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DISTRICT: MISSISSIPPI
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT MISSISSIPPI, 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 28,134 18,774 9,360 9.9 10.8 8.5
HEART DISEASES 9,010 6,134 2,876 316.7 351.3 261.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 5,933 4,031 1,902 208.6 230.8 173.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 1,927 1,261 666 67.7 72.2 60.6
ACCIDENTS 1,559 1,005 554 54.8 57.6 50.4
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 1,325 1,096 229 46.6 62.8 20.8
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 750 547 203 26.4 31.3 18.5
DIABETES MELLITUS 654 354 300 23.0 20.3 27.3
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 598 331 267 21.0 19.0 24.3
SEPTICEMIA 489 293 196 17.2 16.8 17.8
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 439 357 82 15.4 20.4 7.5
SUICIDE 327 290 37 11.5 16.6 3.4
HOMICIDE 325 111 214 11.4 6.4 19.5
HYPERTENSION/HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DZ 284 138 146 10.0 7.9 13.3
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS 265 191 74 9.3 10.9 6.7
CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD 212 54 158 5.0 2.4 8.1
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 210 153 57 7.4 8.8 5.2
HIV DISEASE 200 39 161 7.0 2.2 14.6
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION 155 119 36 5.4 6.8 3.3
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 132 73 59 4.6 4.2 5.4
PARKINSON'S DISEASE 109 100 9 3.8 5.7 0.8
ATHEROSCLEROSIS 97 73 24 3.4 4.2 2.2
IN SITU, BENIGN & UNSPECIFIED
NEOPLASMS 73 54 19 2.6 3.1 1.7
VIRAL HEPATITIS 56 41 15 2.0 2.3 1.4
COMPLICATIONS MEDICAL/SURGICAL CARE 53 31 22 1.9 1.8 2.0
ANEMIAS 50 28 22 1.8 1.6 2.0
MALNUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 45 20 25 1.6 1.1 2.3
CHOLELITHIASIS/GALLBLADDER DISORDER 42 30 12 1.5 1.7 1.1
PEPTIC ULCER 34 26 8 1.2 1.5 0.7
HERNIA 16 10 6 0.6 0.6 0.5
MENINGITIS 14 6 8 0.5 0.3 0.7
PNEUMOCONIOSES & CHEMICAL EFFECTS 14 14 0 0.5 0.8 -
MATERNAL CAUSES 12 4 8 28.4 17.5 41.1
TUBERCULOSIS 10 5 5 0.4 0.3 0.4
HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 7 4 3 0.2 0.2 0.3
LEGAL INTERVENTION 7 5 2 0.2 0.3 0.2
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY 5 3 2 0.2 0.2 0.2
DISEASES OF APPENDIX 3 2 1 0.1 0.1 0.1
MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION 2 2 0 0.1 0.1 -
SYPHILIS 2 0 2 0.1 - 0.2
ACUTE BRONCHITIS AND BRONCHIOLITIS 1 1 0 # # -
FEMALE PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE 1 0 1 # - 0.1
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 294 177 117 10.3 10.1 10.6
ALL OTHER CAUSES 2,393 1,561 832 84.1 89.4 75.7
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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.
# LESS THAN 0.06.
------- TOTAL ------ ------ MALE ------- ----- FEMALE ------
NON- NON- NON-
AGE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL 28,134 18,774 9,360 13,893 9,226 4,667 14,241 9,548 4,693
UNDER 1 443 157 286 248 79 169 195 78 117
(NEONATAL) 277 96 181 152 44 108 125 52 73
(POSTNEONATAL) 166 61 105 96 35 61 70 26 44
1-4 96 45 51 57 26 31 39 19 20
5-9 50 20 30 31 11 20 19 9 10
10-14 60 27 33 38 15 23 22 12 10
15-24 514 247 267 380 188 192 134 59 75
25-34 631 321 310 423 223 200 208 98 110
35-44 1,323 688 635 834 461 373 489 227 262
45-54 2,225 1,205 1,020 1,358 753 605 867 452 415
55-64 3,237 2,014 1,223 1,926 1,225 701 1,311 789 522
65-74 5,392 3,705 1,687 3,038 2,184 854 2,354 1,521 833
75-84 7,293 5,370 1,923 3,452 2,594 858 3,841 2,776 1,065
85 AND OVER 6,866 4,974 1,892 2,105 1,466 639 4,761 3,508 1,253
UNKNOWN 4 1 3 3 1 2 1 0 1
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MORTALITY RATES** 2000 POPULATION
INFANT 10.5 6.9 14.7 TOTAL 2,844,658
NEONATAL 6.6 4.2 9.3 WHITE 1,746,099
POSTNEONATAL 3.9 2.7 5.4 NONWHITE 1,098,559
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** DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.