Definitions for "Deaths"
Number of people who died of cancer in a given time period.
Death notice or notice: These notices are just like they sound. They are notices that allow those in the area and surrounding area to know that this person is now dead. The notices might contain place of burial, date of death, family members and what the person died of. Example: Jon Frederick, of Brookston, died Saturday last of heart failure and was buried at Evergreen cemetery on Monday. He was one of seven children. His sister Mrs. J.K Smythe arrived from Greenhill, IN to attend the funeral. Obituaries: These normally have the most information about the person who died. War Death: This is someone who died during a war. Warning: Not every child is listed in the parent's death notice or obituary. The notice might say that the person had 5 boys and 3 girls and only name the persons from with in the county in which the paper is printed. If you are aware that someone spent most of their life in one county and then moved to another county just prior to their death. You might wish to look in the county they moved from.
Total number of deaths occurring to residents of an area during a time period, as estimated using reports from the Census Bureauâ€(tm)s Federal-State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates (FSCPE) and the National Center for Health Statistics. The death rate expresses deaths during a time period as a percentage of an areaâ€(tm)s population at the midpoint of the time period.
Units that were in a sampling frame but are not now within the scope of the survey. They include units that have gone out of business, have changed to an out-of-scope SIC, or were erroneously included on the sampling frame.