Countywide statistics, 1999-2001
Total deaths: 18,783
Cancer deaths: 3838
Motor vehicle accident deaths: 354
According to figures compiled by the Centers for Disease
Control, 18,783 people died in Fulton County in the years
1999-2001. The county death rate was 8 per thousand people,
compared with 8 per thousand people statewide.
During the same period, 3838 people died from cancer. The
county death rate from cancer was 1.6 per thousand people,
compared with 1.7 per thousand statewide.
A reported 354 people died in motor vehicle accidents. The
county death rate from such accidents was 0.1 per thousand
people, compared with 0.2 per thousand statewide.
The average age of people living in Fulton County at the
time of the 2000 census was 34.2, compared with 34.5 statewide
and 36.2 nationwide. |
