 7.1 - 12.8
TUBERCULOSIS 1 0 1 3.6 - 6.4
PARKINSON'S DISEASE 1 1 0 3.6 7.9 -
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 1 1 0 3.6 7.9 -
PNEUMOCONIOSES & CHEMICAL EFFECTS 1 1 0 3.6 7.9 -
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 1 0 1 3.6 - 6.4
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 1 0 1 3.6 - 6.4
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 1 1 0 3.6 7.9 -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 32 14 18 113.7 111.2 115.7
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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 284 151 133 145 78 67 139 73 66
UNDER 1 4 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 2
(NEONATAL) 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2
(POSTNEONATAL) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1-4 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 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 5 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 2
25-34 9 3 6 8 3 5 1 0 1
35-44 12 6 6 8 5 3 4 1 3
45-54 18 7 11 12 5 7 6 2 4
55-64 31 18 13 20 12 8 11 6 5
65-74 56 34 22 28 19 9 28 15 13
75-84 79 40 39 42 22 20 37 18 19
85 AND OVER 68 37 31 23 9 14 45 28 17
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2000 POPULATION:
TOTAL 28,149
WHITE 12,593
NONWHITE 15,556
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