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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BUREAU OF VITAL
STATISTICS
OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
1947
J. W. R. NORTON, M. D.
SECRETARY
AND STATE HEALTH OFFICER
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
Raleigh, N. C.
December 14, 1948.
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 1947.
Respectfully submitted,
J. W. R. Norton, M.D.
Secretary and State Health Oflficer.
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CONTENTS
Page
Table I.—Estimated population of North Carolina as of July 1, 1947
by county and color, showing 1940 Census percentage distribu-tion
10
Table II.—Live births and deaths with crude rates per 1,000 popula-tion,
1914-1947 13
Table III.—Live births by county and color with crude rates per 1,000
population, per cent attended by physicians, and number illegi-timate,
1947 14
Table IV.—Live births by city and color, per cent attended by physi-cians,
and number of illegitimate, 1947 (Cities 10,000 population
and over, 1940 Census) 18
Table V.—Deaths (exclusive of stillbirths) of residents of the state
from each cause by sex, color, and age, 1947 20
Table VI.—Deaths (exclusive of stillbirths) by county and color with
crude rates per 1,000 population, 1947 56
Table VII.—Deaths (exclusive of stillbirths) of residents of each
county by cause (Abridged International List) and color, 1947 60
Table VIII.—Deaths (exclusive of stillbirths) of residents of cities by
cause (Abridged International List) and color, 1947 (Cities
10,000 population and over, 1940 Census) 86
Table IX.—Deaths (exclusive of stillbirths) from selected causes in
North Carolina, 1922-47 94
Table X.—Ten leading causes of death of residents by age, color, and
sex—three-year average, 1945-47 96
Table XI.—Accidental deaths by county of occurrence, color, and sex
1947 100
Table XII.—Resident infant deaths (exclusive of stillbirths) by cause
and age, 1947 103
Table XIII.—Resident infant and maternal deaths by county with
rates per 1,000 live biiths, 1947 and five-year average, 1943-47 . 105
Table XIV.—Resident urban and rural live births, stillbirths, total
deaths, infant deaths, and maternal deaths by color, showing
number occurring in hospitals, 1947 108
Table XV.—Resident stillbirths by county, color, and sex, with rates
per 1,000 live births, 1947 120
Table XVI.—Resident stillbirths by age and color of mother, and by
attendant, 1947 123
INTRODUCTION
The thirty-second annual report of the Bureau of Vital Sta-tistics
presents tabular information regarding North Carorlina's
population, births, deaths, and stillbirths. The majority of the
tabulations are by place of residence; selected items are given
by place of occurrence.
The first annual report appeared in 1914. Subsequent reports
have been published annually since that time v^ith the exception
for the years 1918 and 1919.
Certificates of births, deaths, and stillbirths occurring in 1947
that v^^ere filed in 1947 and the first three months of 1948 are
included in this report. It is estimated that vital events occur-ring
in 1947 but reported after the first three months of 1948
will comprise slightly less than tv^o per cent of the total 1947
events.
Population
Population estimates prepared by any method during the past
few years must be considered as being less accurate than those
for more stable times, and the 1947 estimates must be assumed
to be less accurate than those for 1946 since an additional year
has passed since the 1940 Census. For this reason the only popu-lation
figures supplied in the 1947 annual report are for the
state and the counties with age and sex estimates omitted.
The population of North Carolina as of July 1, 1947 was
3,718,000. This estimate excluded armed forces overseas and
was supplied by the U. S. Census Bureau. The mid-year estimate
in 1946 was 3,640,645. The increase in 1947 over 1946, there-fore,
amounted to 77,355 persons. The natural increase (excess
of births over deaths) was 81,357, the largest natural increase
in the history of the State for the second consecutive year.
Evidently the State lost approximately 4,000 people by migra-tion.
We have attempted to estimate county populations by color
in Table I based on the percentage distributions of the Census
in 1940. The per cent of the State's population comprised by
each county in 1940 was applied to the total estimate for the
State in 1947 in order to obtain such county population totals.
Generally such estimates will be reasonably accurate; however.
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it should be kept in mind that some counties have increased at
a faster rate than the state as a whole while the rate of in-crease
in others may have been less rapid.
Natality
There were 111,282 live births reported in 1947 occurring
to mothers who were residents of the State. For the second
straight year this represented an all-time high for births, sur-passing
by 11,195 the previous high year in 1946 which saw
100,087 births recorded.
The crude birth rate was 29.9 births per 1,000 population,
the highest rate since 1924.
There were 2,748 resident stillbirths reported resulting in a
rate of 24.7 stillbirths per 1,000 live births. If stillbirths were
considered as a single cause of death, they would rank fourth
between cancer and nephritis as a leading cause of death.
MortaZity
There were 29,925 deaths recorded in 1947. The crude death
rate was 8.0 deaths per 1,000 population. Diseases of the heart,
as they have for the last 27 years, were responsible for more
deaths than any other cause of death, accounting for 25% of
all deaths for the year. The last year that any other cause of
death outranked diseases of the heart was in 1920 and tubercu-losis
was the cause.
Infant and Maternal Mortality
There were 3,920 infant deaths and 202 maternal deaths re-ported.
The resultant infant and maternal deaths per 1,000 live
births were 35.2 and 1.8, respectively. These rates were the
lowest since North Carolina became a Registration State in
1917. In 1918, there was an all-time high rate of 101.8 infant
deaths per 1,000 live births. The previous high year for mater-nal
deaths was also in 1918 when there were 10.8 maternal
deaths per 1,000 live births. The infant mortality rate at present
is only one-third of what it was thirty years ago, while the ma-ternal
death rate now is only one-sixth as high as at that time.
Rates
All rates shown in this report are crude rates unless other-wise
specified. Such rates have not been adjusted for differences
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in the age, sex, color, rural or urban distribution of the popula-tion
or for under-registration or late reporting. Such factors,
plus the knowledge that population figures are estimated, should
be kept in mind when comparing two different areas or time
periods.
Changes in This Report
Each year requests for varying types of vital statistics in-formation
indicate the necessity for preparing additional tabu-lations.
Every effort has been made to include those tabulations
most frequently called for. In most cases information previously
given in an omitted table may be obtained by request.
The table numbers have been changed and titles have been
reworded. Crude rates for cities have been omitted due to lack
of reliable city population data.
The following 1946 tables have been omitted:
1. Estimated Population for North Carolina by Age, Color,
and Sex, (Table I).
2. Ten Leading Causes of Death of Residents by Five-Year
Intervals, With Crude Rates per 100,000 Population
(Table XIV).
Tables appearing in this report for the first time:
1. Deaths from Selected Causes in North Carolina, 1922-1947
(Table IX).
2. Accidental Deaths by County of Occurrence, Color, and
Sex, 1947 (Table XI).
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Table I.
—
Estimated Population of North Carolina as op July 1, 1947
BY County and Color, Showing 1940 Census Percentage Distribution.
County
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Table I.
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County
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Table II.—Live Births and Deaths with Crude Rates Per 1,000 Popu-lation,
1914-1947.*
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Table V.
—
Deaths (Exclusive of Stillbirths) of Residents
Cause of Death
(International Code Number Precedes Each Cause)
All Causes (TotaD.
Male—
I. Inpeotio:is and Parasitic Dcsease;?-
Male-
Tj-phoid fever
-
6. Cerebrospinal (menii goeoccug) meningitii
8. Scarlet fever....
9. Whooping cough.
10. Diphtheria.
11. Erysipelas.
12. Tetanus...
13. Tuberculosis of the respiratory system (including the
bronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes)
14. Tuberculosis of tbt meninges and central nerv'ous
system
Race and Sex
Total
White.
Other.
Total.
White.
Other..
Total
White .
Other.
Total
-
White.
Other.
W Male ..
Female.
Male...
W Male...
Female.
Male...
Female.
W Male...
W Male...
Female.
Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female
-
Male...
Female.
Female.
W Male...
Female.
Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
Male...
Female.
W Male...
Male...
Female.
11.497
5,368
13.060
8,326
4,734
1,127
531
596
1,6S6
1,021
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OP THE State From Each Cause by Sex, Color, and Age, 1947
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Table V.
Cause of Death
(International Code Number Precedes Each Cause)
Race and Sex
15. Tuberculosis of the intestines and peritoneum
16. Tuberculosis of the vertebral column
17. Tuberculosis of the bones and joints (except vertebral
column)
19. Tuberculosis of the lymphatic system (except bron-chial,
mediastinal, mesenteric, and retroperitoneal
lymph nodes)
20. Tuberculosis of the genito-urinary system
22. Disseminated tuberculosis
24. Septicemia and purulent infection (nonpuerperal)...
25. Gonococcus infection
26. Other diseases due to bacteria (except dysentery).
27. Dysentery
28. Malaria -
30. Syphilis..
32a. Weil's disease
32b. Other diseases due to spirochetes
33. Influenza (grippe)
W Female.
Male-
Female.
W Male,-
Female-
Male...
Female.
W Male...
Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
W Male ..
Female.
Male ..
Female.
W Male...
Female.
Male-
Female.
W Female.
Female.
W Male...
Male...
W Male...
Female.
Male...
Female.
W Male...
Male ..
W Male-
Female.
Male-
Female.
W Male...
Female.
Male...
W Male-.-
W Male...
Female.
Male-
Female.
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Table V.-
Cause of Death
(International Code Number Precedes Each Cause)
57. Tumors of unspecified nature.
III. Shbumatism, D18BA8B8 OF Nutrition and of the
Endocmne Glands, Othek Genbral Dis-eases,
AND AvfTAMINOSES:
58. Acute rheumatic fever.
50. Chronic rheumatism and other rheumatic diseases.
61. Diabetes mellitus
82. 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 as tu-berculous)
66. Other general
67. Scurry
68. Beriberi
W Male..
Female
Male.-
Female
Total
White
Other
Total
White
Other
W Male..
Female
Male..
Female
W Male..
Female
O Male..
Female
W Male..
Female
Male..
Female
W Male..
Female
W Male...
Female
O Male...
Female
W Male...
Female
Male..
Female
W Female
W Male..
Female
Female
Male...
Female
Female
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Table V.-
Cause of Death
(International Code Number Precedes Each Cause)
VI. Diseases of the Nervois System and Sense
ObiQans:
Male-
Female
80. Encephalitis (nonepidemic)
81
Meningitis (not due to meningococrus)
82. Diaoases o( the spinal cord (except locomotor ataxia
and disaeminat^'d sclerosis) _
83
Intracranial lesions of vascular origin. ._
84. Mental diseases and deficiency (except general par-alysis
of the insane)
85. Epilepsy..
86. Convulsions (under 5 years of age)
87. Other diseasee of the nervous system
89. Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
Total
White
Other
Total.
White
Other
W Male...
Female.
Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
O Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
Male...
W Male...
Female.
Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
O Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
O Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
Male...
Female
W Male...
O Female
1,912
1,255
657
1.813
1.120
1,140
1,046
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3
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Table V.
—
Cause of Death
(International Code Number Precedes Each Cause)
129. Peritonitis (cause not stated)
X. D1SBA8BB OF THE Genito-Ubinart Ststem:
Male
Female
130. Acute nephritis..
131. Chronic nephritis.
132. Nephritis unspecified (10 years of age and over)
133. Other diseases of the kidneys and ureters (except dis-eases
associated with pregnancy, childbirth, or
the puerperium
134. Calculi of the unriary passages
135. Diseases of the urinary bladder
136. Diseases of the urethra (except calculus)..
137. Diseases of the prostate
139. Diseases of the female genital organs
Race and Sex
W Male._
Female
Male..
Female
Total
White
Other
Total
White
Other
W Male..
Female
Male..
Female
W Male..
Female
O Male..
Female
W Male..
Female
Male-.
Female
W Male...
Female
O Male...
Female
W Male...
Female
Male...
Female
W Male...
Female
Female
W Male...
Male...
W Male...
Male...
W Female
Female
1,556
1.263
746
517
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Table V.
—
Cause of Death
(International Code Number Precedes Each Cause)
XI. Diseases of Pregnanct, Childbirth, and the
PuERiEJurM:
Female
140. Abortion with mention of infection
141. Abortion without mention of infection
142. Ectopic gestation
143. Hemorrhage of pregnancy (death before delivery)
144. Toxemias of pregnancy (death before delivery)
145 Other diseases and accidents of pregnancy (death be-fore
delivery)
146. Hemorrhage of childbirth and the puerperium
147. Infection during childbirth and the puerperium
148. Puerperal toxemias (excluding death before delivery).
149. Other accidents and specified conditions of childbirth)
150. Other and unspecified conditions of childbirth and
the puerperium
XII. Diseases of the Skin and Cellular Tissi'e:
Male
Female
152. Phlegmon and acute abscess
153. Other diseases of the skin and cellular tissue
Total
White
Other
WTiite
Other
White
Other
White
Other
White
White
Other
Other
White
Other
White
Other
White
Other
White
Other
White
Other
Total
White
Other
Total
White
Other
W Male-..
Female
Male-
Female,
W Male...
Female
Male...
Female.
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2
2
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Table V.
Cause of Death
(International Code Number Precedes Each Cause)
3. Accidental drowning-
184. Accidental injury by firearms.
185. Accidental injury by cutting or piercing instruments
186. Accidental injury by fall or crushing _ . _
187. Cataclysm (all deaths attributed to a cataclysm, :
gardless of their nature)..
Injury by animals (net specified as venomous or oc-curring
in the course of agricultural and forestry
operations)
189. Hunger or thirst.
190. Excessive cold...
191. Excessive heat-
192. Lightning.
i. Accidents due to electric currents (except lightning).
194. Poisoning by venomous animals (not occurring in the
course of agricultural and forestry operations)
195. Other accidents.
Legal executions.
W Male...
Female.
Male...
Female.
W Male...
Female.
Male...
Female.
W Male....
W Male...
Female
-
Male...
Female.
Male...
W Male...
Female.
Male...
Female.
W Female.
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Table VI.
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Deaths (Exclusive of Stillbirths) by County and Color
WITH Crude Rates Per 1,000 Population, 1947
Total
30,174
367
51
238
130
1.296
339
333
259
25
400
371
337
728
52
30
359
92
237
1,148
410
1,335
172
1,062
307
263
236
10
136
46
354
100
105
53
25
321
199
146
Place of Residence
19,823
327
98
63
122
143
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Table VI.
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Continued
County
Guilford
Halifax
Harnett
Haywood
Henderson
Hertford
Hoke
Hyde
Iredell
Jackson
Johnston
Jones
Lee
Lenoir
Lincoln
McDowell
Macon
Madison
Martin
Mecklenburg--
Mitehell
Montgomery—
Moore
Nash
New Hanover.
Northampton.
Onslow
Orange
Pamlico
Pasquotank...
Pender
Perquimans...
Person
Pitt
Polk
Place of Death
1,299
455
343
211
276
124
246
40
487
141
306
52
135
104
,104
;7
69
172
282
459
52
122
81
37
132
276
330
110
52
58
24
87
52
45
48
204
11
Place of Residence
347
236
260
174
122
57
402
149
428
77
162
430
163
134
109
179
213
1,440
8.6
7.9
7.0
7.7
7.4
6.4
6.8
8.3
10.0
6.5
5.6
6.6
7.6
7.8
9.1
5.4
7.9
7.7
8.6
13.3
7.1
9.8
8.4
8.0
9.7
Number Rate
7.5
8.3
6.8
6.5
9.3
9.7
8.0
7.5
7.1
7.3
5.8
6.6
8.3
10.0
5.8
5.4
6.4
7.6
8.3
8.0
5.4
7.3
7.0
7.7
11.8
5.8
9.6
8.1
Number Rate
Randolph
Richmond...
Robeson
Rockingham.
Rowan
274
317
599
430
533
36
104
333
109
139
312
354
6.7
9.2
8.0
7.9
7.8
Rutherford
-
Sampson...
Scotland...
Stanly
296
404
219
27
153
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Table VII.
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Deaths (Exclusive of Stillbirths) of Residents of Each
Cause of Death
(Abridged International List Number Precedes Each Cause,
Code Number Follows)
North Carolina
1947
Total
1945-47
Average
Total
1947
White
All causes—Total recorded
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers (1, 2)
Plague (3) ,
Scarlet fever (8)
Whooping-cough f9)
Diphtheria (10)-. _
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system (13)
All other forms of tuberculosis (14-22) .-
Malaria (28)
Syphilis (30)
Influenza (33)
Smallpox (34)
Measles (35) -.-
Typhus fever (39b)
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (39c)
Dysentery (27)
Mumps (44c)
Other infectious and parasitic diseases (4-7, 11, 12, 23-26, 29, 31, 32,
36-38, 39a and d, 40-43, 44a, b, and d)
Cancer and other malignant tumors (45-55)
Nonmalignant tumors or tumors of unspecified nature (56, 57)
Chronic rheumatism and gout (59, 60)
Diabetes mellitus (61)
Chronic or acute alcoholism (77)
Pellagra (69)
Avitaminosis, other general diseases, diseases of the blood and chronic
poisonings (58,62-68, 70-76,78,79) .
Meningitis (nonmenmgococcal) and diseases of the spinal cord (SI, 82)_..
Intracranial lesions of vascular origin (83)
Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs (80, 84-89)
Diseases of the heart (90-95)
Other diseases of the circulatory system (96-103)
Bronchitis (106)
Pneumonias (107-109) _
Other diseases of the respiratory system (104, 105, 110-114)
Diarrhea and enteritis (under 2 years) (119)
Diarrhea and enteritis (2 years and over) (120)
Appendicitis (121)
Cirrhosis of the liver (124)
Other diseases of the biliary system (125-127)
Other diseases of the digestive system (115-118, 122, 123, 128, 129)
Nephritis (130-132)
Other diseases of the urinary and genital systems (133-139)
Puerperal infection (140, 147) _
Other diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (141-146, 148-150)
Diseases of the skin, cellular tissue, bones and organs of movement
(151-156)
Congenital malformations and debility, premature birth, and diseases
peculiar to the first year of life (157-161)
Senility, old age (162)
Suicide (163-164)
Homicide (165-168)
Automobile accidents (all motor driven road vehicles) (170)
Other violent or accidental deaths (suicide, homicide, and automobile
accidents excepted) (169, 171-198) - .-
Causes of death ill-defined, unknown or unspecified (199-200)
25
4
18
16
1
156
2,759
127
41
578
363
77
3,348
300
7,501
459
74
1,271
239
166
65
98
165
120
446
2,585
234
40
162
44
2,610
247
313
410
352
91
3,162
300
6,871
464
64
1,351
251
258
72
125
151
97
482
2,763
261
35
181
48
2,341
236
278
359
879
1,333
654
104
2,077
35
422
63
43
261
50
2,186
94
30
54
136
95
284
1,570
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County by Cause (Abridged International List) and Color, 1947
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Table VII.
Cause of Death
(Abridged International List Number Precedes Each Cause,
Code Number Follows)
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Bertie
64 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 65
Continued
Carteret
Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table VIL—
Cause of Death
(Abridged International List Number Precedes Each Cause,
Code Number Follows)
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 67
Continued
Columbus
68 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table VII.
Cause of Deatli
(Abridged International List Number Precedes Each Cause,
Code Number Follows)
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics
Continued
Durham
70 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table VII.—
Cause of Death
(Abridged International List Number Precedes Each Cause,
Code Number Follows)
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 71
Continued
Greene
72 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table VII.-
Cause of Death
(Abridged International List Number Precedes Each Cause,
Code Number Follows)
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 73
Continued
Hyde
74 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table VII.
Cause of Death
(Abridged International Lipt Number Precedes Each Cause.
Code Niiiiber Follows)
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 75
Continued
McDowell
76 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table VII.
Cause of Death
(Abridged International List Number Precedes Each Cause,
Code Number Follows)
Montgomery
White Other White Other
All causes—Total recorded
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers (1, 2)
2. Plague (3)
3. Scarlet fever (8)
4
Whooping-cough (9) ..- - -
5. Diphtheria (10)
6. Tuberculosis of the respiratory system (13)..-
7. All other forms of tuberculosis (14-22)
8. Malaria (28)
9. Syphilis (30) -
10. Influenza (33). -
11. Smallpox (34)
12. Measles (35).
13a. Typhus fever (39b)...
13b. Rocky Mountain spotted fever (39c)
14a. Dysentery (27)
14b. Mumps (44c )
14c. Other infectious and parasitic diseases (4-7, 11, 12, L3-26, 29, 31, 32,
36-38, 39a and d, 40-43, 44a, b, and d)_ _
15. Cancer and other malignant tumors (45-55)
16. Nonmalignant tumors or tumors of unspecified nature (56, 57). _
.
17. Chronic rheumatism and gout (59, 60)
18. Diabetes mellitus (61) -
19. Chronic or acute alcoholism (77)
20a. Pellagra (69)
20b. Avitaminosis, other general diseases, diseases of the blood and chronic
poisonings(58, 62-68, 70-76, 78, 79) __
21. Meningitis (nonmeningococcal) and diseases of the spinal cord (81, 82) ..
22. Intracranial lesions of vascular origin (83)
23. Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs (80, 84-89)
24. Diseases of the heart (90-95)
25. Other diseases of the circulatory system (96-103)
26. Bronchitis (106)
27. Pneumonias (107-109)..-
28. Other diseases of the respiratory system (104, 105, 110-114)
L9a. Diarrhea and enteritis (under 2 years) (1 19)
29b. Diarrhea and enteritis (2 years and over) (120)
30. Appendicitis (121)
31a. Cirrhosis of the liver (124)
31b. Other diseases of the biliary system (125-127) _
32. Other diseases of the digestive system (115-118, 122, 123, 128. 129).-..
33. Nephritis (130-132) .,
34. Other diseases of the urinary and genital systems (133-139).
35. Puerperal infection (140, 147)....
36. Other diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (141-146, 148-150)
37. Diseases of the skin, cellular tissue, bones and organs of movement
(151-156)
38. Congenital malformations and debility, premature birth, and diseases
peculiar to the first year of life (157-161)
39. Senility, old age (162).
40. Suicide (163-164)
41. Homicide (165-168)
42. Automobile accidents (all motor driven road vehicles) (170). —
43. Other violent or accidental deaths (suicide, homicide, and automobile
accidents except^'d) (169, 171-198)....
44. Causes of death ill-defined, unknown or unspecified (199-200)
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 77
Continued
Nash
78 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table VII.-
Cause of Death
(Abridged International List Number Precedes Each Cause,
Code Number Follows)
I, 32,
All causes—Total recorded
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers (1, 2) _--
Plague (3) -
Scarlet fever (8)
Whooping-cough (9)..
Diphtheria (10)
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system (13)
All other forms of tuberculosis (14-22)
Malaria (28)
Syphilis (30)
Influenza (33)
Smallpox (34) - ---
Measles (35) - -
Typhus fever (39b)
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (39c)
Dysentery (27) - —
Mumps (44c).- ---
Other infectious and parasitic diseases (4-7, 11, 12, 23-26,
36-38, 39a and d, 40-43, 44a, b, and d)
Cancer and other malignant tumors (45-56) -
Nonmalignant tumors or tumors of unspecified nature (56, 57)
Chronic rheumatism and gout (69, 60) -
Diabetes mellitus (61)
Chronic or acute alcoholism (77)
Pellagra (69)
Avitaminosis, other general diseases, diseases of the blood and chronic
poisonings (58, 62-68, 70-76, 78, 79)
Meningitis (nonmeningococcal) and diseases of the spinal cord (81, 82)..
Intracranial lesions of vascular origin (83) -
Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs (80, 84-89).
Diseases of the heart (90-95) _
Other diseases of the circulatory system (96-103)
Bronchitis (106)
Pneumonias (107-109)
OtI er diseases of the respiratory system (104, 105, 110-114)
Diarrhea and enteritis (under 2 years) (119)
Diarrhea and enteritis (2 years and over) (120)
Appendicitis (121)
Cirrhosis of the liver (124)
Other diseases of the biliary system (125-127) . . _ -
.
Other diseases of the digestive system (115-118, 122, 123, 128, 129)....
Nephritis (130-132).... .- -.
Other diseases of the urinary and genital systems (133-139)
Puerperal infection (140, 147)
Other diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperiam (141-146, 148-150)
Diseases of the skin, cellular tissue, bones and organs of movement
(151-156)
Congenital malformations and debility, premature birth, and diseases
peculiar to the first year of life (157-161) -
Senility, old age (162) -
Suicide (163-164) --.- - --•
Homicide (165-168). --
Automobile accidents (all motor driven road vehicles) 1,170)
Other violent or accidental deaths (suicide, homicide, and automobile
accidents excepted) (169, 171-198) --- -
Causes of death ill-defined, unknown or unspecified (199-200)
Pasquotank
White Other White Other
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 79
Continued
Perquimans
80 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table VIL—
Cause of Death
(Abridged International List Number Precedes Each Cause,
Code Number Follows) White Other
Rockingha
White Other
11. 12, 23-26, 29, 31, 32,
All ca uses—Total recorded
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers (1, 2)
Plague (3)
Scarlet tever (8)
Whooping-cough (9)
Diphtheria (10)
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system (13)--
AU other forms of tuberculosis (14-22)
Malaria (28)
Syphilis (30)
Influenza (33)
Smallpox (34) -
Measles (35)
Typhus fever (39b)-
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (39c)
Dysentery (27 )
Mumps (44c)
Other infectious and parasitic diseases (4-7
36-38, 39a and d, 40-43, 44a, b, and d)
Cancer and other malignant tumors (45-55)
Nonmalignant tumors or tumors of unspecified nature (56, 57)
Chronic rheumatism and gout (59, 60) __-
Diabetes mellitus (61)
Chronic or acute alcoholism (77) -
Pellagra (69)
Avitaminosis, other general diseases, diseases of the blood and chronic
poisonings (58,62-68,70-76,78,79) ---
Meningitis Snoimieningococcal) and diseases of the spinal cord (81, 82)--.
Intracranial lesions of vascular origin (83)
Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs (80, 84-89)
Diseases of the heart (90-96)
Other diseases of the circulatory system (96-103)
Bronchitis (106)
Pneumonias (107-109).. _ ----
Other diseases of the respiratory system (104, 105, 110-114)
Diarrhea and enteritis (under 2 years) (119). -_ _- .--
Diarrhea and enteritis (2 years and over) (120)
Appendicitis (121). _ -
Cirrhosis of the liver (124)
Other diseases of the biliary system (125-127).
Other diseases of the digestive system (115-118, 122, 123, 128, 129)
Nephritis (130-132)
Other diseases of the urinary and genital systems (133-139)
Puerperal infection (140, 147)
Other diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (141-146, 148-150
Diseases of the skin, cellular tissue, bones and organs of movement
(151-156)
Congenital malformations and debility, premature
peculiar to the first year of life (157-161)
Senility, old age (162) ---
Suicide (163-164)
Homicide (165-168) ----
Automobile accidents (all motor driven road vehicles) (170)
Other violent or accidental deaths (suicide, homicide, and automobile
accidents excepted) (169,171-198)
Causes of death ill-defined , unknown or unspecified (199-200^
)irth, and diseases
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 81
Continued
Rowan
Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table VII.—
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics
Continued
Transylvania
84 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table VII.
Cause of Death
(Abridged International List Number Precedes Each Cause,
Code Number Follows)
31, 32,
All causes—Total recorded.-- -
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers (1, 2) -
Plague (3) -
Scarlet fever (8) - -
Whooping-cough (9)
Diphtheria (10)
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system ( 13).
All other torms of tuberculosis (14-22)
Malaria (2&) ---
Syphilis (30). -
Influenza (33) -- ---- -
Smallpox (34)-- ----
Measles (35) - -
Typhus fever (39b)
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (39c)
Dysentery (27) - - -
Mumps (44c)-.-
Other infectious and parasitic diseases (4-7, 11, 12, 23-26
36-3&, 39a and d, 40-43, 44a, b, and d) -
Cancer and other malignant tumors (45-55)
Nonmalignant tumors or tumors of unspecified nature (56, 57)
Chronic rhejmatism and gout (59, 60). -
Diabetes mellitus (61)
Chronic or acute alcoholism (77) - -
Pellagra (69)-.-- - - -----
Avitaminosis, other general diseases, diseases of the blood and chronic
poisonings (58, 62-68, 70-76, 78, 79)... - -..
Meningitis (nonmeningococcal) and diseases of the spinal cord (81, 82)...
Intracranial lesions of vascular origin (83) -
Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs (80, 84-89)-
Diseases of the heart (90-95)
Other diseases of the circulatory system (96-103)-- -
Bronchitis (106) -
Pneumonias (107-109)
Other diseases of the respiratory system (104, 105, 1 10-1 14)
Diarrhea and enteritis (under 2 years) (119) -
Diarrhea and enteritis (2 years and over) (120) - -
Appendicitis (121).- -
Cirrhosis of the liver (124)
Other diseases of the biliary system (125-127)
Other diseases of the digestive system (115-118, 12^, 123, 128, 129)
Nephritis (130-132)--- -
Other diseases of the urinary and genital systems (133-139)-..
Puerperal infection (140, 147) -
Other diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (141-146, 148-150)
Diseases of the skin, cellular tissue, bones and organs of movement
(151-166) - -
Congenital malformations and debility, premature birth, and diseases
peculiar to the first year of life (157-161)
Senility, old age (162) - -
Suicide (163-164)-- - -
Homicide (165-168).. --
Automobile accidents (all motor driven road vehicles) (170)
Other violent or accidental deaths (suicide, homicide, and automobile
accidents excepted ) (169, 171-198)-- ---
Causes of death ill-defined, unknown or unspecified (199-200)- ---
Washington
White Other
Watauga
White Other
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics
Continued
Wayne
86 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table VIII. -Deaths (Exclusive of Stillbirths) of Residents of Cities
Population and Over,
Cause of Death
(Abridged International List Number Precedes Each Cause,
Code Number Follows) White Other White Other
All causes—Total recorded
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers (1, 2) -
Plague (3) - -
Scarlet fever (8) -
Whooping-cough (9)—
Diphtheria (10)^- - •
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system (13)
All other forms of tuberculosis (14-22)
Malaria (28)
Syphilis (30) - --
Influenza (33)
Smallpox (34) -
Measles (35) -
Typhus fever (39b).
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (39c) --
Dysentery (27) -
Mumps (44c)- -
Other infectious and parasitic diseases (4-7, 11, 12, 23-26, 29, 31, 32,
36-38, 39a and d, 40-43, 44a, b, and d) - -
Cancer and other malignant tumors (45-55)
Nonmalignant tumors or tumors of unspecified nature (56, 57)
Chronic rheumatism and gout (59, 60) -
Diabetes mellitus (61) - ---
Chronic or acute alcoholism (77) --
Pellagra (69) - - --- --
Avitaminosis, other general diseases, diseases of the blood and chronic
poisonings (58, 62-68, 70-76, 78, 79) - -
Meningitis (nonmeningococcal) and diseases of the spinal cord (81, 82)..
Intracranial lesions of vascular origin (83)
Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs (80, 84-89).
Diseases of the heart (90-95) ---
Other diseases of the circulatory system (96-103)
Bronchitis (106) - -
Pneumonias (107-109) -- -
Other diseases of the respiratory system (104, 105, 110-114)
Diarrhea and enteritis (under 2 years) (119)
Diarrhea and enteritis (2 years and over) (120)
Appendicitis (121) --
Cirrhosis of the liver (124)
Other diseases of the biliary system (125-127)..
Other diseases of the digestive system (115-118, 122, 123, 128, 129)....
Nephritis (130-132) --
Other diseases of the urinary and genital systems (133-139)
Puerperal infection (140, 147) - --
Other diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (141-146, 148-150)
Diseases of the skin, cellular tissue, bones and organs of movement
(151-156) - - -
Congenital malformations and debility, premature birth, and diseases
peculiar to the first year of life (157-161)..
Senility, old age (162)
Suicide (163-164) -
Homicide (165-168)
Automobile accidents (all motor driven road vehicles) (170)
Other violent or accidental deaths (suicide, homicide, and automobile
accidents excepted) (169, 171-198) -
Causes of death ill-defined, unknown or unspecified (199-200)-
13
467
24
1,369
70
6
111
30
16
6
5
44
23
76
270
40
1
13
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 87
BY Cause (Abridged International List) and Color, 1947 (Cities 10,
1940 Census)
,000
Burlington
88 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table VIII.
Cause of Death
(Abridged Internaticnal List Number Precedes Each Cause,
Code Number Follows)
Fayetteville
White Other
All causes—Total recorded
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers (1, 2).
Plague (3)
Scarlet fever (8)
Whooping-cough (9)
Diphtheria (10)
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system (13)
All other forms of tuberculosis (14-22)
Malaria (28) -
Syphilis (30)
Influenza (33) - --
Smallpox (34)
Measles (35)
Typhus fever (39b) -
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (39c)
Dysentery (27)
Mumps (44c) -
Other infectious and parasitic diseases (4-7, 11, 12, 23-26, 29, 31, 32,
36-38, 39a and d, 40-43, 44a, b, and d)
Cancer and other malignant tumors (45-55)
Nonmalignant tumors or tumors of unspecified nature (56, 57) -
Chronic rheumatism and gout (59, 60)
Diabetes mellitus (61)
Chronic or acute alcoholism (77)
Pellagra (69) ---
Avitaminosis, other general diseases, diseases of the blood and chronic
poisonings (58, 62-68, 70-76, 78, 79) -
Meningitis (nonmeningococcal) and diseases of the spinal cord (81, 82)__
Intracranial lesions of vascular origin (83)
Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs (80, 84-89)
Diseases of the heart (90-95)-.-- ---
Other diseases of the circulatory system (96-103)
Bronchitis (106) ---
Pneumonias (107-109)
Other diseases of the respiratory system (104, 105, 110-114)
Diarrhea and enteritis (under 2 years) (119)
Diarrhea and enteritis (2 years and over) (120) - -
Appendicitis (121) --
Cirrhosis of the liver (124)
Other diseases of the biliary system (125-127)
Other diseases of the digestive system (115-118, 122, 123, 128. 129).-.-
Nephritis (130-132)
Other diseases of the urinary and genital systems (133-139)
Puerperal infection (140, 147). - - - - -
Other diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (141-146, 148-150)
Diseases of the skin, cellular tissue, bones and organs of movement
(151-156)
Congenital malformations and debility, premature birth, and diseases
peculiar to the first year of life (157-161)- --
Senility, old age (162)
Suicide (163-164)
Homicide (165-168)
Automobile accidents (all motor driven road vehicles) (170)
Other violent or accidental deaths (suicide, homicide, and automobile
accidents excepted) (169, 171-198)
Causes of death ill-defined, unknown or unspecified (199-200) -
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics
C<mtinued
Goldsboro
90 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table VIIL-Cause
of Death
(Abridged International List Number Precedes Each Cause,
Code Number FoUows)
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 91
Contimied
New Bern
92 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table VIII.
Cause of Death
(Abridged International List Number Precedes Each Cause,
Code Number Follows)
Shelby
ite Other
All causes—Total recorded
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers (1, 2)
Plague (3)
Scarlet fever (8)
Whooping-cough (9)
Diphtheria (10)
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system (13)
All other forms of tuberculosis (14-22)
Malaria (28)
Syphilis (30)
Influenza (33)
Smallpox (34)
Measles (35)
Typhus fever (39b)
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (39c)
Dysentery (27). _ -
Mumps (44c) --
Other infectious and parasitic diseases (4-7, 11, 12, 23-26, i;9, 31, o2,
36-3S, 39a and d, 40-43. 44a, b, and d) -
Cancer and other malignant tumor (45-55)
Nonmalignant tumors or tumors of unspecified nature (56, 5V)
Chronic rheumatism and gout (59, 60)
Diabetes mellitus (61)
Chronic or acute alcoholism (77)..
Pellagra (69) - -
Avitaminosis, ether general diseases, diseases of the blood and chronic
poisonings (58,62-68,70-76,78,79) -
Meningitis (nonmeningococcal) and diseases of the spinal cord (81. 82)
Intracranial lesions of vascular origin (83)
Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs (80, 84-89) -..
Diseases of the heart (90-95)
OtK er diseases of t he circulatory system (96-103)
Bronchitis (106)
Pneumonias (107-109) _._ _-_
Other diseases of the respiratory system (104, 105, 110-114)
Diarrhea and enteritis (under 2 years) (119)
Diarrhea ard enteritis (2 years and over) (120)
Appendicitis (121). _
CJirrhosis of the liver (124) - - -
Other diseases of the biliary system (125-127) -
Other diseases of the digestive system (115-118. 122, 123. 128. 129)
Nephritis (130-132)
Other diseases of the urinary and genital systems (133-139)
Puerperal infection (140. 147)
Other diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (141-146, 148-150).
Diseases of the skin, cellular tissue, bones and organs of movement
(151-156) -. -
Congenital malformations and debility, premature birth, and diseases
pecjiiar to the first year of life (157-161)..
Senility, old age (162)
Suicide (163-164) ._ -
Homicide (165-168) ---
Automobile accidents (all motor driven road vehicles) (170)
Other violent or accidental deaths (suicide, homicide, and automobile
accidents excepted) (169, 171-198)
Causes of death ill-defined, unknown or unspecified (199-200)
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 93
Continued
Statesville
94 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table IX.
—
Deaths (Exclusive of Stillbirths)
Item
No.
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics
FROM Selected Causes in North Carolina, 1922-47
95
96 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table X,
—
Ten Leading Causes of Death of Residents by Age, Color,
AND Sex—Three Year Average, 1945-47
Cause of Death
(International Code Number Follows Each Cause)
Premature birth (159) _.
Congenital malformations and debility (157,158)
Influenza and pneumonias (33, 107-109)
Injury at birth (460)
Other diseases peculiar to the first year of life (161) _
Dysentery, diarrhea and enteritis (27, 119)
Accidental mechanical su'''ocation (182)
Whooping cough (9) _.
Diseases of the heart (90-95)
Diseases of the thymus gland (64).
Syphilis (30)
Cause of Deatli
(International Code Number Follows Each Cause)
Influenza and pneumonias (33, 107-109)
Accidents, motor-vehicle (170).
Diphtheria (10).. __
Dysentery, diarrhea and enteritis, (27, 119,120).-.
Congenital malformations and debility (157, 158).
Accidental burns (except conflagration) (181)
Leukemias (74) _
.
Accidental drowning (183)
Cancer (45-55)
Conflagration (180).
Acute accidental poisoning (179)
Whooping cough (9)..
Tuberculosis, all forms (13-22) _
Meningitis (not due to meningococcus) (81)
Nephritis (130-132)
Diseases of the heart (90-95)
Measles (35)
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 97
Table X.—Continued
Cause of Death
(International Code Number Follows Each Cause)
Accidents, motor-vehicle (170)
Influenza and pneumonias (33, 107-109)
Accidental drowning (183)
Accidental injury by firearms il84)
Diseases of the heart (90-95)
Cancer (45-55)
Appendicitis (121)
'Acute rheumatic fever (58)..-
Congenital malformations and debility (157, 158).
Leukemias (74). - -
Arcidental burns (except conflagration) (181)
Nephritis (130-132)
Tuberculosis, all forms (13-22)...
Epilepsy (85)
Conflaeration (180)..-
Cause of Death
(Internationat Code Number Follows Each Cause)
Accidents, motor-vehicle (170).-
Diseases of the heart (90-95)...
Accidental drowning (183)
Suicide (163, 164)
Cancer (45-55)
Tuberculosis, all forms (13-22)
Homicide (166-168)
Accidents, air-transport (173)
Nephritis (130-132).
Accidental injury by firearms (184)
Maternal deaths (140-150)
Influenza and pneumonias (33, 107-109).
Diabetes mellitus (61)
Epilepsy (85) -
Appendicitis (121).
Syphilis (30)
Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table X.
—
Continued
Cause of Death
(International Code Number Follows Each Cause)
Rank No
: of the heart (90-95)
Accidents, motor-vehicle (170)
Tuberculosis, all forms (13-22)
Cancer (45-55)....
Suicide (163, 164)
Nephritis (130-132)
Homicide (166-168)
Intracranial lesions of vascular origin (83).
Influenza and pneumonias (33, 107-109)-..
Accidental drowning (183)
Maternal deaths (140-150)
Nonmalignant tumors (56,57)
Syphilis (30)
Epilepsy (S5)
Cause of Death
(International Code Number Follows Each Cause)
Diseases of the heart (90-95)
Intracranial lesions of vascular origin (83)..
Cancer (45-55) -
Nephritis (130-132)
Tuberculosis, all forms (13-22)
Accidents, motor-vehicle (170)
Influenza and pneumonias (33, 107-109)
Suicide (163, 164)
Diabetes mellitus (61)
Cirrhosis ofliver (124). __
Syphilis (30)
Homicide (166-168)
Arteriosclerosis and hypertension (97, 102),
Intestinal obstruction (112)
1,227
359
327
257
118
90
72
65
40
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 99
Table X.
—
Continued
Cause of Death
(International Code Number Follows Each Cause)
65 Y( ; and Over
Diseases of the heart (90-95)
Intracranial lesions of vascular origin (83)-.
Nephritis (130-132)_
Cancer (45-55)
Influenza and pneumonias (33, 107-109)
Diabetes mellitus (61)
Arteriosclerosis and hypertension (97, 102).
Accidental injury by fall or crushing (186).
Diseases of the prostate (137)
Senility (162)
Tuberculosis , all forms ( 13-22 ) . _ _
1,363
675
517
466
191
116
146
Cause of Death
(International Code Number Follows Each Cause)
Other
i of the heart (90-95)
Intracranial lesions of vascular origin (83 )
Nephritis (130-132)_-
Cancer (45-55)....
Accidents, motor-vehicle (170)...
Influenza and pneumonias (33, 107-109)...
Premature birth (159) .
Tuberculosis, all forms (13-22)
Congenital malformations and debility (157, 158).
Suicide (163, 164)..
Diabetes mellitus (61)
Accidental injury by fall or crushing (186)
Homicide (166-168).. -
Syphilis (30)
Maternal deaths (140-150)
Dysentery, diarrhea and enteritis (27. 119, 120)...
1,952
. 742
1,092
100 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table XI.
—
Accidental Deaths by County of Occurrence, Color, and
Sex, 1947
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 101
102 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 103
Table XII.
—
Resident Infant Deaths (Exclusive of Stillbirths)
BY Cause and Age, 1947
Inter-national
Code
Cause
104 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table XII.
—
Continued
Inter-national
Code
Cause
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 105
Table XIII.
—
Resident Infant and Maternal Deaths by County with
Rates Per 1,000 Live Births, 1947 and Five-Year Average, 1943-47.
County
106 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 107
Table XIII.
—
Continued
County
Infant Mortality
1947
Rate
1943-47
Rate
Maternal Mortality
1947
Rate
1943-47
Rate
Vance
Wake....
Warren..
Washingti
Watauga
Wayne...
Wilkes...
Wilson...
Yadkin...
Yancey..
49.9
32.2
41.4
32.3
41.4
5.7
2.3
2.8
5.9
34.9
41.6
45.1
23.6
26.5
41.9
45.2
51.8
24.9
27.4
4.2
0.8
4.1
3.6
3.8
3.0
2.1
0.9
108 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table XIV.- -Resident Urban and Rural Live Births, Stillbirths,
Showing Number Occurring
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 109
Total Deaths, Infant Deaths, and Maternal Deaths by Color,
IN Hospitals, 1947.
Maternal Deaths
Whit* Other
Hospital
White Other
Hospital
White Other
Hospital
10,102
3,936
6,166
104
24
7,100
4,272
76
36
5
36
27
16
30
12
2,728
1,365
1,363
28
6
3
2,420
759
1,661
1,500
488
1,012
110 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table XIV.-
Chatham (All Rural).
Cherokee (All Rural).
Chowan
Edenton
Rural
White Other
Hospital
White Other
Hospital
White Other
Clay (All Rural)
Cleveland
Kings Mountain.
Shelby
Rural
162
1,384
164
339
Columbus
Whiteville.
Rural
Craven
New Bern.
Rural
Cumberland
Fayetteville
Rural
Currituck (All Rural) .
Dare (All Rural).
Davidson
Lexington.-
-
Thomasville.
Rural
Davie (All Rural)..
Duplin (All Rural).
Durham
Durham
Rural
Edgecombe- _
Rocky Mount'
Tarboro
Rural
Forsyth
Winston-Salem..
Rural
Franklin (All Rural).
Gaston
Belmont
Bessemer City.
Cherryville
Gastonia
Rural
Gates (All Rural) -
318
694
1,713
1,226
487
1,679
1,218
461
147
217
2,510
1,302
1,326
2,096
159
123
543
1.594
81
*3ee Nash Coanty for remainder of Rocky Mount.
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 111
Continued
Hospital Hospital
Maternal Deaths
Hospital
White Other White Other
46
512
457
65
108
111
5
42
10
3
2
1
22
124 50
101 35
23 15
112 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 113
Continued
Deaths
114 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table XIV.
Hospital Hospital
White Other
Marion
Rural
Macon (All Rural) .
.
Madison (All Rural).
Martin_
Williamston.
Rural..
Mecklenburg
Charlotte
Rural
Mitchell (All Rural)
Montgomery (All Rural).
Moore
Southern Pines
Rural
337
3,733
2,168
1,565
76
412
1,347
964
50
105
3,491
2,060
1,431
Nash
Rocky Mount*.
Rural
New Hanover
Wilmington
727
290
437
1,118
Rural
Northampton (All Rural).
Onslow (All Rural)
Orange
Chapel Hill
Rural
Pamlico (All Rural).
Pasquotank
Elizabeth City..
Rural
Pender (All Rural)
Perquimans (All Rural).
Person
Roxboro
Rural
Pitt... -.
Farmville...
Greenville...
Rural
Polk (All Rural)
-
Randolph
Asheboro.
Rural
Richmond
Hamlet...
•See Edgecombe Coucty for remainder of Rocky Mount.
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 115
Contimued
Deaths
116 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table XIV.
White Other
Hospital
White Oiber White Other
Hospital
hite Other
Rockingham,-.
Rural
)eson- --.
Lumberton
Rural..-
Rockingham
Reidsville
Rural
Rowan..
Salisbury
Spencer..
Rural..
Rutherford
Forest City....
Spindale
Rural
Sampson ---
Clinton
Rural....
Scotland
Laurinburg
Rural
Stanly.
Albemarle
Rural
Stokes (AH Rural).
Surry
Elkin
Mount Airy...
Rural -.
Swain (All Rural)..
Transylvania
Brevard
Rural
Tyrrell (All Rural).
Union
Monroe
Rural
Vance
Henderson
Rural.
Wake
Raleigh
Rural
Warren (All Rural)
1,077
906
1,244
367
1,129
106
70
543
1,392
149
211
1,032
295
2,307
1,G83
1,224
193
342
1,175
424
751
532
272
1,977
1,071
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 117
Continued
118 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table XIV.
Washington (All Rural)
Watauga (AH Rural) .
.
Wayne
Goldsboro
Mount Olive
Rural
Wilkes
North Wilkesboro.
Rural
Wilson ---
Wilson
Rural—-J,
Yadkin (All Rural)—
-
Yancey (All Rural)
Hospital
649
1,229
195
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 119
Continued
Deaths
120 Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table XV.
—
Resident Stillbirths by County, Color, and Sex, with
Rates Per 1,000 Live Births, 1947.
Male Female Male Female
24.7 40.2
22.1
24.4
11.1
33.9
9.5
21.5
6.0
35.2
52.6
83.3
45.0
166.7
15.8
30.1
26.8
27.9
24.6
16.0
13.9
16.3
13.3
19.5
61.7
31.6
33.5
30.8
20.0
27.1
24.3
17.7
27.0
25.6
23.7
39.4
28.3
75.7
32.3
9.5
4.2
20.6
19.1
27.9
18.0
41.4
17.2
21.9
34.0
21.9
29.4
35.6
15.9
10.5
19.9
38.8
43.9
60.3
lO.O
33.3
49.0
16.6
18.9
32.4
26.6
23.6
21.3
26.6
24.9
28. S
22.4
25.7
18.2
13.0
30.9
16.0
18.9
21.6
16.9
17.4
12.2
7.6
24.8
14.7
33.2
400.0
23.6
19.2
61.6
32.7
50.1
34.9
52.5
37.5
166.7
28.1
19.8
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics
Table XV.
—
Continued
121
Guilford
Halifax
Harnett
Haywood
Henderson
Hertford
Hoke
Hyde.. -
Iredell
Jackson
Johnston
Jones
Ijee
Lenoir
Lincoln
McDowell
Macon _
Madison
Martin
Mecklenburg..
Mitchell
Montgomery..
Moore
Nash .-.-
New Hanover.
Northampton.
Onslow
Orange .^. .
Pamlico
Pasquotank- _
.
Pender
Perquimans. .
Person
Pitt
Polk
Grand Total
Rate
17.0
34.0
18.5
11. B
13.0
15.5
64.8
Vz.7
64.3
21.4
liV.O
15.4
3.1
15.3
15.
S
22.4
23.8
19.9
16.1
26.1
25.1
24.8
29.2
10.9
31.8
23.1
34.7
39.5
32.1
White
14.2
11.8
12.5
24.3
35.4
24.7
29.4
13.8
15.9
11.6
3.3
15.5
20.0
18.2
23.3
15.0
14.1
18.6
17.9
10.6
4.3
18.9
2.^.5
28.9
Male Female
42.9
40.5
28.4
21.3
14.1
71.4
24.1
54.2
34.5
38.6
106.4
41.0
41.5
37.4
30.7
43.1
8.9
35.4
36.9
59.0
41.3
35.9
84.0
5V.2
53.0
57.1
Randolph. --
Richmond.
.
Robeson
Rockingham
Rowan _ . .
Rutherford.
Sampson...
Scotland
Stanly
Stokes
14.4
18. S
19.5
18.0
30.8
15.8
12.0
22.1
36.6
48.0
34.4
39 . (i
28.5
40.2
35.3
36.7
60.6
56.3
County
Annual Report Nineteen Forty-seven
Table XV.
—
Continued
White
Surry
Swain.
Transylvania.
Tyrrell
Union
Vance
Wake
Warren
Washington..
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
Wilson
Yadkin
Yancey
23.0
39.7
6.0
37.3
18.5
28.4
24.4
37.2
44.0
15.1
23.0
48.4
6.4
17.2
17.3
20.7
30.6
15.3
16.4
16.3
35.0
19.3
17.8
13.0
23.0
40.8
38.3
43.2
62.1
23.3
29.0
44.5
29.4
333.3
North Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics 123
Table XVI.— Resident Stillbirths by Age and Color of Mother, and
BY Attendant, 1947.
of
Mother