2003 Louisiana Vital Statistics Report - Louisiana Department of ...

DEATHS 2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT
Rate per 100,000
sex/age-specific population
Mortality by Age and Race
17500
15000
12500
10000
7500
5000
2500
0
Figure 5.14 Crude Death Rates by Age Group 55 and over
and Gender Louisiana, 2003
55-64 65-74 75-84 85 & Older All Ages
Age Group (years)
Male
Female
Table 5.8: Death Counts and Crude Death Rates by Age Group and Gender
Louisiana, 2003
Total Male Female
Age Group ( Years ) Number Rate +
Number Rate +
Number Rate +
Under 1 1
604 885.6 335 963.2 269 804.8
1-4 107 41.8 69 52.7 38 30.3
5-14 135 20.8 80 24.1 55 17.3
15-24 825 117.0 612 171.8 213 61.1
25-34 1016 139.4 703 241.0 313 104.4
35-44 1941 155.9 1220 384.7 721 215.5
45-54 3636 309.8 2258 741.1 1378 428.3
55-64 5233 857.6 3132 1552.0 2101 945.6
65-74 7635 1878.7 4146 3346.1 3489 2256.2
75-84 11384 4154.4 5422 7587.6 5962 5308.0
85 & Older 9781 18355.1 3107 17122 6674 15211.4
Unknown 0 0 0
Total 42297 940.7 21084 966.1 21213 916.7
+
Rates are per 100,000 gender/age-specific population.
1
Death rates for Under 1 Year (based on population estimates) differ from Infant Mortality Rates (based on live births).
The crude death rates for whites were lower than those for blacks in all age groups except in the age group 5-14 years where
the rates were appoximately equal. The gap widened with increasing age groups, reaching the greatest proportional difference
in the 45-54 age group, in which the rate for blacks was almost double that of whites (Figures 5.15 and 5.16, Table 5.9).
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