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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BUREAU OF VITAL
STATISTICS
OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
1942
CARL V. REYNOLDS, M.D.
SECRETARY
AND STATE HEALTH OFFICER
CONTENTS
Page
Table I.—Total births and deaths (exclusive of stillbirths) with rate per 1,000
population for the years 1914-1942, inclusive 6
Table II.—Births (exclusive of stillbirths) in each county, by color, with rate per
1,000 population; per cent attended by physicians and number illegiti-mate,
1942 7
Table II-A.—Births (exclusive of stillbirths) in each city of 10,000 population
or over in 1940, by color, with rate per 1,000 population; per cent at-tended
by physicians and number illegitimate, 1942 11
Table III.—Deaths (exclusive of stillbirths) for the State as a whole from each
cause, by sex, color and age 1942 (includes all deaths occurring in North
Carolina) 12
Table IV.—Deaths (exclusive of stillbirths) in each county, by color, with rate
per 1,000 population, 1942 52
Table V.—Deaths (exclusive of stillbirths) in each county, by cause of death
(abridged international list) and by color of decedent, 1942 56
Table VI.—Deaths (exclusive of stillbirths) in cities or towns, by cause of death
(abridged international list) and by color of decedent, 1942 106
Table VII.—Death rates per 100,000 population (by place of death, also by
place of usual residence) in each county, from nine important causes* 1 942 . . 118
Table VIII.—Deaths (exclusive of stillbirths) by cause by certain subdivisions
of the first year of life, 1942 122
Table IX.—Deaths under 1 year of age (exclusive of stillbirths), and maternal
deaths in each county with rates per 1,000 live births, 1942 124
Table X.—Cases and deaths from special diseases by month of occurrence, 1942 . . 126
Table XI.—Death rates per 100,000 population from ten important causes, for
the State as a whole, with estimated population for each year 1914-1942 . . 130
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
Raleigh, N. C.
June 13, 1945
To His Excellency, R. Gregg Cherry,
Governor of North Carolina,
Raleigh.
My dear Governor Cherry:
I have the honor of transmitting the report for the Bureau of Vital
Statistics covering the calendar year 1942.
With assurance of my very best respect, I am
Very sincerely,
Carl V. Reynolds, M.D.,
Secretary and State Health Officer.
Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table I.
—
Total Births and Deaths (Exclusive of Stillbirths) With Rate Per
1,000 Population for the Years 1914-1942 Inclusive
1914
1915
1916.
1917.
1918.
1919.
1920.
1921.
1922.
1923.
1924.
1925.
1926.
1927.
1928.
1929.
1930.
1931.
1932.
1933.
1934.
1935.
1936.
1937.
1938.
1939.
1940.
1941.
1942.
31.2
33.4
31.9
31.8
30.8
29.3
31.8
33.4
30.8
31.3
31.9
29.7
28.8
28.7
27.5
24.7
24.1
23.2
24.0
23.0
24.1
23 3
22.1
22.7
22.7
22.3
22.8
23.5
25.0
29,044
31,324
31,372
33,989
42,411
30,114
32.336
29,010
•30,660
32.396
33,234
32,524
34,608
32,911
36,133
36,894
35,739
33,069
31,000
30,496
35,112
33,451
35,580
33,976
33,564
31,785
31,364
32,218
30,033
12.4
13.2
13.0
14.1
17.6
12.4
12.6
11.0
11.5
12.0
12.2
11.5
12.1
11.3
12.3
12.4
11.2
10.2
9.6
9.3
10.6
9.8
10.3
9.7
9.5
9.6
' Stillbirths included in births 1914 and
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics
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Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
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1
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 11
1
12 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table III.
—
Deaths (Exclusive of Stillbirths) for the Entire
Cause of Death Race and Sex
All Causes (Total).
Males..
I. Infections and Parasitic Diseases:
Males
1. Typhoid fever.
6. Undulant fever.
8. Cerebrospinal (meningococcus) meningitis.
Whooping-cough.
10. Diphtheria.
Total...
White...
Indian..
Colored.
Total...
White...
Indian..
Colored.
Total...
White...
Indian..
Colored.
Total...
White...
Indian .
.
Colored.
W Male-...
Female..
C Male..-
Female..
I Female.
.
C Female..
W Male..-.
Female.
I Female.
C Male....
Female.
W Male....
Female.
C Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
I Female
-
C Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female
-
C Male...
Female.
2,462
1,520
19,08
1,066
25
817
141
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 13
State From Each Cause, By Sex, Color and Age—1942
i
3
14 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Cause of Death
11. Erysipelas.
12. Tetanus.
13. Tuberculosis of the respiratory system.
14. Tuberculosis of the meninges and central nervous
system
15. Tuberculosis of the intestines and peritoneum.
16. Tuberculosis of the vertebral column.
17. Tuberculosis of the bones and joints (except
vertebra column)
19. Tuberculosis of the lymphatic system (except
bronchial, mediastinal, mesenteric, and
retroperitoneal lymph nodes)
Tuberculosis of the genito-urinary system.
22. Disseminated tuberculosis.
24a Septicemia and purulent infection (nonpuerperal).
25. Gonococcus infection.
Male
Female-
Female..
Male
Female..
Male
Female..
Male
Female..
Female..
Male
Female..
Male
Female.
Male....
Female.
Male-
Female.
Male
Female.
Male
Male
Female.
Male
Male
Female
-
Female.
Female.
Male...
Ma'.e...
Female.
Male...
Female.
Male...
Female
-
Male...
Male
Female
Male
Female
-
Male
Female.
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 15
Continued
3
16 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table Ill-
Other diseases due to bacteria (except dysentery).
Dysentery....
Malaria. -.
Otiier diseases due to parasitic protozoa (except
spirochetes)
Syphilis
Other diseases due to sfirochetes
Influenza _.
Measles
Acute poliomyelitis and acute polioencephalitis
Acute infectious encephalitis (lethargic)
Rabies
Herpes zoster
Chickenpox
Male...
Male...
Female-
Male...
Female
Female
-
Male...
Female-
Male...
Female.
Male...
Female.
Female-
Male-
-
Male—
Female-
Female
Male---,
Female
Male--,
Female.
Male—
Female-
Male
Female-
Female
-
Male.--
Female-
Male..
Female
-
Male.--
Female-
Male—
,
Female-
Male—.
Female
Female-
Female.
Male-.
Male-.
Female.
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 17
Continued
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North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 19
Continued.
1
20 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table Ill-
Cause of Death
48. Cancer of the uterus - _
49. Cancer of other female genital organs
50. Cancer of the breast
51. Cancer of the male genital organs
52. Cancer of the urinary organs (male and female)
53. Cancer of the skin (except vulva and scrotum)
54. Cancer of the brain and other parts of the central
nervous system (including giloma, except
when specified as benign)
55. Cancer of other and unspecified organs -
.
56. Non-malignant tumors (including dermoid cysts) . .
.
57. Tumors of unspecified nature --
III. Rheumatism, Diseases of NriRiTiON and of the
Endocrine Glands, Other General
Diseases and Avitaminoses:
Males
Females
W Female.
I Female.
C Female.
W Female.
C Female.
W Male-
Female.
C Male-
Female.
W Male—
C Male...
W Male...
Female.
C Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
C Male-
Female.
W Male...
Female.
C Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
C Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
C Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female
C Male...
Female
Total
White
Indian
Colored
Total
White
Indian
Colored
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 21
Continued
s
U5
22 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table Ill-
Cause of Death
58. Acute rheumatic fever.
Chronic rheumatism and other rheumatic diseases.
61. Diabetes mellitus.
62. Diseases of the pituitary gland
63. Diseases of the thyroid and parathyroid glands.
64. Diseases of the thymus gland.
65. Diseases of the adrenal glands (not specified ;
tuberculosis)
Other general diseases.
67. Scurvy
68. Beriberi
69. Pellagra (except alcoholic).
71. Other avitaminoses.
W Male...
Female.
C Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
I Male...,
C Male...,
Female.
W Male...
Female.
I Female.
C Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
C Female.
W Male--
Female.
C Male...
Female.
W Male...
W Male...
Female.
C Male...
Female
-
W Male...
C Male...
W Male...
Female.
C Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
C Male...
W Male...
Female.
C Male...
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 23
Continued
1
5
24 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 25
Continue
26 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table Ill-
Cause of Death Race and Sex
VI. Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense
Organs:
Males
80. Encephalitis (non-epidemic) .
Meningitis (not due to meningococcus).
8 2. Diseases of the spinal cord (except locomotor ataxia
and disseminated sclerasis)
83. Intracranial lesions of vascular origin.
Mental diseases and deficiency (except general
paralysis of the insane)
85. Epilepsy.
6. Convulsions (under 5 years of age).
7. Other diseases of the nervous system.
Total
White
Indian
Colored
Total
White
Indian
Colored
W Male-
Female.
I Female.
C Male-
Female.
W Male...
Female.
I Male...
C Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
C Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
I Male...
Female.
C Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
C Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
C Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
C Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
C Male...
Female.
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 27
Continued
1
3
28 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 29
Continued
1
30 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
North Carolina Bureau of* Vital Statistics 31
Continued
1
32 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table III-Cause
of Death
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 33
Continued
i
U5
34 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table I]
Cause of Death
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 35
Continued
1
-2
in
36 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table III-Cause
of Death
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 37
Continued
38 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table Ill-
Race and Sex
< p ,-< o
132. Nephritis (unspecified), (10 years of age and over).
133. Other diseases of the kidneys and ureters (except
diseases associated with pregnancy, childbirth,
or the puerperium)
134. Calculi of the urinary passages
135. Diseases of the urinary bladder
136. Diseases of the urethra (except calcnlus)
137. Diseases of the prostate !!
139. Diseases of the female genital organs
XL Diseases of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the
Puerperium:
Females
140. Abortion with mention of infection-,
141. Abortion without mention of infection
142. Ectopic gestation
143. Hemorrhage of pregnancy (death before delivery)
144. Toxemia of pregnancy (death before delivery)
145. Other diseases and accidents of pregnancy (death
before delivery)
W Male—.
Female.
C Male....
Female.
W Male....
Female.
I Female.
C Male...,
Female.
W Male-
Female-
C Male-
Female
-
W Male-..
Female
C Male-
Female
W Male-.
Femal(
C Male-.
W Male-
C Male.
W Female
I Female
C Female
Total...
White-
Indian..
Colored.
White-
Colored.
White-.
Colored -
White-
Colored.
White-.
Colored.
White-.
Colored
.
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 39
Continued
40 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 41
Continued
42 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 43
Continued
E
;2
44 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 45
Continued
46 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table III
—
171. Street car and other road-trasnportation accidents.
172. Water-transportation accidents...
173. Air-transportation accidents
174. Accidents in mines and quarries
175. Agricultural and forestry accidents
176. Other accidents involving machinery
177. Food poisoning
178. Accidental absorption of poisonous gas
179. Acute accidental poisoning by solids and liquids..
180. Conflagration
181. Accidentil burns (except conflagration)
182. Accidenta' mechanical suffocation
W Male...
Female
-
C Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female
-
C Male...
W Male-.
W Male...
W Male...
Female.
C Male...
W Male...
C Male...
W Male...
Female
I Male...
C Male-
Female
W Male...
Female
C Male...
Female
W Male...
Female
I Male...
C Male-..
Female
W Male...
Female
C Male...
Female
W Male...
Female
I Male...
C Male...
Female
W Male-
Female
I Female
C Male...
Female
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 47
Continued
i
t2
48 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 49
Continued
1
B
50 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 51
Continued
>•
3
52 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 53
12.6 12.6 13.3
8.2 9.0
12.0
1,
n
54 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 55
56 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V.^Deaths (Exclusive of Stillbirths) in Each County, By Cause of
Cause of Death
Entire State
Place
of
Death
Place
of
Res.
Place
of
Death
Place
of
Res.
Place
of
Death
All causes—Total recorded
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers
Plague
Scarlet fever
Whooping-cough
Diphtheria
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system
All other forms of tuberculosis
Malaria--
Syphilis
Influenza --
Smallpox
Measles-- -
Typhus fever
Dysentery
Other infectious and parasitic diseases
Cancer and other mahgnant tumors
Nonmahgnant tumors or tumors.of unspecified nature- --
Chronic rheumatism and gout
Diabetes raellitus. . _ -
Chronic or acute alcoholism -
Pellagra --
Avitaminosis, other general diseases, diseases of the
blood and chronic poisonings
Meningitis (nonmeningococcal) and diseases of the
spinal cord
Intracranial lesions of vascular origin
Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs
—
Diseases of the heart
Other diseases of the circulatory system - -
Bronchitis --
Pneumonia and bronchopneumonia
Other diseases of the respiratory system -
Diarrhea and enteritis (under 2 years)
Diarrhea and enteritis (2 years and over)
Appendicitis
Cirrhosis of the liver
Other diseases of the biliary system
Other diseases of the digestive system ,
Nephritis
Other diseases of the urinary and genital systems
Puerperal infection
Other diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium..
Diseases of the skin, cellular tissue, bones, and organs of
movement
Congenital malformations and debility, premature birth,
and diseases peculiar to the first year of hfe,-
Senility, old age
Suicide -
Homicide
Automobile accidents (all motor driven road vehicles)
Other violent or accidental deaths (suicide, homicide,
and automobile accidents excepted) -
Cau.ses of death ill-defined, unknown or unspecified
8
54
62
472c
35
21
87
170
4,334
251
48
900
173
210
78
134
93
56
408
1,707
161
1,566
182
226
119
259
72
2,000
191
4,305
247
45
899
163
210
140
93
55
1,701
!66
49
133
65
1,562
183
218
116
574
868
527
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 57
Death (Abridged International List) Also by Color of Decedent^1942
Alamance
58 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V—
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 59
Continued
,..
60 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V—
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 61
Continued
Bladen
62 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V—
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 63
Continued
Cabarrus
64 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V-Cause
of Death
Place
of
Death
Place
of
Res.
Place
of
Death
All causes—Total recorded
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers.
Plague
Scarlet fever
Whooping-cough
Diphtheria
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system.
All other forms of tuberculosis. .-
Syphilis.
-
Influenza.
Typhus fever.
Dysentery
Other infectious and parasitic diseases
Cancer and other malignant tumors.
Nonmalignant tumors or tumors of unspecified nature.
Chronic rheumatism and gout..
Diabetes mellitus
Chronic or acute alcoholism
Pellagra.
Avitaminosis, other general diseases, diseases of the blood, and chronic
poisonmgs
Meningitis (nonmeningococcal) and diseases of the spinal cord
Intracranial lesions of vascular origin
Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs
Diseases of the heart ---
Other diseases of the circulatory system
Bronchitis
Pneumonia and bronchopneumonia
Other diseases of the respiratory system :
Diarrhea and enteritis (under 2 years)
Diarrhea and enteritis (2 years and over)
Appendicitis _
-
Cirrhosis of the liver
Other diseases of the biliary system
Other diseases of the digestive system
Nephritis.
Other diseases of the urinary and genital systems
Puerperal infection ._
Other diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium
Diseases of the skin, cellular tissue, bones, and organs of movement.
.
Congenital malformations and debility, premature birth, and diseases
peculiar to the first year of life
Senility, old age
Homicide -
Automobile accidents (all motor driven road vehicles) .-.
Other violent or accidental deaths (suicide, homicide, and automobile
accidents excepted)
Causes of death iU-defined, unknown or unspecified
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 65
Continued
Caswell
Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V—
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 67
Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V-
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 69
Continued
70 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V-
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 71
Continued
72 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V-
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 73
Continued
Edgecombe
74 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V-Place
of
Death
Place
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 75
Continued
Gates
76 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 77
Continued
Guilford
78 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Tablk V
—
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 79
Continued
Henderson
80 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V-Cause
of Death
Place
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 81
Continued
82 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V—
Cause of Death
Place
of
Death
Place
of
Res.
Place
of
Death
All causes—Total recorded
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers
Plague
Scarlet fever
Whooping-cough
Diphtheria
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system.
All other forms of tuberculosis
Malaria
Syphilis
Influenza
Measles
Typhus fever
Dysentery
Other infectious and parasitic diseases
Cancer and other malignant tumors
Nonmalignant tumors or tumors of unspecified nature
Chronic rheumatism and gout
Diabetes mellitus -
Chronic or acute alcoholism -.
Pellagra
Avitaminosis, other general diseases, diseases of the blood, and chronic
poisonings
Meningitis (nonmeningococcal) and diseases of the spinal cord.--
Intracranial lesions of vascular origin
Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs
Diseases of the heart
Other diseases of the cirulatory system—
Bronchitis
Pneumonia and bronchopneumonia
Other diseases of the respiratory system
Diarrhea and enteritis (under 2 years)
Diarrhea and enteritis (2 years and over)
Appendicitis
Cirrhosis of the liver
Other diseases of the biliary system
Other diseases of the digestive system-..
Nephritis
Other diseases of the urinary and genital systems
Puerperal infection
Other diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium
Diseases of the skin, cellular tissue, bones, and organs of movement
Congenital malformations and debility, premature birth, and diseases
peculiar to the first year of life
39. Senility, old age
40. Suicide.
41.
42.
43.
Homicide -
Automobile accidents (all motor driven road vehicles)
Other violent or accidental deaths (suicide, homicide, and automobile
accidents excepted)—
Causes of death ill-defined, unknown or unspecified ---
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 83
Continued
84 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V—
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 85
Continued
Macon
Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 87
Continued
88 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V-Place
of
Death
Place
of
Res.
Place
of
Death
All causes—Total recorded
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers.
Plague._
Scarlet fever.
Whooping-cough .__.
Diphtheria
Tuberculosis of the respiratory systenri
All other forms of tuberculosis l
Malaria
Syphilis ,
Influenza
Smallpox
Measles I --
Typhus fever
Dysentery
Other infectious and parasitic diseases
Cancer and other malignant tumors
Konmalignant tumors or tumors of unspecified nature
Chronic rheumatism and gout
Diabetes mellitus
Chronic or acute alcoholism
Pellagra
Avitaminosis, other general diseases, diseases of the blood, and chronii
poisonings -
Meningitis (nonmeningococcal) and diseases of the spinal cord
Intracranial lesions of vascular origin
Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs
Diseases of the heart
Other diseases of the cirulatory system
Bronchitis
Pneumonia and bronchopneumonia
Other diseases of the respiratory system
Diarrhea and enteritis (under 2 years)
Diarrhea and enteritis (2 years and over)
Appendicitis.
Cirrhosis of the liver -_-_
Other diseases of the biliary system
Other diseases of the digestive system
Nephritis .-'-
Other diseases of the urinary and genital systems
Puerperal infection
Other diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium
Diseases of the s kin, cellular tissue, bones, and organs of movement.
.
Congenital malformations and debility, premature birth, and diseases
peculiar to the first year of life
Senility, old age
Suicide
Homicide
Automobile accidents (all motor driven road vehicles) _
Other violent or accidental deaths (suicide, homicide, a
accidents excepted I
Causes of death ill-defined, unknown or unspecified
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 89
Continued
Place
of
Res.
Place
of
Death
Place
of
Res.
Place
of
Death
Place
of
Res.
Place
of
Death
Place
of
Res.
Place
of
Death
Place
of
Res.
Place
of
Death
473
90 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V
—
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 91
Continued
Pamlico
92 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V-
,
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 93
Continued
Person
94 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V—
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 95
Continued
Richmond
96 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V—
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 97
Continued
Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 99
Continued
100 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V—
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 101
Continued
TjTrell
102 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V
—
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 103
Continued
^&TKn
104 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table V
—
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 105
Continued
Wilkes
106 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table VI.^Deaths (Exclusive of Stillbirths) in Cities or Towns, by Cause
Cause of Death
Place
of
Death
Place
of
Res.
Place
of
Death
Place
of
Res.
Place
of
Death
All causes—Total recorded
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers '.
2. Plague
3
.
Scarlet fever
4. Whooping-cough ,
5. Diphtheria
6. Tuberculosis of the respiratory system
7. All other forms of tuberculosis
8. Malaria
9. SyphiUs -
10. Influenza
11. Smallpox
12. Measles
13. Typhus fever.
14. Dysentery
14. Other infectious and parasitic diseases --
15. Cancer and other malignant tumors
16. Nonmalignant tumors or tumors of unspecified nature
17. Chronic rheumatism and gout
IS. Diabetes meUitus
19. Chronic or acute alcoholism
20. Pellagra --
20. Avitaminosis, other general disea.ses, diseases of the
blood and chronic poisonings
21. Meningitis (nonmeningocofcal) and diseases of the
spinal cord
22. Intracranial lesions of vascular origin
23. Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs
24. Diseases of the heart
25. Other diseases of the circulatory system
26. Bronchitis
27. Pneumonia and bronchopneumonia
28. Other diseases of the respiratory system - -
29. Diarrhea and enteritis (under 2 years)
29. Diarrhea and enteritis (2 years and over) . . _
30. Appendicitis
31. Cirrhosis of the liver
31. Other diseases of the biliary system
32. Other diseases of the digestive system...
33. Nephritis -
34. Other diseases of the urinary and genital systems
35. Puerperal infection
36. Other diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium..
37. Diseases of the skin, cellular tissue, bones, and organs of.
movement
38. Congenital malformations and debility, premature birth,
and diseases peculiar to the first year of life
39. Senility, old age
40. Suicide
41
.
Homicide
42. Automobile accidents (all motor driven road vehicles)..
-
43. Other violent or accidental deaths (suicide, homicide,
and automobile accidents excepted)
44. Causes of death ill-defined, unknown or unspecified
3,972
1
67
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 107
OF Death (Abridged International List) Also by Color of Decedent—^1942
Asheville
108 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 109
Continued
Durham
110 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table VI-Cause
of Death
Place
of
Death
Place
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 111
Continued
Goldsboro
112 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table VI—
Hickory
Place
of
Res.
Place
of
Death
All causes—Total recorded
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers .
2. Plague.
Scarlet fever
Whooping-cough
Diphtheria
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system.
All other forms of tuberculosis
Malaria
Syphilis...
Influenza
Smallpox
Measles
Typhus fever
Dysentery
Other infectious and parasitic diseases
Cancer and other malignant tumors
Nonmahgnant tumors or tumors of unspecif
Chronic rheumatism and gout
Diabetes mellitus
Chronic or acute alcoholism
Pellagra
Avitaminosis, other general diseases, diseases of the blood, and chronic
poisonings
Meningitis (nonmeningococcal) and diseases of the spinal cord
Intracranial lesions of vascular origin
Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs.
Diseases of the heart
Other diseases of the circulatory system
Bronchitis
Pneumonia and bronchopneumonia
Other diseases of the respiratory system
Diarrhea and enteritis (under 2 years)
Diarrhea and enteritis (2 years and over)
A ppendicitis
Cirrhosis of the liver
Other diseases of the biliary system
Other diseases of the digestive system
Nephritis. - - -•
Other diseases of the urinary and genital syst3ms _.
Puerperal infection
Otl er diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium
Di;e ises of the skin, cellular tissue, bones, and organs of movement.
.
Congenital malformations and debility, premature birth, and diseases
pecuhar to the first year of life
Senility, old age
Suicide
Homicide -
Automobile accidents (all motor driven road vehicles)
Other violent or accidental deaths (suicide, homicide, and automobile
accidents excepted)
Causes of death ill-defined, unknown or unspecified
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 113
Continued
High Point
114 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table VI—
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 115
Continued
116 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table VI—
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 117
Continued
Statesville
118 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
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120 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
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North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 121
122 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table VIII.—Deaths (Exclusive of Stillbirths) By Cause and
Cause of Death
All causes
1. Typhoid fever
6. Cerebrospinal (meningococcus) meningitis
9. Whooping-cough
10. Diphtheria
11. Erysipelas
13. Tuberculosis of the respiratory system
14-22. Tuberculosis of the meninges and central nervous system
24. Septicemia and purulent infection
27. Dysentery
30. SyphiUs
33. Influenza.
35. Measles
70. Rickets
81. Meningitis (not due meningococcus)
86. Convulsions
89. Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
90-95. Pericarditis-
106. Bronchitis
107. Bronchopneumonia
108. Lobar pneumonia
119. Diarrhea and enteritis...
122. Hernia, intestinal obstruction
130. Acute nephritis
151. Carbuncle and furuncle
152. Phlegmon and acute abscess
153. Other diseases of the skin and cellular tissue
157. Congenital malformations
158. Congenital debility
159. Premature birth
160. Injury at birth
161. Other diseases pecuHar to the first year of life
165. infanticide
181. Accidental burns
182. Accidental mechanical suffocation
186. Accidental injury by fall or crushing
199-200. Sudden death, cause not specified or ill-defined
Total—All other causes
4,370
1
1
81
6
1
3
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics
By Certain Subdivisions of the First Year of Life—-1942
123
124 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table IX
—
Deaths Under 1 Year of Age (Exclusive of Stillbirths) and
Maternal Deaths in Each County With Rate Per 1,000 Live Births—1942
County
Infant Mortality-
Number Rate
Place of Residence
Number Rate
Maternal Mortality
Number Rate
Place of Residence
Number Rate
Entire State.
Alamance
Alexander
Alleghany
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen--
Brunswick -.
Buncombe
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Camden
Carteret
Caswell--
Catawba
Chatham.—
Cherokee
Chowan
Clay —
Cleveland
Columbus
Craven
Cumberland
Currituck
Dare
Davidson
Davie
Duplin
Durham
Edgecombe
Forsyth
Frankhn
Gaston
Gates
Graham
Granville
Greene
Guilford
Halifax..
Harnett
Haywood 1
Henderson
Hertford...
Hoke __.
Hyde.
IredeU
4,370
35
14
3
31
25
19
73
47.6
25.3
52.4
22.6
40.0
46.0
41.2
76.0
64.4
43.0
76.0
29.4
39.3
49.1
50.5
38.2
64.0
33.9
32.2
61.6
60.2
33.3
34.4
72.6
61.2
46.4
27.8
39.7
47.0
42.9
45.9
55.0
67.4
41.0
56.4
57.0
53.0
32.9
38.3
36.4
33.3
44.4
37.0
30.2
37.8
39.2
45.0
34.4
38.2
4,363
43
19
3
29
25
18
62
49
34
39
106
29
62
57
5
21
31
44
28.0
61.9
20.6
39.4
45.2
46.9
74.0
68.0
41.7
78.2
29.1
40.2
50.0
41.7
41.3
59.9
31.6
34.0
60.2
56.0
33.6
39.0
74.0
58.8
41.6
37.6
50.0
45.6
43.2
54.9
43.0
70.0
41.3
57.8
57.8
52.9
41,1
37.2
32.5
42.8
39.3
31.2
38.8
46.2
54.2
30.9
35.3
2
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics
Table IX
—
-Continued
125
Infant Mortality
Number Rate
Place of Residence
Number Rate
Maternal Mortality
Number Rate
Place of Reaidence
Number Rate
58.0
42.1
50.9
71.6
40.3
38.0
36.0
48.7
37.5
45.0
60.4
32.4
35.0
49.8
86.6
33.8
41.9
30.4
56.2
56.4
47.1
19.1
38.4
51.1
70.4
27.1
50.4
58.
4
46.0
39.8
38.7
44.7
83.9
36.1
32.8
50.0
21.2
40.2
38.7
36.4
77.4
56.0
34.2
65.9
45.0
62.2
49.7
45.2
52.1
48.9
52.2
63.0
74.7
39.4
43.0
36.0
47.1
46.9
40.3
62.8
28.7
34.6
45.2
73.6
37.0
47.7
47.9
62.5
56.9
54.4
26.4
44.6
49.3
45.1
34.4
48.4
62.3
48.7
43.4
39.1
53.6
88.8
39.2
33.2
56.3
23.0
38.1
50.0
38.0
74.8
45.7
73.2
55.8
35.3
63.7
42.4
63.0
37.4
46.8
126 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table X—Cases and Deaths from Special
Disease
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics
Diseases by Month of Occurrence—1942
127
March
128 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table X—
Disease
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 129
Continued
March
130 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-two
Table XI
—
Death Rates Per 100,000 Population from Ten Important
Causes, for the State as a Whole, With Estimated Population for
Each Year—1914-1942, Inclusive
Estimated
Population
Death Rate per 103,030 Population from-
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