All Races / Both Sexes
Age 1981 1980 1979
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 4,854 28.73 5,176 31.47 5,093 31.69
05-09 2,427 15.11 2,630 15.85 2,901 17.11
10-14 3,117 17.03 3,233 17.75 3,434 18.61
15-19 14,619 71.17 16,559 78.61 16,951 79.37
20-24 20,958 96.75 22,235 103.91 21,803 103.31
25-29 17,796 88.23 17,809 90.64 17,117 89.68
30-34 14,058 75.05 13,434 75.69 12,607 74.30
35-39 9,978 69.46 9,823 69.78 9,685 71.23
40-44 8,014 66.63 8,073 68.83 7,971 69.15
45-49 7,345 66.86 7,519 68.12 7,752 69.12
50-54 7,759 66.92 7,961 68.15 8,082 68.91
55-59 7,671 66.39 7,767 66.61 7,753 67.70
60-64 6,747 65.13 6,851 67.70 7,060 70.82
65-69 6,178 69.43 6,587 74.66 6,700 77.44
70-74 6,067 86.77 6,180 90.50 6,122 91.63
75-79 5,585 112.64 6,082 126.30 5,889 125.42
80-84 5,135 169.83 5,251 178.00 5,143 177.93
85+ 7,056 300.36 7,160 316.84 6,625 304.94
Unknown 212 221 257
Total 155,576 67.80 160,551 70.70 158,945 70.78
Age-Adj 62.96 65.78 66.25
All Races / Males
Age 1981 1980 1979
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 2,830 32.75 3,054 36.30 2,965 36.07
05-09 1,583 19.27 1,680 19.80 1,908 22.02
10-14 2,205 23.58 2,268 24.38 2,431 25.81
15-19 11,227 107.49 12,795 119.46 13,062 120.34
20-24 16,932 155.94 18,064 168.63 17,613 166.80
25-29 14,357 142.86 14,436 147.67 13,799 145.49
30-34 11,193 120.76 10,686 121.75 10,021 119.51
35-39 7,723 109.37 7,612 110.00 7,418 111.11
40-44 6,050 102.72 6,083 105.98 5,967 105.78
45-49 5,422 101.38 5,619 104.74 5,690 104.46
50-54 5,707 102.31 5,839 104.09 5,898 104.88
55-59 5,472 100.52 5,651 102.70 5,584 103.25
60-64 4,813 100.13 4,805 102.59 4,975 107.75
65-69 4,223 106.74 4,526 115.45 4,616 120.22
70-74 3,865 131.78 3,901 136.14 3,878 138.22
75-79 3,340 174.80 3,520 189.86 3,488 192.47
80-84 2,650 252.98 2,695 263.61 2,645 262.74
85+ 3,037 433.53 3,000 437.34 2,808 420.49
Unknown 182 182 209
Total 112,811 101.17 116,416 105.50 114,975 105.36
Age-Adj 96.69 101.14 101.46
All Races / Females
Age 1981 1980 1979
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 2,024 24.53 2,122 26.41 2,128 27.11
05-09 844 10.76 950 11.72 993 11.98
10-14 912 10.19 965 10.82 1,003 11.10
15-19 3,392 33.60 3,764 36.36 3,889 37.03
20-24 4,026 37.26 4,171 39.04 4,190 39.73
25-29 3,439 33.98 3,373 34.16 3,318 34.55
30-34 2,865 30.28 2,748 30.63 2,586 30.13
35-39 2,255 30.87 2,211 30.89 2,267 32.76
40-44 1,964 32.00 1,990 33.23 2,004 34.05
45-49 1,923 34.11 1,900 33.49 2,062 35.75
50-54 2,052 34.11 2,122 34.95 2,184 35.78
55-59 2,199 35.98 2,116 34.36 2,169 35.89
60-64 1,934 34.83 2,046 37.64 2,085 38.96
65-69 1,955 39.56 2,061 42.04 2,084 43.31
70-74 2,202 54.25 2,279 57.51 2,244 57.90
75-79 2,245 73.67 2,562 86.51 2,401 83.28
80-84 2,485 125.75 2,556 132.60 2,498 132.60
85+ 4,019 243.78 4,160 264.32 3,817 253.66
Unknown 30 39 48
Total 42,765 36.25 44,135 37.80 43,970 38.09
Age-Adj 31.08 32.33 33.02
White / Both Sexes
Age 1981 1980 1979
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 3,458 25.02 3,717 27.56 3,597 27.15
05-09 1,795 13.68 1,916 14.07 2,113 15.09
10-14 2,491 16.49 2,603 17.26 2,798 18.26
15-19 12,501 73.35 14,236 80.97 14,601 81.54
20-24 17,065 93.19 18,039 99.46 17,784 99.05
25-29 13,952 81.35 13,811 82.35 13,261 81.00
30-34 10,824 67.29 10,334 67.46 9,674 65.62
35-39 7,833 62.95 7,667 62.73 7,521 63.44
40-44 6,310 60.71 6,342 62.41 6,243 62.30
45-49 5,829 60.98 6,007 62.30 6,212 63.20
50-54 6,401 62.58 6,481 62.72 6,602 63.39
55-59 6,438 62.48 6,489 62.21 6,516 63.54
60-64 5,748 61.69 5,759 63.24 6,022 67.14
65-69 5,318 66.56 5,609 70.75 5,784 74.45
70-74 5,330 84.30 5,394 87.30 5,409 89.40
75-79 4,996 111.10 5,347 122.39 5,264 123.51
80-84 4,679 168.14 4,754 174.85 4,759 178.35
85+ 6,561 303.87 6,634 319.16 6,142 307.26
Unknown 162 175 204
Total 127,691 64.94 131,314 67.28 130,506 67.40
Age-Adj 59.29 61.57 61.96
Black / Both Sexes
Age 1981 1980 1979
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 1,252 49.29 1,316 53.18 1,343 56.52
05-09 556 22.85 633 25.40 716 28.64
10-14 544 20.25 549 20.51 565 21.00
15-19 1,801 60.60 1,965 65.54 2,013 67.42
20-24 3,445 122.93 3,733 135.35 3,514 131.29
25-29 3,482 142.55 3,565 151.66 3,457 154.99
30-34 2,891 139.33 2,812 146.34 2,672 150.54
35-39 1,925 127.97 1,924 130.44 1,949 139.53
40-44 1,501 115.46 1,554 123.08 1,561 127.38
45-49 1,364 117.75 1,381 120.39 1,413 122.75
50-54 1,227 108.26 1,348 119.20 1,352 121.67
55-59 1,132 107.59 1,165 111.29 1,137 110.81
60-64 917 103.19 1,013 115.62 934 107.48
65-69 766 97.61 891 113.82 843 108.69
70-74 678 116.75 711 125.08 641 115.70
75-79 533 132.64 663 169.40 553 145.18
80-84 409 195.36 445 220.68 348 179.12
85+ 437 259.85 457 284.71 431 280.28
Unknown 42 42 49
Total 24,902 91.78 26,167 97.95 25,491 97.77
Age-Adj 94.24 100.99 102.04
Other / Both Sexes
Age 1981 1980 1979
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 144 26.96 143 29.58 153 34.55
05-09 76 15.11 81 16.98 72 15.87
10-14 82 16.07 81 17.64 71 16.15
15-19 317 60.42 358 74.02 337 72.85
20-24 448 81.68 463 92.17 505 106.44
25-29 362 62.97 433 82.21 399 82.18
30-34 343 59.97 288 56.50 261 57.94
35-39 220 52.49 232 60.96 215 62.54
40-44 203 60.62 177 58.31 167 59.63
45-49 152 56.69 131 52.71 127 53.72
50-54 131 56.23 132 60.89 128 63.21
55-59 101 51.15 113 61.83 100 58.67
60-64 82 53.68 79 57.72 104 80.02
65-69 94 76.39 87 77.50 73 68.13
70-74 59 66.61 75 92.58 72 93.59
75-79 56 94.14 72 130.65 72 137.18
80-84 47 149.93 52 177.27 36 129.30
85+ 58 265.60 69 333.77 52 261.89
Unknown 8 4 4
Total 2,983 52.36 3,070 58.93 2,948 60.70
Age-Adj 52.54 58.98 60.81
White / Males
Age 1981 1980 1979
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 2,026 28.58 2,211 31.95 2,136 31.43
05-09 1,178 17.50 1,215 17.39 1,387 19.33
10-14 1,761 22.76 1,841 23.84 1,963 25.04
15-19 9,526 109.68 10,935 121.99 11,250 123.26
20-24 13,786 149.18 14,635 160.08 14,402 159.23
25-29 11,226 130.09 11,217 133.11 10,648 129.61
30-34 8,616 107.14 8,180 106.90 7,650 103.94
35-39 6,002 97.16 5,887 97.03 5,684 96.63
40-44 4,696 91.43 4,717 93.97 4,575 92.36
45-49 4,222 89.88 4,409 93.18 4,484 93.04
50-54 4,628 93.20 4,675 93.38 4,726 93.88
55-59 4,523 92.70 4,654 94.11 4,611 94.78
60-64 4,074 93.78 3,994 94.34 4,213 101.01
65-69 3,595 100.83 3,821 108.16 3,967 114.81
70-74 3,359 126.74 3,419 132.09 3,405 134.33
75-79 2,960 171.63 3,091 184.73 3,105 189.84
80-84 2,393 250.12 2,430 260.00 2,425 262.96
85+ 2,795 438.97 2,749 440.02 2,578 423.84
Unknown 139 151 163
Total 91,505 95.43 94,231 99.01 93,372 98.87
Age-Adj 89.87 93.56 93.72
White / Females
Age 1981 1980 1979
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 1,432 21.28 1,506 22.93 1,461 22.64
05-09 617 9.65 701 10.57 726 10.64
10-14 730 9.91 762 10.35 835 11.16
15-19 2,975 35.59 3,301 38.30 3,351 38.16
20-24 3,279 36.15 3,404 37.84 3,382 37.96
25-29 2,726 31.99 2,594 31.09 2,613 32.04
30-34 2,208 27.45 2,154 28.10 2,024 27.42
35-39 1,831 29.22 1,780 28.92 1,837 30.75
40-44 1,614 30.70 1,625 31.60 1,668 32.91
45-49 1,607 33.06 1,598 32.54 1,728 34.50
50-54 1,773 33.69 1,806 33.90 1,876 34.87
55-59 1,915 35.30 1,835 33.45 1,905 35.34
60-64 1,674 33.66 1,765 36.22 1,809 37.70
65-69 1,723 38.94 1,788 40.68 1,817 42.12
70-74 1,971 53.67 1,975 55.00 2,004 57.01
75-79 2,036 73.44 2,256 83.69 2,159 82.21
80-84 2,286 125.18 2,324 130.25 2,334 133.66
85+ 3,766 247.37 3,885 267.22 3,564 256.27
Unknown 23 24 41
Total 36,186 35.92 37,083 37.08 37,134 37.43
Age-Adj 30.02 30.95 31.61
Black / Males
Age 1981 1980 1979
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 718 56.07 759 60.86 739 61.68
05-09 356 29.02 417 33.19 474 37.66
10-14 387 28.61 383 28.45 415 30.69
15-19 1,466 98.59 1,581 105.54 1,564 104.99
20-24 2,817 210.00 3,059 231.89 2,815 220.30
25-29 2,876 250.96 2,902 263.96 2,840 273.38
30-34 2,341 244.09 2,305 259.80 2,174 266.66
35-39 1,574 230.01 1,557 232.39 1,578 250.40
40-44 1,210 205.15 1,240 216.95 1,270 230.10
45-49 1,097 209.52 1,120 216.44 1,120 216.14
50-54 991 195.41 1,080 213.77 1,090 219.18
55-59 876 185.45 917 194.81 894 193.36
60-64 681 173.93 753 194.54 686 178.16
65-69 556 166.80 638 191.05 601 181.07
70-74 461 193.02 424 179.66 427 184.43
75-79 344 218.23 373 242.16 336 221.95
80-84 227 293.49 237 314.04 198 272.01
85+ 211 379.87 207 387.76 199 384.61
Unknown 35 27 43
Total 19,224 149.90 19,979 158.21 19,463 158.05
Age-Adj 159.85 169.87 171.89
Black / Females
Age 1981 1980 1979
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 534 42.40 557 45.38 604 51.27
05-09 200 16.58 216 17.48 242 19.49
10-14 157 11.77 166 12.48 150 11.21
15-19 335 22.56 384 25.59 449 30.01
20-24 628 42.99 674 46.84 699 49.97
25-29 606 46.73 663 52.98 617 51.78
30-34 550 49.29 507 49.02 498 51.89
35-39 351 42.81 367 45.59 371 48.39
40-44 291 40.97 314 45.44 291 43.21
45-49 267 42.06 261 41.45 293 46.29
50-54 236 37.68 268 42.84 262 42.68
55-59 256 44.16 248 43.05 243 43.10
60-64 236 47.47 260 53.16 248 51.25
65-69 210 46.52 253 56.36 242 54.54
70-74 217 63.47 287 86.33 214 66.36
75-79 189 77.40 290 122.19 217 94.54
80-84 182 137.86 208 164.84 150 123.46
85+ 226 200.66 250 233.36 232 227.38
Unknown 7 15 6
Total 5,678 39.68 6,188 43.93 6,028 43.81
Age-Adj 38.50 42.40 43.00
Other / Males
Age 1981 1980 1979
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 86 31.80 84 34.32 90 40.14
05-09 49 19.17 48 19.80 47 20.43
10-14 57 21.83 44 18.74 53 23.61
15-19 235 86.20 279 112.11 248 104.50
20-24 329 119.48 370 147.45 396 167.23
25-29 255 93.15 317 127.05 311 135.24
30-34 236 87.98 201 84.54 197 93.95
35-39 147 73.54 168 91.83 156 95.13
40-44 144 87.80 126 84.71 122 89.85
45-49 103 81.02 90 77.94 86 78.34
50-54 88 83.36 84 85.53 82 88.76
55-59 73 79.59 80 92.77 79 97.49
60-64 58 82.08 58 91.74 76 124.28
65-69 72 125.10 67 124.58 48 91.59
70-74 45 102.70 58 140.91 46 117.17
75-79 36 126.04 56 210.09 47 185.90
80-84 30 223.68 28 228.27 22 188.05
85+ 31 375.21 44 561.44 31 396.93
Unknown 8 4 3
Total 2,082 74.69 2,206 86.66 2,140 90.18
Age-Adj 76.08 87.76 90.94
Other / Females
Age 1981 1980 1979
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 58 21.99 59 24.72 63 28.82
05-09 27 10.91 33 14.06 25 11.18
10-14 25 10.04 37 16.49 18 8.37
15-19 82 32.54 79 33.65 89 39.50
20-24 119 43.57 93 36.99 109 45.86
25-29 107 35.54 116 41.84 88 34.43
30-34 107 35.23 87 31.99 64 26.58
35-39 73 33.29 64 32.39 59 32.81
40-44 59 34.53 51 32.94 45 31.19
45-49 49 34.75 41 30.81 41 32.37
50-54 43 33.75 48 40.49 46 41.78
55-59 28 26.48 33 34.19 21 23.49
60-64 24 29.23 21 28.51 28 40.69
65-69 22 33.59 20 34.21 25 45.67
70-74 14 31.28 17 42.66 26 69.02
75-79 20 64.67 16 56.23 25 91.90
80-84 17 94.78 24 140.61 14 86.72
85+ 27 198.90 25 194.76 21 174.33
Unknown 0 0 1
Total 901 30.97 864 32.43 808 32.54
Age-Adj 30.57 32.09 32.67
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