All Races / Both Sexes
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 817 4.27 896 4.65 875 4.48 979 4.97
05-09 809 4.10 829 4.26 854 4.47 857 4.57
10-14 1,057 5.55 1,052 5.54 1,104 5.86 1,096 5.87
15-19 5,148 27.00 5,254 28.15 5,107 28.11 5,108 28.83
20-24 4,908 28.03 5,186 29.53 5,363 29.70 5,437 29.46
25-29 3,888 20.61 4,006 21.08 4,094 21.58 3,882 20.27
30-34 3,501 16.88 3,595 16.83 3,864 17.67 3,773 17.03
35-39 3,448 15.24 3,582 15.87 3,514 15.75 3,335 15.17
40-44 3,065 14.34 3,043 14.62 2,915 14.39 2,740 13.90
45-49 2,584 13.99 2,526 13.70 2,412 13.81 2,287 13.71
50-54 2,120 13.98 1,921 13.79 1,854 13.59 1,825 13.83
55-59 1,737 14.77 1,618 14.24 1,525 13.75 1,467 13.41
60-64 1,515 15.07 1,501 15.01 1,499 14.92 1,397 13.86
65-69 1,568 16.06 1,586 16.03 1,531 15.43 1,606 16.12
70-74 1,740 19.92 1,748 19.91 1,705 19.32 1,697 19.43
75-79 1,801 25.50 1,675 24.37 1,717 25.69 1,688 25.67
80-84 1,508 32.48 1,469 32.23 1,385 31.03 1,424 32.73
85+ 1,237 31.95 1,090 28.98 1,102 30.17 998 28.18
Unknown 22 43 32 33
Total 42,473 15.87 42,620 16.07 42,452 16.15 41,629 15.99
Age-Adj 15.54 15.85 15.93 15.77
All Races / Males
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 438 4.47 489 4.96 474 4.74 533 5.29
05-09 456 4.51 469 4.71 518 5.29 532 5.54
10-14 616 6.31 647 6.65 668 6.92 670 7.00
15-19 3,370 34.29 3,523 36.62 3,362 35.90 3,475 38.07
20-24 3,666 40.83 3,934 43.72 4,127 44.69 4,094 43.44
25-29 2,857 30.17 2,914 30.55 3,052 32.04 2,873 29.88
30-34 2,496 24.14 2,529 23.74 2,779 25.48 2,756 24.93
35-39 2,399 21.26 2,479 22.02 2,488 22.38 2,374 21.69
40-44 2,116 19.97 2,107 20.44 2,021 20.15 1,943 19.93
45-49 1,754 19.33 1,735 19.15 1,678 19.56 1,564 19.09
50-54 1,433 19.41 1,287 18.99 1,246 18.77 1,212 18.88
55-59 1,098 19.45 1,069 19.60 1,002 18.83 956 18.23
60-64 938 19.77 907 19.25 940 19.89 880 18.57
65-69 910 20.40 954 21.17 907 20.14 931 20.69
70-74 1,006 26.42 972 25.46 918 23.94 923 24.37
75-79 979 33.58 907 32.16 920 33.79 907 34.12
80-84 806 47.04 777 46.64 753 46.71 756 48.66
85+ 660 59.36 609 56.93 607 58.90 567 57.12
Unknown 18 36 30 29
Total 28,016 21.38 28,344 21.83 28,490 22.16 27,975 21.98
Age-Adj 21.17 21.75 22.06 21.87
All Races / Females
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 379 4.05 407 4.32 401 4.20 446 4.64
05-09 353 3.66 360 3.79 336 3.60 325 3.55
10-14 441 4.75 405 4.38 436 4.75 426 4.68
15-19 1,778 19.24 1,731 19.14 1,745 19.82 1,633 19.01
20-24 1,242 14.56 1,252 14.62 1,236 14.01 1,343 14.87
25-29 1,031 10.97 1,092 11.53 1,042 11.03 1,009 10.58
30-34 1,005 9.66 1,066 9.95 1,085 9.90 1,017 9.16
35-39 1,049 9.25 1,103 9.75 1,026 9.17 961 8.71
40-44 949 8.81 936 8.91 894 8.74 797 8.00
45-49 830 8.83 791 8.44 734 8.26 723 8.52
50-54 687 8.83 634 8.86 608 8.67 613 9.04
55-59 639 10.46 549 9.29 523 9.06 511 8.98
60-64 577 10.86 594 11.23 559 10.50 517 9.68
65-69 658 12.41 632 11.74 624 11.52 675 12.35
70-74 734 14.89 776 15.64 787 15.77 774 15.65
75-79 822 19.82 768 18.95 797 20.12 781 19.94
80-84 702 23.97 692 23.93 632 22.16 668 23.89
85+ 577 20.91 481 17.87 495 18.88 431 16.91
Unknown 4 7 2 4
Total 14,457 10.58 14,276 10.54 13,962 10.39 13,654 10.26
Age-Adj 10.03 10.06 9.92 9.79
White / Both Sexes
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 577 3.80 647 4.23 629 4.07 665 4.27
05-09 583 3.75 603 3.93 628 4.15 618 4.14
10-14 835 5.53 870 5.77 883 5.90 884 5.94
15-19 4,374 28.87 4,482 30.21 4,361 30.15 4,413 31.23
20-24 4,076 29.18 4,214 30.08 4,445 30.81 4,470 30.20
25-29 3,044 20.08 3,238 21.11 3,298 21.48 3,210 20.64
30-34 2,833 16.76 2,875 16.45 3,173 17.65 3,102 16.96
35-39 2,808 15.01 2,934 15.69 2,854 15.43 2,738 14.99
40-44 2,484 13.95 2,512 14.45 2,374 14.00 2,284 13.82
45-49 2,112 13.57 2,087 13.34 1,968 13.24 1,915 13.44
50-54 1,749 13.40 1,608 13.45 1,551 13.22 1,488 13.10
55-59 1,446 14.33 1,371 14.04 1,285 13.47 1,214 12.87
60-64 1,268 14.60 1,290 14.91 1,269 14.55 1,165 13.29
65-69 1,352 15.86 1,363 15.73 1,333 15.29 1,400 15.94
70-74 1,515 19.46 1,540 19.63 1,494 18.90 1,473 18.81
75-79 1,631 25.62 1,515 24.44 1,563 25.90 1,508 25.36
80-84 1,387 32.82 1,350 32.53 1,274 31.35 1,313 33.17
85+ 1,144 32.65 1,014 29.77 1,027 31.00 926 28.78
Unknown 18 36 30 28
Total 35,236 15.92 35,549 16.18 35,439 16.25 34,814 16.08
Age-Adj 15.55 15.94 16.01 15.86
Black / Both Sexes
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 198 6.85 207 7.02 210 6.92 260 8.40
05-09 192 6.10 190 6.14 185 6.13 203 6.92
10-14 177 6.03 140 4.82 172 5.99 177 6.19
15-19 583 19.68 588 20.25 563 19.92 537 19.60
20-24 637 24.52 736 28.39 661 24.96 715 26.73
25-29 641 24.51 581 22.33 598 23.08 525 20.07
30-34 512 18.53 553 19.68 538 19.04 521 18.40
35-39 514 17.99 498 17.57 525 18.80 458 16.76
40-44 455 17.62 419 16.89 435 18.18 369 15.99
45-49 378 18.20 340 17.03 334 18.01 287 16.51
50-54 286 19.06 241 17.06 225 16.28 256 19.10
55-59 231 19.12 187 16.07 175 15.37 187 16.84
60-64 187 18.62 161 16.18 176 17.79 176 17.89
65-69 162 17.33 168 18.08 142 15.43 154 16.98
70-74 157 22.02 150 21.30 171 24.52 168 24.22
75-79 119 22.10 123 23.39 112 21.90 134 26.83
80-84 79 24.32 88 27.49 83 26.00 83 26.22
85+ 73 24.96 63 22.00 59 21.27 60 22.50
Unknown 4 6 2 3
Total 5,585 16.45 5,439 16.23 5,366 16.21 5,273 16.15
Age-Adj 16.67 16.43 16.38 16.34
Other / Both Sexes
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 42 3.91 42 4.01 36 3.46 54 5.31
05-09 34 3.30 36 3.64 41 4.34 36 3.95
10-14 45 4.46 42 4.21 49 5.02 35 3.70
15-19 191 20.02 184 19.99 183 20.86 158 18.70
20-24 195 20.65 236 24.65 257 26.28 252 25.72
25-29 203 18.61 187 17.54 198 19.33 147 14.94
30-34 156 14.51 167 15.55 153 14.47 150 14.45
35-39 126 11.92 150 14.34 135 13.29 139 14.13
40-44 126 12.79 112 11.77 106 11.62 87 9.92
45-49 94 11.35 99 12.42 110 14.75 85 12.23
50-54 85 13.86 72 12.67 78 14.58 81 16.08
55-59 60 13.12 60 13.76 65 15.70 66 16.76
60-64 60 16.30 50 14.19 54 15.91 56 17.10
65-69 54 17.84 55 18.66 56 19.74 52 19.12
70-74 68 28.57 58 25.30 40 18.21 56 26.88
75-79 51 32.01 37 24.92 42 30.39 46 35.46
80-84 42 45.79 31 35.60 28 34.38 28 36.96
85+ 20 26.84 13 18.83 16 25.66 12 21.13
Unknown 0 1 0 2
Total 1,652 13.37 1,632 13.56 1,647 14.14 1,542 13.71
Age-Adj 13.51 13.72 14.38 13.93
White / Males
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 303 3.89 349 4.45 329 4.15 362 4.53
05-09 335 4.20 331 4.20 383 4.93 384 5.02
10-14 485 6.26 524 6.77 530 6.89 541 7.08
15-19 2,817 35.94 2,979 38.80 2,837 37.91 2,973 40.68
20-24 3,056 42.33 3,210 44.38 3,428 46.12 3,370 44.30
25-29 2,242 29.17 2,343 30.14 2,459 31.59 2,386 30.28
30-34 2,018 23.68 2,031 23.05 2,296 25.33 2,301 24.96
35-39 1,960 20.78 2,041 21.66 2,018 21.66 1,972 21.46
40-44 1,724 19.32 1,740 19.99 1,645 19.38 1,613 19.51
45-49 1,445 18.68 1,463 18.82 1,365 18.49 1,330 18.81
50-54 1,183 18.43 1,060 18.05 1,051 18.24 983 17.63
55-59 912 18.61 899 18.97 835 18.05 780 17.06
60-64 780 18.81 772 18.71 800 19.28 729 17.48
65-69 780 19.83 817 20.50 779 19.52 809 20.24
70-74 875 25.61 847 24.66 785 22.71 778 22.77
75-79 881 33.37 812 31.77 817 33.09 795 32.92
80-84 739 47.26 707 46.53 686 46.71 686 48.55
85+ 616 61.75 562 58.58 552 59.67 521 58.38
Unknown 17 30 28 25
Total 23,168 21.28 23,517 21.76 23,623 22.04 23,338 21.96
Age-Adj 20.99 21.64 21.94 21.85
White / Females
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 274 3.70 298 4.00 300 3.98 303 3.99
05-09 248 3.27 272 3.64 245 3.32 234 3.22
10-14 350 4.77 346 4.72 353 4.85 343 4.74
15-19 1,557 21.29 1,503 20.99 1,524 21.83 1,440 21.10
20-24 1,020 15.11 1,004 14.82 1,017 14.54 1,100 15.29
25-29 802 10.73 895 11.83 839 11.08 824 10.74
30-34 815 9.72 844 9.74 877 9.84 801 8.83
35-39 848 9.14 893 9.63 836 9.10 766 8.44
40-44 760 8.56 772 8.90 729 8.61 671 8.12
45-49 667 8.52 624 7.93 603 8.06 585 8.15
50-54 566 8.54 548 9.01 500 8.38 505 8.74
55-59 534 10.29 472 9.39 450 9.16 434 8.93
60-64 488 10.76 518 11.44 469 10.26 436 9.48
65-69 572 12.46 546 11.66 554 11.72 591 12.35
70-74 640 14.65 693 15.71 709 15.93 695 15.75
75-79 750 20.13 703 19.30 746 20.92 713 20.19
80-84 648 24.34 643 24.44 588 22.66 627 24.64
85+ 528 21.06 452 18.47 475 19.90 405 17.42
Unknown 1 6 2 3
Total 12,068 10.73 12,032 10.77 11,816 10.65 11,476 10.41
Age-Adj 10.13 10.23 10.10 9.89
Black / Males
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 115 7.84 115 7.70 125 8.12 142 9.06
05-09 102 6.39 115 7.33 113 7.38 126 8.46
10-14 109 7.31 97 6.57 112 7.68 109 7.51
15-19 433 28.76 413 28.01 414 28.86 397 28.58
20-24 477 37.13 549 42.85 518 39.64 539 40.88
25-29 473 37.76 429 34.48 456 36.79 380 30.41
30-34 366 28.20 396 30.00 378 28.52 367 27.63
35-39 355 26.44 344 25.85 377 28.77 313 24.45
40-44 322 26.71 304 26.34 312 28.09 275 25.71
45-49 251 26.45 228 25.00 249 29.42 193 24.35
50-54 202 30.03 185 29.22 153 24.66 171 28.40
55-59 156 29.46 132 25.89 122 24.42 136 27.92
60-64 124 28.82 112 26.24 109 25.63 119 28.08
65-69 106 26.52 112 28.17 99 25.17 94 24.31
70-74 97 33.41 95 33.35 107 38.08 110 39.44
75-79 66 31.70 75 37.11 82 41.97 85 45.12
80-84 49 44.21 57 52.35 49 45.31 53 49.35
85+ 32 37.38 40 48.00 42 51.84 37 47.59
Unknown 1 5 2 2
Total 3,836 23.80 3,803 23.91 3,819 24.32 3,648 23.55
Age-Adj 24.63 24.66 24.97 24.31
Black / Females
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 83 5.82 92 6.33 85 5.67 118 7.73
05-09 90 5.81 75 4.92 72 4.84 77 5.32
10-14 68 4.71 43 3.01 60 4.24 68 4.82
15-19 150 10.29 175 12.24 149 10.70 140 10.37
20-24 160 12.18 187 14.26 143 10.66 176 12.97
25-29 168 12.33 152 11.20 142 10.50 145 10.62
30-34 146 9.97 157 10.54 160 10.67 154 10.24
35-39 159 10.49 154 10.24 148 9.99 145 9.98
40-44 133 9.66 115 8.67 123 9.60 94 7.60
45-49 127 11.26 112 10.33 85 8.43 94 9.95
50-54 84 10.15 56 7.18 72 9.45 85 11.52
55-59 75 11.05 55 8.42 53 8.30 51 8.18
60-64 63 10.97 49 8.63 67 11.87 57 10.18
65-69 56 10.47 56 10.53 43 8.16 60 11.54
70-74 60 14.19 55 13.12 64 15.37 58 13.98
75-79 53 16.05 48 14.82 30 9.49 49 15.76
80-84 30 14.02 31 14.68 34 16.11 30 14.35
85+ 41 19.82 23 11.33 17 8.66 23 12.18
Unknown 3 1 0 1
Total 1,749 9.81 1,636 9.30 1,547 8.90 1,625 9.47
Age-Adj 9.66 9.23 8.85 9.41
Other / Males
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 20 3.67 25 4.68 20 3.77 29 5.58
05-09 19 3.59 23 4.54 22 4.54 22 4.72
10-14 22 4.27 26 5.12 26 5.25 20 4.16
15-19 120 24.84 131 28.04 111 24.89 105 24.39
20-24 133 27.97 175 36.13 181 36.45 185 37.02
25-29 142 26.75 142 27.34 137 27.37 107 22.16
30-34 112 21.55 102 19.58 105 20.41 88 17.38
35-39 84 16.40 94 18.58 93 18.98 89 18.76
40-44 70 14.98 63 13.99 64 14.85 55 13.32
45-49 58 14.98 44 11.80 64 18.30 41 12.53
50-54 48 16.55 42 15.57 42 16.48 58 24.09
55-59 30 13.86 38 18.38 45 22.96 40 21.52
60-64 34 20.33 23 14.51 31 20.52 32 22.13
65-69 24 18.70 25 20.03 29 24.15 28 24.26
70-74 34 33.67 30 30.42 26 27.18 35 38.19
75-79 32 47.70 20 32.01 21 35.97 27 48.86
80-84 18 46.20 13 34.70 18 50.93 17 51.25
85+ 12 41.65 7 25.90 13 53.07 9 40.07
Unknown 0 1 0 2
Total 1,012 16.86 1,024 17.49 1,048 18.47 989 18.02
Age-Adj 17.20 17.86 18.84 18.49
Other / Females
Age 1997 1996 1995 1994
Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
00-04 22 4.17 17 3.30 16 3.14 25 5.03
05-09 15 2.99 13 2.70 19 4.13 14 3.15
10-14 23 4.65 16 3.26 23 4.79 15 3.22
15-19 71 15.08 53 11.70 72 16.69 53 12.79
20-24 62 13.23 61 12.89 76 15.79 67 13.96
25-29 61 10.89 45 8.23 61 11.65 40 7.98
30-34 44 7.92 65 11.75 48 8.84 62 11.65
35-39 42 7.71 56 10.37 42 7.99 50 9.82
40-44 56 10.82 49 9.77 42 8.73 32 6.90
45-49 36 8.16 55 12.97 46 11.61 44 11.97
50-54 37 11.44 30 10.06 36 12.86 23 8.74
55-59 30 12.45 22 9.60 20 9.17 26 12.50
60-64 26 12.95 27 13.93 23 12.21 24 13.13
65-69 30 17.21 30 17.66 27 16.50 24 15.33
70-74 34 24.82 28 21.43 14 11.29 21 17.99
75-79 19 20.59 17 19.76 21 26.30 19 25.51
80-84 24 45.49 18 36.27 10 21.69 11 25.84
85+ 8 17.50 6 14.28 3 7.93 3 8.74
Unknown 0 0 0 0
Total 640 10.08 608 9.84 599 10.03 553 9.61
Age-Adj 10.07 9.72 10.23 9.64
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