All Races / Both Sexes
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 692 3.61 752 3.90 763 3.91 786 3.99
05-09 174 0.88 179 0.92 157 0.82 156 0.83
10-14 282 1.48 334 1.76 404 2.15 413 2.21
15-19 2,601 13.64 2,894 15.51 3,262 17.95 3,532 19.94
20-24 3,482 19.88 3,582 20.40 3,942 21.83 4,481 24.28
25-29 2,699 14.30 2,838 14.93 3,191 16.82 3,548 18.53
30-34 2,262 10.91 2,479 11.61 2,872 13.14 3,206 14.47
35-39 2,000 8.84 2,197 9.73 2,261 10.13 2,641 12.01
40-44 1,569 7.34 1,605 7.71 1,754 8.66 1,806 9.16
45-49 1,161 6.29 1,135 6.16 1,146 6.56 1,139 6.83
50-54 668 4.41 726 5.21 743 5.44 751 5.69
55-59 477 4.06 493 4.34 549 4.95 500 4.57
60-64 357 3.55 369 3.69 393 3.91 398 3.95
65-69 286 2.93 316 3.19 342 3.45 346 3.47
70-74 253 2.90 231 2.63 261 2.96 285 3.26
75-79 203 2.87 195 2.84 205 3.07 222 3.38
80-84 129 2.78 137 3.01 137 3.07 165 3.79
85+ 149 3.85 110 2.92 118 3.23 120 3.39
Unknown 47 62 52 52
Total 19,491 7.28 20,634 7.78 22,552 8.58 24,547 9.43
Age-Adj 7.85 8.37 9.22 10.08
All Races / Males
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 391 3.99 382 3.87 428 4.28 444 4.40
05-09 95 0.94 94 0.94 87 0.89 75 0.78
10-14 199 2.04 216 2.22 286 2.96 279 2.91
15-19 2,220 22.59 2,480 25.78 2,746 29.33 3,082 33.76
20-24 3,021 33.64 3,105 34.50 3,399 36.80 3,841 40.75
25-29 2,228 23.53 2,318 24.30 2,564 26.92 2,869 29.84
30-34 1,732 16.75 1,895 17.79 2,178 19.97 2,487 22.50
35-39 1,470 13.02 1,618 14.37 1,664 14.97 1,990 18.18
40-44 1,159 10.94 1,207 11.71 1,306 13.02 1,431 14.68
45-49 858 9.46 816 9.01 875 10.20 880 10.74
50-54 504 6.83 555 8.19 546 8.22 579 9.02
55-59 350 6.20 379 6.95 410 7.70 384 7.32
60-64 262 5.52 275 5.84 301 6.37 295 6.23
65-69 194 4.35 216 4.79 235 5.22 243 5.40
70-74 153 4.02 140 3.67 146 3.81 169 4.46
75-79 113 3.88 99 3.51 102 3.75 127 4.78
80-84 61 3.56 69 4.14 57 3.54 78 5.02
85+ 66 5.94 40 3.74 42 4.08 54 5.44
Unknown 31 41 36 35
Total 15,107 11.53 15,945 12.28 17,408 13.54 19,342 15.20
Age-Adj 12.34 13.11 14.41 16.05
All Races / Females
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 301 3.22 370 3.93 335 3.51 342 3.56
05-09 79 0.82 85 0.90 70 0.75 81 0.88
10-14 83 0.89 118 1.28 118 1.29 134 1.47
15-19 381 4.12 414 4.58 516 5.86 450 5.24
20-24 461 5.40 477 5.57 543 6.16 640 7.09
25-29 471 5.01 520 5.49 627 6.64 679 7.12
30-34 530 5.10 584 5.45 694 6.33 719 6.48
35-39 530 4.67 579 5.12 597 5.33 651 5.90
40-44 410 3.80 398 3.79 448 4.38 375 3.76
45-49 303 3.22 319 3.40 271 3.05 259 3.05
50-54 164 2.11 171 2.39 197 2.81 172 2.54
55-59 127 2.08 114 1.93 139 2.41 116 2.04
60-64 95 1.79 94 1.78 92 1.73 103 1.93
65-69 92 1.74 100 1.86 107 1.98 103 1.89
70-74 100 2.03 91 1.83 115 2.30 116 2.35
75-79 90 2.17 96 2.37 103 2.60 95 2.43
80-84 68 2.32 68 2.35 80 2.81 87 3.11
85+ 83 3.01 70 2.60 76 2.90 66 2.59
Unknown 16 21 16 17
Total 4,384 3.21 4,689 3.46 5,144 3.83 5,205 3.91
Age-Adj 3.29 3.56 3.95 4.03
White / Both Sexes
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 401 2.64 426 2.79 426 2.76 436 2.80
05-09 98 0.63 112 0.73 94 0.62 91 0.61
10-14 149 0.99 183 1.21 222 1.48 198 1.33
15-19 1,066 7.04 1,136 7.66 1,343 9.28 1,329 9.40
20-24 1,323 9.47 1,370 9.78 1,598 11.07 1,728 11.68
25-29 1,174 7.74 1,170 7.63 1,422 9.26 1,529 9.83
30-34 1,137 6.73 1,227 7.02 1,387 7.71 1,540 8.42
35-39 1,036 5.54 1,153 6.17 1,151 6.22 1,346 7.37
40-44 848 4.76 872 5.02 1,003 5.92 967 5.85
45-49 668 4.29 656 4.19 668 4.49 659 4.62
50-54 432 3.31 456 3.82 467 3.98 491 4.32
55-59 327 3.24 323 3.31 342 3.59 331 3.51
60-64 224 2.58 248 2.87 250 2.87 265 3.02
65-69 195 2.29 225 2.60 221 2.54 224 2.55
70-74 189 2.43 164 2.09 179 2.26 183 2.34
75-79 153 2.40 141 2.27 134 2.22 156 2.62
80-84 103 2.44 101 2.43 105 2.58 121 3.06
85+ 119 3.40 83 2.44 79 2.38 88 2.73
Unknown 34 42 39 36
Total 9,676 4.37 10,088 4.59 11,130 5.10 11,718 5.41
Age-Adj 4.59 4.82 5.40 5.68
Black / Both Sexes
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 257 8.89 295 10.01 312 10.27 313 10.11
05-09 64 2.03 60 1.94 55 1.82 54 1.84
10-14 115 3.92 134 4.61 160 5.57 196 6.85
15-19 1,435 48.44 1,659 57.13 1,796 63.53 2,068 75.49
20-24 2,073 79.79 2,107 81.26 2,232 84.29 2,652 99.14
25-29 1,447 55.34 1,578 60.66 1,670 64.44 1,925 73.61
30-34 1,062 38.44 1,184 42.13 1,398 49.48 1,584 55.93
35-39 889 31.11 983 34.68 1,041 37.28 1,215 44.47
40-44 663 25.67 681 27.45 694 29.01 777 33.68
45-49 439 21.14 437 21.89 443 23.89 436 25.09
50-54 204 13.60 233 16.49 244 17.65 239 17.84
55-59 131 10.84 153 13.15 181 15.90 155 13.96
60-64 120 11.95 111 11.16 127 12.83 119 12.10
65-69 79 8.45 81 8.72 114 12.39 115 12.68
70-74 58 8.13 62 8.81 76 10.90 96 13.84
75-79 46 8.54 48 9.13 67 13.10 63 12.62
80-84 25 7.70 36 11.25 29 9.08 42 13.27
85+ 28 9.57 27 9.43 38 13.70 31 11.63
Unknown 12 17 12 12
Total 9,147 26.94 9,886 29.51 10,689 32.30 12,092 37.04
Age-Adj 27.97 30.49 33.21 37.89
Other / Both Sexes
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 34 3.17 31 2.96 25 2.40 37 3.64
05-09 12 1.16 7 0.71 8 0.85 11 1.21
10-14 18 1.78 17 1.70 22 2.25 19 2.01
15-19 100 10.48 99 10.76 123 14.02 135 15.98
20-24 86 9.11 105 10.97 112 11.45 101 10.31
25-29 78 7.15 90 8.44 99 9.66 94 9.55
30-34 63 5.86 68 6.33 87 8.23 82 7.90
35-39 75 7.09 61 5.83 69 6.80 80 8.13
40-44 58 5.89 52 5.46 57 6.25 62 7.07
45-49 54 6.52 42 5.27 35 4.69 44 6.33
50-54 32 5.22 37 6.51 32 5.98 21 4.17
55-59 19 4.15 17 3.90 26 6.28 14 3.55
60-64 13 3.53 10 2.84 16 4.71 14 4.28
65-69 12 3.97 10 3.39 7 2.47 7 2.57
70-74 6 2.52 5 2.18 6 2.73 6 2.88
75-79 4 2.51 6 4.04 4 2.89 3 2.31
80-84 1 1.09 0 0.00 3 3.68 2 2.64
85+ 2 2.68 0 0.00 1 1.60 1 1.76
Unknown 1 3 1 4
Total 668 5.41 660 5.49 733 6.29 737 6.55
Age-Adj 5.47 5.56 6.40 6.57
White / Males
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 240 3.08 223 2.84 243 3.07 241 3.02
05-09 52 0.65 60 0.76 51 0.66 39 0.51
10-14 105 1.35 116 1.50 152 1.98 134 1.75
15-19 856 10.92 927 12.07 1,070 14.30 1,095 14.98
20-24 1,091 15.11 1,126 15.57 1,307 17.59 1,413 18.57
25-29 932 12.13 908 11.68 1,086 13.95 1,203 15.26
30-34 843 9.89 922 10.46 1,026 11.32 1,166 12.65
35-39 740 7.85 827 8.78 829 8.90 1,006 10.95
40-44 623 6.98 631 7.25 727 8.57 742 8.98
45-49 477 6.16 451 5.80 473 6.41 492 6.96
50-54 321 5.00 323 5.50 325 5.64 377 6.76
55-59 235 4.80 241 5.09 245 5.30 252 5.51
60-64 164 3.95 179 4.34 185 4.46 191 4.58
65-69 130 3.31 150 3.76 148 3.71 152 3.80
70-74 104 3.04 95 2.77 83 2.40 106 3.10
75-79 81 3.07 67 2.62 62 2.51 85 3.52
80-84 47 3.01 48 3.16 38 2.59 55 3.89
85+ 52 5.21 27 2.81 31 3.35 37 4.15
Unknown 25 30 28 24
Total 7,118 6.54 7,351 6.80 8,109 7.57 8,810 8.29
Age-Adj 6.84 7.11 7.95 8.60
White / Females
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 161 2.18 203 2.72 183 2.43 195 2.57
05-09 46 0.61 52 0.69 43 0.58 52 0.72
10-14 44 0.60 67 0.91 70 0.96 64 0.88
15-19 210 2.87 209 2.92 273 3.91 234 3.43
20-24 232 3.44 244 3.60 291 4.16 315 4.38
25-29 242 3.24 262 3.46 336 4.44 326 4.25
30-34 294 3.51 305 3.52 361 4.05 374 4.13
35-39 296 3.19 326 3.51 322 3.51 340 3.75
40-44 225 2.53 241 2.78 276 3.26 225 2.72
45-49 191 2.44 205 2.61 195 2.61 167 2.33
50-54 111 1.67 133 2.19 142 2.38 114 1.97
55-59 92 1.77 82 1.63 97 1.97 79 1.63
60-64 60 1.32 69 1.52 65 1.42 74 1.61
65-69 65 1.42 75 1.60 73 1.54 72 1.50
70-74 85 1.95 69 1.56 96 2.16 77 1.74
75-79 72 1.93 74 2.03 72 2.02 71 2.01
80-84 56 2.10 53 2.01 67 2.58 66 2.59
85+ 67 2.67 56 2.29 48 2.01 51 2.19
Unknown 9 12 11 12
Total 2,558 2.27 2,737 2.45 3,021 2.72 2,908 2.64
Age-Adj 2.29 2.48 2.78 2.69
Black / Males
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 135 9.20 148 9.90 170 11.05 181 11.54
05-09 34 2.13 32 2.04 32 2.09 32 2.15
10-14 82 5.50 89 6.03 118 8.09 131 9.03
15-19 1,281 85.09 1,474 99.96 1,568 109.32 1,864 134.20
20-24 1,858 144.63 1,890 147.50 2,003 153.28 2,350 178.23
25-29 1,232 98.36 1,338 107.53 1,405 113.35 1,591 127.31
30-34 842 64.87 924 69.99 1,089 82.16 1,254 94.41
35-39 675 50.28 741 55.68 790 60.30 924 72.19
40-44 496 41.14 530 45.92 544 48.98 648 60.59
45-49 345 36.36 335 36.73 373 44.07 355 44.78
50-54 164 24.38 203 32.06 198 31.91 188 31.22
55-59 102 19.26 124 24.32 146 29.22 123 25.25
60-64 87 20.22 86 20.15 103 24.22 95 22.42
65-69 56 14.01 61 15.34 84 21.35 87 22.50
70-74 43 14.81 42 14.74 61 21.71 60 21.51
75-79 31 14.89 30 14.84 38 19.45 40 21.23
80-84 14 12.63 21 19.29 17 15.72 22 20.49
85+ 13 15.19 13 15.60 10 12.34 16 20.58
Unknown 6 8 8 8
Total 7,496 46.50 8,089 50.86 8,757 55.76 9,969 64.37
Age-Adj 48.01 52.38 57.17 65.46
Black / Females
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 122 8.56 147 10.11 142 9.48 132 8.65
05-09 30 1.94 28 1.84 23 1.55 22 1.52
10-14 33 2.28 45 3.15 42 2.97 65 4.61
15-19 154 10.57 185 12.94 228 16.37 204 15.11
20-24 215 16.37 217 16.55 229 17.08 302 22.26
25-29 215 15.78 240 17.69 265 19.60 334 24.46
30-34 220 15.02 260 17.45 309 20.60 330 21.94
35-39 214 14.12 242 16.10 251 16.94 291 20.04
40-44 167 12.13 151 11.38 150 11.70 129 10.42
45-49 94 8.33 102 9.40 70 6.95 81 8.57
50-54 40 4.83 30 3.85 46 6.04 51 6.91
55-59 29 4.27 29 4.44 35 5.48 32 5.14
60-64 33 5.75 25 4.40 24 4.25 24 4.29
65-69 23 4.30 20 3.76 30 5.69 28 5.38
70-74 15 3.55 20 4.77 15 3.60 36 8.68
75-79 15 4.54 18 5.56 29 9.18 23 7.40
80-84 11 5.14 15 7.10 12 5.68 20 9.56
85+ 15 7.25 14 6.90 28 14.26 15 7.94
Unknown 6 9 4 4
Total 1,651 9.26 1,797 10.21 1,932 11.11 2,123 12.37
Age-Adj 9.29 10.16 11.03 12.30
Other / Males
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 16 2.93 11 2.06 15 2.83 22 4.23
05-09 9 1.70 2 0.39 4 0.82 4 0.86
10-14 12 2.33 11 2.17 16 3.23 14 2.91
15-19 83 17.18 79 16.91 108 24.22 123 28.58
20-24 72 15.14 89 18.37 89 17.92 78 15.61
25-29 64 12.05 72 13.86 73 14.58 75 15.53
30-34 47 9.04 49 9.41 63 12.25 67 13.23
35-39 55 10.73 50 9.88 45 9.18 60 12.65
40-44 40 8.56 46 10.22 35 8.12 41 9.93
45-49 36 9.30 30 8.05 29 8.29 33 10.08
50-54 19 6.55 29 10.75 23 9.02 14 5.81
55-59 13 6.01 14 6.77 19 9.70 9 4.84
60-64 11 6.58 10 6.31 13 8.60 9 6.22
65-69 8 6.23 5 4.01 3 2.50 4 3.47
70-74 6 5.94 3 3.04 2 2.09 3 3.27
75-79 1 1.49 2 3.20 2 3.43 2 3.62
80-84 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 5.66 1 3.01
85+ 1 3.47 0 0.00 1 4.08 1 4.45
Unknown 0 3 0 3
Total 493 8.21 505 8.63 542 9.55 563 10.26
Age-Adj 8.36 8.73 9.77 10.26
Other / Females
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 18 3.41 20 3.89 10 1.96 15 3.02
05-09 3 0.60 5 1.04 4 0.87 7 1.57
10-14 6 1.21 6 1.22 6 1.25 5 1.07
15-19 17 3.61 20 4.41 15 3.48 12 2.90
20-24 14 2.99 16 3.38 23 4.78 23 4.79
25-29 14 2.50 18 3.29 26 4.96 19 3.79
30-34 16 2.88 19 3.44 24 4.42 15 2.82
35-39 20 3.67 11 2.04 24 4.57 20 3.93
40-44 18 3.48 6 1.20 22 4.57 21 4.53
45-49 18 4.08 12 2.83 6 1.51 11 2.99
50-54 13 4.02 8 2.68 9 3.21 7 2.66
55-59 6 2.49 3 1.31 7 3.21 5 2.40
60-64 2 1.00 0 0.00 3 1.59 5 2.74
65-69 4 2.30 5 2.94 4 2.44 3 1.92
70-74 0 0.00 2 1.53 4 3.23 3 2.57
75-79 3 3.25 4 4.65 2 2.51 1 1.34
80-84 1 1.90 0 0.00 1 2.17 1 2.35
85+ 1 2.19 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Unknown 1 0 1 1
Total 175 2.76 155 2.51 191 3.20 174 3.02
Age-Adj 2.71 2.54 3.13 2.96
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