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DEATHS 2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT
Table 5.9: Death Counts and Crude Death Rates by Age Group and Race
Louisiana, 2003
All Races White Black Other
Age Group (Years) Number Rate +
Number Rate +
Number Rate + Number
Under 1Year 1 604 885.6 237 639.6 358 1200.1 9
1-4 107 41.8 32 22.2 73 68.5 2
5-14 135 20.8 52 14.1 81 30.6 2
15-24 825 117.0 465 112.2 350 127.7 10
25-34 1016 171.7 487 129.7 518 260.9 11
35-44 1941 297.8 1060 245.5 867 423.8 14
45-54 3636 580.4 1963 459.1 1640 881.5 33
55-64 5233 1234.2 3198 1032.8 1993 1868.1 42
65-74 7635 2741.0 5272 2535.8 2304 3452.6 59
75-84 11384 6194.4 8637 6053.0 2699 6844.7 48
85 & Older 9781 15770.5 7544 16024.5 2192 15228.6 45
Unknown 0 0 0 0
Total 42297 940.7 28947 995.7 13075 876.4 275
+ Rate per 100,000 race/age-specific population. 2003 census estimates were used for the calculation of age-specific rates.
1 Death rates for “Under 1 Year” (based on population estimates) differ from Infant Mortality Rates (based on live births)
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Note: Rates were not calculated for records with age missing as there is no denominator with which to calculate the rate.
The rates for “Other” were not calculated due to low frequency and unreliability of race coding, which create instability.
Mortality by Age, Gender, and Race
In 2003, mortality rates in Louisiana for whites and blacks showed significant differences among age groups (Table 5.10).
Mortality rates for black males and females under the age of 5 years were approximately double those for their white
counterparts. Within gender, the rates for blacks were higher than those for whites. The rates for black males were higher and
almost double those for white males in all age groups except in the age group 15-24 years, where the rates were more or less
the same. The rates for females reflected a similar trend; these were higher among blacks than whites, and almost double in
certain age groups, except in the age group 15-24 years where the rates were almost equal. White females had the lowest
mortality rates among all race and gender groups excepting the 85 and older age group.
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