17-8. Mortality in South Carolina from Five Leading Causes
of Death by Age Group and Race: 1994
TOTAL WHITE BLACK & OTHER
AGE AND CAUSE OF DEATH NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT
Under 1 Year
All Causes.......................................... 486 100.0 211 100.0 275 100.0
Congenital Anomalies (740-759)........................... 84 17.3 48 22.7 36 13.1
Disorders Relating to Short Gestation, Etc. (765)........ 83 17.1 23 10.9 60 21.8
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (798.0)..................... 50 10.3 27 12.8 23 8.4
Newborn Affected by Maternal Complications of
Pregnancy (761)........................................ 27 5.6 10 4.7 17 6.2
Respiratory Distress Syndrome (769).................... 23 4.7 8 3.8 15 5.5
All Other Causes.................................... 219 45.1 95 45.0 124 45.1
1 - 4 Years
All Causes.......................................... 119 100.0 53 100.0 66 100.0
Accidents (E800-E949).................................... 43 36.1 19 35.8 24 36.4
Congenital Anomalies (740-759)........................... 12 10.1 8 15.1 4 6.1
Homicide and Legal Intervention (E960-E978).............. 12 10.1 6 11.3 6 9.1
Malignant Neoplasms (140-208)............................ 8 6.7 3 5.7 5 7.6
Diseases of Heart (390-398,402,404-429).................. 4 3.4 4 7.5 0 0.0
All Other Causes.................................... 40 33.6 13 24.5 27 40.9
5 - 14 Years
All Causes.......................................... 168 100.0 82 100.0 86 100.0
Accidents (E800-E949).................................... 93 55.4 44 53.7 49 57.0
Malignant Neoplasms (140-208)............................ 15 8.9 12 14.6 3 3.5
Homicide and Legal Intervention (E960-E978).............. 7 4.2 4 4.9 3 3.5
Diseases of the Heart (390-398, 402, 404-429)........... 6 3.6 3 3.7 3 3.5
Suicide (E950-E959)..................................... 6 3.6 3 3.7 3 3.5
All Other Causes.................................... 41 24.4 16 19.5 25 29.1
15 - 24 Years
All Causes.......................................... 576 100.0 333 100.0 243 100.0
Accidents (E800-E949).................................... 292 50.7 200 60.1 92 37.9
Homicide and Legal Intervention (E960-E978).............. 98 17.0 31 9.3 67 27.6
Suicide (E950-E959)...................................... 64 11.1 50 15.0 14 5.8
Malignant Neoplasms (140-208)............................ 27 4.7 17 5.1 10 4.1
Diseases of the Heart (390-398, 402, 404-429) ........... 18 3.1 5 1.5 13 5.3
All Other Causes.................................... 77 13.4 30 9.0 47 19.3
25 - 44 Years
All Causes.......................................... 2,551 100.0 1,298 100.0 1,253 100.0
Accidents (E800-E949).................................... 468 18.3 298 23.0 170 13.6
HIV Infection (042-044).................................. 389 15.2 124 9.6 265 21.1
Malignant Neoplasms (140-208)............................ 354 13.9 214 16.5 140 11.2
Diseases of the Heart (390-398, 402, 404-429)........... 318 12.5 137 10.6 181 14.4
Suicide (E950-E959)...................................... 207 8.1 175 13.5 32 2.6
All Other Causes.................................... 815 31.9 350 27.0 465 37.1
45 - 64 Years
All Causes.......................................... 6,511 * 100.0 4,114 100.0 2,396 100.0
Malignant Neoplasms (140-208)............................ 2,088 32.1 1,419 34.5 669 27.9
Diseases of Heart (390-398, 402, 404-429)................ 1,864 28.6 1,215 29.5 649 27.1
Cerebrovascular Diseases (430-438)....................... 367 5.6 177 4.3 190 7.9
Accidents (E800-E949).................................... 294 4.5 187 4.5 107 4.5
Diabetes Mellitus (250)................................ 222 3.4 115 2.8 107 4.5
All Other Causes.................................... 1,676 * 25.7 1,001 24.3 674 28.1
65 - 74 Years
All Causes.......................................... 7,540 100.0 5,369 100.0 2,171 100.0
Diseases of Heart (390-398, 402, 404-429)................ 2,437 32.3 1,725 32.1 712 32.8
Malignant Neoplasms (140-208)............................ 2,355 31.2 1,751 32.6 604 27.8
Cerebrovascular Disease (430-438)........................ 485 6.4 311 5.8 174 8.0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied
Conditions (490-496)................................... 451 6.0 397 7.4 54 2.5
Diabetes Mellitus (250).................................. 260 3.4 146 2.7 114 5.3
All Other Causes.................................... 1,552 20.6 1,039 19.4 513 23.6
75 Years and Over
All Causes.......................................... 14,269 100.0 10,834 100.0 3,435 100.0
Diseases of Heart (390-398, 402, 404-429)................ 5,238 36.7 4,070 37.6 1,168 34.0
Malignant Neoplasms (140-208)............................ 2,557 17.9 1,902 17.6 655 19.1
Cerebrovascular Disease (430-438)........................ 1,592 11.2 1,160 10.7 432 12.6
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied
Conditions (490-496)................................... 623 4.4 551 5.1 72 2.1
Pneumonia and Influenza (480-487)........................ 563 3.9 451 4.2 112 3.3
All Other Causes.................................... 3,696 25.9 2,700 24.9 996 29.0
*: Totals include unknown race. Note: Residence data.
Source: S.C. Dept. of Health & Environmental Control, Div. of Biostatistics,
Office of Vital Records & Public Health Statistics, March 1996.
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