Annual report of the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the North Carolina State Board of Health

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NORTH CAROLINA
VITAL
NORTH CAROLINA
VITAL STATISTICS 1969
Population
Births
Deaths
Marriages
Divorces
JACOB KOOMEN, M.D., M.P.H.
STATE HEALTH DIRECTOR
AND SECRETARY-TREASURER
NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH STATISTICS SECTION
Post Office Box 2091 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602
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CONTENTS
GENERAL INFORMATION
Page
History of Vital Records ., 1
Regist rat ion 1
Terminology 1
Methods 2
Errors in Reporting 2
Table Page
SECTION A
Population, Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces and Annulments
A-1 Population, Live Births, Total Deaths, Infant, Neonatal, Fetal and Maternal Deaths with
Rates: North Carol i na , 1920-1969 8
A-2 Population, Live Births, Total Deaths, Infant, Neonatal, Fetal and Maternal Deaths with
Rates, by Color: North Carolina, 19'«0-1969 9
A-3 Estimated Population, Resident Live Births and Deaths by Color and Sex with Natural
Increase and Rates Per 1,000 Population by Color: North Carolina Counties
and Selected Cities, 1969 '0
A-^t Resident Live Births, Premature Live Births, Total Deaths, Infant, Neonatal and Fetal
Deaths by Color: North Carolina, Each County, Urban and Rural, 1969 18
A-5 Marriages, Divorces and Annulments, by County of Occurrence: North Carolina, 1969 23
A'-6 Marriages by Age of Bride and Groom: North Carolina, 1969 2^1
A-7 Marriages by Previous Marital Status of Bride and Groom: North Carolina, 1969 2h
A-8 Marriages by Number of Times Married (Bride and Groom): North Carolina, 1969 2A
A-9 Marriages, Divorces and Annulments, by Month of Occurrence: North Carolina, 1969 25
A-10 Divorces and Annulments by Color and Grounds: North Carolina, 1969 25
A-11 Divorces by Color and Number of Children: North Carolina, 1969 25
A-12 Marriages by State of Residence (Bride and Groom): North Carolina, 1969 26
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CONTENTS CONTINUED
Table Page
SECTION B
Live Births, Fetal Deaths, Infant Deaths, Neonatal Deaths
B-1 Live Births by Area of Occurrence and by Residence, Also Resident Fetal Deaths with
Resident Events Showing Number Born out of Wedlocic, Attendant, and Deliveries in
Hospitals, by Color: North Carolina Counties and Selected Cities, 1969 30
B-2 Resident Live Births, Infant, Neonatal, Fetal and Perinatal Deaths with Rates and
Number of Infant and Neonatal Deaths Occurring in Hospitals, by Color:
North Carolina Counties and Selected Cities, 1969 36
B-3 Resident Live Births Showing Total-Birth Order by Color and Age of Mother:
North Carol ina, 1969 '•'t
B-k Resident Live Births Showing Birth Weight by Color and Age of Mother: North Carolina,
1 969 't't
B-5 Resident Fetal Deaths Showing Total-Birth Order by Color and Age of Mother:
North Carolina, 1969 'tS
B-6 Resident Fetal Deaths Showing Birth Weight by Color and Age of Mother: North Carolina,
1 969 'tS
B-7 Resident Live Births Showing Total-Birth Order by Color and Education of Mother:
North Carol ina, 1969 't6
B-8 Resident Live Births Showing Birth Weight by Color and Education of Mother:
North Carol ina, 1969 't6
B-9 Resident Fetal Deaths Showing Total-Birth Order by Color and Education of Mother:
North Carol ina, I969 hj
B-10 Resident Fetal Deaths Showing Birth Weight by Color and Education of Mother:
North Carol ina, 1969 't?
Sect ion C
Deaths (Excluding Fetal Deaths)
C-1 Leading Causes of Death (Excluding Fetal Deaths) by Age Group, Color and Sex:
North Carolina, 1969 52
C-2 Resident Infant Deaths by Cause, Age and Color: North Carolina, 1969 5^
C-3 Accidental Deaths Occurring in the State from Each Cause with Rates Per 100,000 Total
Population, and Number by Color and Sex: North Carolina, 1969 55
0-4 Deaths by Area of Occurrence and by Residence, with Resident Events Showing Deaths in
Hospitals and Other Institutions and Deaths from 15 Selected Causes, by Color:
North Carolina Counties and Selected Cities, I969 56
C-5 Resident Deaths (Excluding Fetal Deaths) from Each Cause by Age Group, Color and Sex:
North Carol ina, I969 62
GENERAL INFORMATION
H I STORY OF VI TAL RECORDS
This volume is the fifty-fourth annual
report of the Public Health Statistics
Section of the North Carolina State Board
of Health. The Public Health Statistics
Section originated from the Bureau of
Vital Statistics which was created by an
Act of the General Assembly of 1913. This
Act made the State Board of Health the
custodian of birth and death records.
The Secre ta ry of the State Board of Health
at that time by virtue of his office was
made State Registrar of Vital Statistics.
The Actof 1913 went into effecton July I,
1913, but the collection of birth and
death records did not start until the
following October 1913. Reports have been
published for every year since, with the
exception of 1918 and 1919. The 1920 and
192! reports consistedofonlyafew tables
in the Health Bu 1 le t i n.
REG! STRATION
Birth and Death - In 1915, the General
Assembly enacted General Statute 130-36.
This Statute requires that physicians,
midwives or other persons attendinga birth
are responsible for filing a birth certi-ficate
within ten days after birth. The
General Statute 130-36 made the funeral
director or person burying a body respon-sible
for filing a death certificate or
fetal death certificate with the local
registrar within 72 hours after death.
The local registrar is usually the health
director in counties with health depart-ments.
A clerk with the health department
is designated by the local registrar as
deputy registrar. The deputy registrar
carriesout registration procedures local-ly.
The deputy registrar is responsible
for forwarding the original birth and
death certificate to the Public Health
Statistics Section on the fifth day of
the month following the event. The Public
Health Statistics Section is responsible
for p roces s i n g an d storage of the original
birth and death certificates. The origi-nal
birthand death certificatesare micro-filmed
and sent periodically to the
National Center for Health Statistics.
North Carolina was admitted into the
Death Registration Area in 1916 and into
the Birth Registration Area in 1917.
Birth Registration was tested for complete-ness
in 1940 and 1950 and found to be
86.1 and 96.1 percent complete respec-tively.
Marriage and Divorce - In 1958 the Gener-al
Assembly enacted General Statute
130-52.1 dictating that the duties of
the Clerk of Court include the registra-tion
of annulments. By virtue of General
Statute 130-52.2 enacted in 1962, the
duties of the register of deeds include
the registration of marriages. The cer-tificates
of marriage are forwarded to
the State Board of Heatthon the fifteenth
day of the month following the event.
In January 1964, North Carolina was
admitted to the National Marriage Regis-tration
Area. Marriage Registration was
tested for completeness in 1963. "Over
99 percent of issued licenses terminated
in properly recorded marriage." North
Carolina is not a member of the Divorce
Registration Area and receives only lists
of divorces from the clerks of court.
TERM! NOLOGY
A Live Birth is the complete expulsion or
extraction from its mother of a product
of conception, irrespective of the dura-tionof
pregnancy, which, after such sepa-ration,
breathes or shows any other evi-dence
of life such as beating of the
heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord,
or definite movement of voluntary mus-cles,
whether or not the umbilical cord
has been cut or the placenta is attached.
Each product of sucha birth is considered
live born.
A Premature Live rth is one for which
the birth weight is 2500 grams (5 pounds,
8 ounces) or less, regardless of the
period of gestation.
An Illegitimate Birth is one which occurs
to a woman who has never been legally
married or who r^^as been widowed or legally
divorced from her husband in excess of
280 days
.
Birth Order for a liveborn child or fe-tus
born dead, is the sum of all previous
deliveries (live births and fetal deaths)
plus the present delivery.
A Fetal Death isa death prior to the com-p
1 e te expulsion or extraction from its
mother of a product of conception, irre-spective
of the duration of pregnancy;
the death is indicated by the fact that
after such separation the fetus does not
b reathe or show any other evidenceof life,
such as beating of heart, pulsation of
the umbilical cord, or definite movement
of voluntary muscles. North Carolina
statutes require that only fetal deaths
of 20 or more weeks of gestation be re-gistered.
Neonatal Deaths are deaths to children
unde r 28 days of age.
Post neonatal Deaths are deaths to ch i 1 d ren
28 days to one year of age.
Infant Deaths are deaths to children
under one year of age.
Maternal Deaths are deaths for which the
certifying physician has designated a
maternal condition as the underlying cause
of death. The maternal conditions are
those ass i gned to de 1 i ve r i es and complica-tions
of pregnancy, childbirth, and puer-perium
(international Statistical Codes
630-678).
Natural I nc rease is the increase in the
population due to the excess of births
over deaths for a particular period.
Place of Occurrence refers to where an
eve;nt takes place regardless of usual re-sidence
of the person involved.
Place of Residence refers to where the
person lives or maintains his legal
res i dence.
Urban refers to an incorporated place
w i th a population of 2 500 or more in the
I 960 censu s.
Rural refers to all unincorporated areas
and incorporated places with a population
of less than 2500 in the I960 census.
METHODS
Estimating the Population - Estimates are
ide of the population of selected cities
of 10,000 people or more, counties, and
the State. In addition, estimates are
made for the age and race populations of
the State. The method used to estimate
the population is the "straight line
method", arithmetic, or linear method.
(These namesall apply to the same method).
The "straight line method" assumes that
the population increases in the cities,
counties, or State at a constant rate and
that this constant rate may be determined
from the proportional increase of the
previous decade .
Percentages, Rates and Ratios - Statistics
such as percentages, rates and ratios ire
calculated to aid in the interpretation
of data. These statistics are calculated
by dividing the number of events by the
population at risk for percentage; by the
population for rates; and by related pop-ulation
for ratios. The proportions are
then multipliedby accepted standard quan-tities.
Percentages are computed by mul-tiplying
by 100. Rates are computed by
multiplying by 1,000, 10,000 or 100,000.
Small Numbers - In interpretation of data
care should be taken when a small number
of events occurs in any given small popu-lation.
When such events occur, this area
immediately ex pe r
i
ences an excessive rate.
This rate shouldbe computed over a number
of years and compared to a population of
similar age, race, sex, marital status
and other variables before determining
that significant events had occurred.
Coding Causes of Death - The cause of
death is coded selecting the underlying
cause which is classified by the Eighth
Revision International Classification of
Diseases. As in 1949 the data for cer-tain
causes of death cannot be accurately
compared without the use of Comparability
Ratios.
ERRORS IN REPORTING
Age - Ages ending in and 5 are over-reported.
For ages 22 through middle age,
there is a tendency to underestimate age.
Ove rest
i
mates of age occur for those near-ing
their 21st and 65th birthdays and for
those over age 65.
Infant Deaths under 1500 grams - Death
registration completeness for infant
deaths under 1500 grams was studied in
1959 and 1967. The percent of death re-gistration
completenessasm«asjredin 19 59
and 1967 was 94.3 and 94.1 respectively.
Certificate Exchange Program - Certifi- Comparability Ratios - Comparability
cates of births and deaths to residents
of another state are distributed through
the Division of Vital Statistics in each
state. The statistics for North Carolina
rely on the prompt exchange of the vital
documents. In 1969 North Carolina re-ceived
1,434 birth certificates and 1,263
death certificates. These certificates
account for 1.53 percent of the births
and 2.82 percent of the deaths.
ratios were developedfor comparing causes
of death when the Eighth Revision Inter-national
Classification of Diseases
Adapted changed. This revision resulted
in changes in the classification of cer-tain
diseases and in the rules for class-ification.
Comparability ratios are de-termined
by recoding a sample of the
deaths, previously coded by the seventh
revision, by the eighth revision.
NORTH CAROLINA
VITAL STATISTICS
1969
Section A
Population
Births
Deaths
Marriages
Divorces
SECTION A
POPULATION, BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, DIVORCES AND ANNULMENTS
Table Page
A-1 Population, Live Births, Total Deaths, Infant, Neonatal, Fetal and Maternal
Deaths with Rates: North Carolina, I92O-I969 8
A-2 Population, Live Births, Total Deaths, Infant, Neonatal, Fetal and Maternal
Deaths with Rates, by Color: North Carolina, ig'tO-lSSg 9
A-3 Estimated Population, Resident Live Births and Deaths, by Color and Sex with
Natural Increase and Rates Per 1,000 Population by Color:
North Carolina Counties and Selected Cities, 1969 10
A-4 Resident Live Births, Premature Live Births, Total Deaths, Infant, Neonatal
and Fetal Deaths, by Color: North Carolina, Each County, Urban and Rural,
1969 18
A-5 Marriages, Divorces and Annulments, by County of Occurrence: North Carolina,
1969 23
A-6 Marriages by Age of Bride and Groom: North Carolina, 1969 2k
A-7 Marriages by Previous Marital Status of Bride and Groom: North Carolina,
1 969 2A
A-8 Marriages by Number of Times Married (Bride and Groom): North Carolina,
1969.- 2k
A-9 Marriages, Divorces and Annulments, by Month of Occurrence: North Carolina,
1969 25
A-10 Divorces and Annulments by Color and Grounds: North Carolina, I969 25
A-11 Divorces by Color and Number of Children: North Carolina, 1969 25
A-12 Marriages by State of Residence (Bride and Groom): North Carolina, 1969 26
TABLE A-1 POPULATION LIVE BIRTHS, TOTAL DEATHS, INFANT,, NEONATAL, FETAL AND MATERNAL DEATHS 2
WITH RATES^: NORTH CAROLINA 1920-1969
TABLE A-2 POPULATION, LIVE BIRTHS, TOTAL DEATHS, INFANT, NEONATAL, FETAL AND MATERNAL DEATHS
WITH RATES, BY COLOR: NORTH CAROLINA, IS'tO-igSS
Year
TABLE A-3 ESTIMATED POPULATION^, RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS, BY COLOR AND SEX
WITH NATURAL INCREASE AND RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION BY COLOR:
NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES AND SELECTED CITIES, I969
County
Table A-3 continued
County
Table A-3 continue
Table A-3 continued
County
Table A-3 continued
Table A-3 continued
County
Table A-3 continued
City
Table A-3 continued
TABLE A-^ RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS, PREMATURE LIVE BIRTHS^, TOTAL DEATHS, INFANT, NEONATAL AND
FETAL DEATHS, BY COLOR: NORTH CAROLINA, EACH COUNTY, URBAN2 AND RURAL, 1969
Table A-^i continued
Table A-ft continued
Live Births
Non-whi
te
Non-
«ihi te
Total Deaths
Excluding
Fetal Deaths
nh\te
Infant Deaths
(Under I Yr.)
Non-whi
te
Neonatal Deaths
(Under 28 Days)
GUILFORD
GREENSBORO
HIGH POINT
RURAL
HALIFAX
SCOTLAND NECK
ENFIELD
ROANOKE RAPIDS
RURAL
HARNETT
ERWIN
DUNN
RURAL
HAYWOOD
WAYNESVlLLE
CANTON
RURAL
HENDERSON
riENOERSONVlLLE
RURAL
HERTFORD
AHOSKIE
MURFREESBORO
RURAL
HOKE
RAEFORD
RURAL
HYDE
IREDELL
MOORESVILLE
STATESVILLE
RURAL
JACKSON
JOHNSTON
SELMA
CLAYTON
SMITHFIELD
RURAL
JONES
LEE
SANFORD
RURAL
LENOIR
KINSTON
RURAL
LINCOLN
LINCOLNTON
RURAL
MCDOWELL
MARION
RURAL
MACON
MADISON
MARTIN
WILLIAMSTON
RURAL
3819 1539
lb27 b99
803 416
1189 224
405
24
22
182
177
525
26
78
421
666
127
68
471
674
587
13
38
39
497
309
5
75
229
129
Table A-^t continued
White
whi te
Non-white
Total Deaths
Excluding
Fetal Deaths
White
Non-white
Infant
(Under
Deaths
1 Yr.)
Non-white
Neonatal Deaths
(Under 28 Days)
Fetal Deaths
Non-whi
te
MECKLENBURG
DAVIDSON
CHARLOTTE
RURAL
MITCHELL
SPRUCE PINE
RURAL
MONTGOMERY
MOORE
SOUTHERN PINES
RURAL
NASH
ROCKY MOUNT
RURAL
NEw HANOVER
WILMINGTON
RURAL
NORTHAMPTON
ONSLOW
JACKSONVILLE
RURAL
ORANGE
CHAPEL HILL
RURAL
PASQUOTANK
ELIZABETH CITY
RURAL
PENDER
PERQUIMANS
PERSON
ROXBORO
RURAL
PITT
farmvillE
AYDEN
GRttNVlLLt
RURAL
POLK
RANDOLPH
ASHEBORO
RURAL
RICHMOND
HAMLET
ROCKINGHAM
RURAL
ROBESON
RED SPRINGS
LUMBERTON
RURAL
ROCKINGHAM
REIDSVILLE
EDEN
RURAL
if747
18
3116
1614
193
39
154
463
5U
416
577
244
333
li6U
572
568
2114
403
1711
861
312
549
2214
21
19C/5
288
2
1
1
234
48
186
519
97
422
377
309
68
41b
56
360
231
51
180
297
Tab)e A-'4 continuecJ
TABLE A-5 MARRIAGES, DIVORCES^ AND ANNULMENTS BY COUNTY OF OCCURRENCE: NORTH CAROLINA, 1969
Area
TABLE A-6 MARRIAGES BY AGE OF BRIDE AND GROOM: NORTH CAROLINA, 1969
Age of
TABLE A-9 MARRIAGES, DIVORCES AND ANNULMENTS, BY MONTH OF OCCURRENCE: NORTH CAROLINA, I969
TABLE A-12 MARRIAGES BY STATE OF RESIDENCE (BRIDE AND GROOM): NORTH CAROLINA, I969
State of Residence Bride Groom State of Residence Bride Groom
ALL STATES
NORTH CAROLINA
VITAL STATISTICS
1969
Section B
Live Births
Fetal Deaths
Infant Deaths
Neonatal Deaths
SECTION B
LIVE BIRTHS, FETAL DEATHS, INFANT DEATHS, NEONATAL DEATHS
Table Page
B-1 Live Births by Area of Occurrence and by Residence, Also Resident Fetal
Deaths, with Resident Events Showing Number Born out of Wedlock,
Attendant, and Deliveries in Hospitals, by Color: North Carolina
Counties and Selected Cities, 1969 30
B-2 Resident Live Births, Infant, Neonatal, Fetal and Perinatal Deaths with
Rates and Number of Infant and Neonatal Deaths Occurring in Hospitals,
by Color: North Carolina Counties and Selected Cities, 1969 36
B-3 Resident Live Births Showing Total-Birth Order by Color and Age of Mother:
North Carolina, 1969 A4
B-k Resident Live Births Showing Birth Weight by Color and Age of Mother:
North Carol i na , 1969 kk
B-5 Resident Fetal Deaths Showing Total-Birth Order by Color and Age of Mother:
North Carol ina, 1969 A5
B-6 Resident Fetal Deaths Showing Birth Weight by Color and Age of Mother:
North Carol ina, 1969 ^S
B-7 Resident Live Births Showing Total-Birth Order by Color and Education of
Mother: North Carol i na , 1969 kS
B-8 Resident Live Births Showing Birth Weight by Color and Education of Mother:
North Carolina, 1969 A6
B-9 Resident Fetal Deaths Showing Total-Birth Order by Color and Education of
Mother: North Carolina, I969 A?
B-10 Resident Fetal Deaths Showing Birth Weight by Color and Education of Mother:
North Carol ina, I969 ky
29
TABLE B-1 LIVE BIRTHS BY AREA OF OCCURRENCE AND BY RESIDENCE, ALSO RESIDENT FETAL DEATHS^
WITH RESIDENT EVENTS SHOWING NUMBER BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK, ATTENDANT, AND DELIVERIES
IN HOSPITALS, BY COLOR: NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES AND SELECTED CITIES, I969
to Resident
Number
Total Born
Number Out of
Wedlock
Hospital Othe
Fetal
Numbe
Total Born
Number Out o
Wedloc
NORTH CAKOLIN^'
WHITE
9J939
66661
93aH2 ll'.V4
IblH
Table B-1 continued
to Residents of Area Fetal Deaths to Residents
289
106
183
Total
Number Mid-
Wife
Hospital Othe Out of
Wedlock
Mid-
Wife
Place of Birth
Hospital Othe
1842
1324
518
599
322
277
1381
970
411
833
503
330
1379
970
409
749
498
251
1373
970
40 3
74
496
1794
1394
400
5251
3850
1401
1556
1189
36 7
5024
3660
1344
437
128
1649
1189
360
5018
3678
1340
1544
1189
355
5012
3673
1339
120
110
120
110
117
107
943
812
131
251
209
1662
1430
232
335
272
1661
1430
231
335
272
1658
1430
228
334
272
436
168
268
3347
1993
1354
676
246
430
4576
3355
1221
302
135
167
2430
2040
390
665
378
287
2370
1440
930
946
411
535
3819
2708
1111
439
183
2941
2466
475
119
11
108
357
46
311
563
112
451
278
102
176
665
378
287
2369
1440
929
935
411
624
3819
2708
1111
399
183
216
2941
2466
475
661
378
283
2369
1440
929
911
411
500
3803
2707
1096
373
181
192
2933
2464
469
113
100
113
100
113
100
361
120
241
5915
4392
1523
933
372
561
646
364
282
5358
3819
1539
992
405
58 7
834
525
309
549
138
411
218
14
204
142
17
125
551
229
322
233
97
136
3355
3818
1537
829
402
427
800
524
276
647
229
318
160
2
158
5346
3814
1532
2bie
2C86
793
Table B-1 conti
TABLE B-2 RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT, NEONATAL, FETAL AND PERINATAL DEATHS WITH RATES^
AND NUMBER OF INFANT AND NEONATAL DEATHS OCCURRING IN HOSPITALS BY COLOR:
NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES AND SELECTED CITIES, I969
County
Table B-2 continued
County
Table B-2 continued
County
Table B-2 continued
County
Table B-2 continued
County
Table B-2 continued
County
Table B-2 continued
City
Table B-2 continued
City
TABLE B-3 RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS SHOWING TOTAL-BIRTH ORDER BY COLOR AND AGE OF MOTHER:
NORTH CAROLINA, 1 969
TABLE B-5 RESIDENT FETAL DEATHS SHOWING TOTAL-BIRTH ORDER BY COLOR AND AGE OF MOTHER:
NORTH CAROLINA, 1 969
Color and
Age of Mother
TABLE B-7 RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS SHOWING TOTAL-BIRTH ORDER BY COLOR AND EDUCATION OF MOTHER:
NORTH CAROLINA, 1969
Color and Education
TABLE B-9 RESIDENT FETAL DEATHS SHOWING TOTAL-BIRTH ORDER BY COLOR AND EDUCATION OF MOTHER:
NORTH CAROLINA, 1969
Color and Education
of Mother
Total-Birth Order (includes Previous Deliveries of Fetal Deaths)
3rd Ifth 5th 6th 7th Bth 9th 10th Ilth 12th
13th &
Over
Not
Stated
NORTH CAROLINA
None or elementary
High school, 1-3 years
High school ,
*( years
Col lege , 1-3 years
Col lege, k+ years
Not stated
None or elementary
High school, 1-3 years
High school , U years
College, 1-3 years
Col lege, '*+ years
Not stated
91
NORTH CAROLINA
VITAL STATISTICS
1969
Section C
Deaths
(excluding fetal deaths)
SECTION C
DEATHS (EXCLUDING FETAL DEATHS)
Table Page
C-1 Leading Causes of Death (Excluding Fetal Deaths) by Age Group, Color and
Sex: North Carol ina, 1969 52
C-2 Resident Infant Deaths by Cause, Age and Color: North Carolina, I969 54
C-3 Accidental Deaths Occurring in the State from Each Cause with Rates Per
100,000 Total Population, and Number by Color and Sex: North Carolina,
1969 55
C-4 Deaths by Area of Occurrence and by Residence, with Resident Events Showing
Deaths in Hospitals and Other Institutions and Deaths from 15 Selected
Causes, by Color: North Carolina Counties and Selected Cities, 19^9 56
C-5 Resident Deaths (Excluding Fetal Deaths) from Each Cause by Age Group,
Color and Sex: North Carolina, I969 62
TABLE C-1 LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH (EXCLUDING FETAL DEATHS) BY AGE GROUP, COLOR AND SEX:
NORTH CAROLINA, 1 969
Cause of Death
(International code number follows
each cause)
Rank Number Rank Number Rank Number Rank Number Rank Number
ALL AGES - TOTAL ALL CAUSES
TEN LEADING CAUSES
Diseases of the heart (390-398, '402, ^Ok . '4lO-'i29)
Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of
lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues (l'tO-209) . . .
Cerebrovascular disease ('430-'438)
Motor vehicle accidents (810-823)
Influenza and pneumonia (Ii70-l)7'i ,'t80-'l86)
All accidents (except motor veh icle) (800-807
,
825-9'i9)
Diabetes mellitus (250)
Homicide (960-978)
Arteriosclerosis (''(O)
Cirrhosis of liver (571)
Suicide (950-959)
Emphysema ('i92)
Congenital anomalies (7'<0-759)
Immaturity, unqualified (777)
Hypertension ('lOO.'iOl ,'t03)
')'i,86'i 13, '(71 7,02l(
1 16,169
2 6,185
3 5,52't
>* 1,791
5 1,790
1 ,528
921
61(0
589
556
55'.
395
'.62
322
263
7,53'.
2,6'.9
1,823
958
658
736
276
187
210
261
371
291
173
109
70
'.,926
2,105
2,05'.
316
567
321
51.
276
139
126
57
173
67
58
2,0't2 1,667
787
Table C-1 conti
Cause of Death
(International code number follows
each cause)
TABLE C-2 RESIDENT INFANT DEATHS BY CAUSE, AGE AND COLOR: NORTH CAROLINA, I969
(Inter
Cause of Death
3tionaI Code Number Follow Each Cause)
Under 1 Day Under 7 Days Under 28 Days
Total
NORTH CAROLINA
Diarrheal diseases (OOg)
Meningococcal infections (036)
Septicemia (038)
Viral diseases (0^10-079)
Other infective and parasitic diseases (000-008,010-032 ,03A,
035 ,039 ,080-089 ,091-136)
Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and
hematopoietic tissues (l'iO-209)
Diseases of thymus gland (25't)
Cystic fibrosis (273.0)
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs (28O-289)
Meningitis (320)
Other diseases of nervous system and sense organs (321-389)...
Acute upper respiratory infections ('+60-465)
Bronchitis and bronchiolitis ('166 ,li90 ,'(91
)
Influenza (A70-'i7'i)
Pneumonia ('t80-'486)
Other chronic interstitial pneumonia (517)
All other diseases of respiratory system (492, '(93, 500-516,
518,519)
Hernia and intestinal obstruction (550-553,560)
Other diseases of digestive system (520-534,536 ,537, 5A0-5'f3,
562 ,564-577)
Congenital anomalies (740-759)
Anencephalus (740)
Spina bifida (74l)
Congenital hydrocephalus (742)
Other congenital anomalies of central nervous system and
eye (743 ,744)
Congenital anomalies of heart (746)
Other congenital anomalies of circulatory system (747)
Congenital anomalies of respiratory system (748)
Congenital anomalies of digestive system (749-751)
Congenital anomalies of genitourinary system (752,753)
Congenital anomalies of musculoskeletal system (754-756)....
Down's disease (759.3)
Other congenital syndromes affecting multiple systems
(759. 0-759.2 ,759 . 4-759.9)
Other and unspecified congenital anomalies (745,757,758)....
Chronic circulatory and genitourinary diseases in mother (760)
Other maternal conditions unrelated to pregnancy (761)
Diabetes mellitus (761.1)
All other maternal conditions unrelated to pregnancy (761.2,
761.4-761.7,761.9)
Toxemia of pregnancy (762)
Maternal antepartum and intrapartum infection (763)
Difficult labor (764-768)
With mention of birth injury (.0-.3)
Without mention of birth injury (.4,-9)
All other complications of pregnancy and childbirth (769. 0-
769.2,769.4,769.5,769.9)
Conditions of placenta (770)
Conditions of umbilical cord (771)
Birth injury without mention of cause (772)
Hemolytic disease of newborn (774,775)
Hyaline membrane disease (776.1)
Respiratory distress syndrome (776.2)
Asphyxia of newborn, unspecified (776.9)
All other anoxic and hypoxic conditions not elsewhere
classifiable (776.0,776.3,776.4)
Immaturity, unqualified (777)
Hemorrhagic disease of newborn (778.2)
All other conditions of newborn (778.0,778.3,778.9)
Symptoms and ill-defined conditions (780-796)
Accidents (800-949)
Inhalation and ingestion of food or other object causing
obstruction or suffocation (911,912)
Accidental mechanical suffocation (913)
Other accidental causes (800-910,914-949)
Homicide (960-978)
All other causes (Residual)
931 581 350 1450 913 537
78 60 18
125 79 46
42 31 11
57 34 23
234 140 94
9 6 3
219 116 103
1613 993
9 1
15 8
8 13
151 114
18 17
15 13
8 6
6 6
47 27
21 17
6 4
7 5 2
11 7 4
142 90 52
63 50 13
10 8 2
43 23 20
20 18 2
95 71 24
116 72 44
327 204 123
12 9 3
307 170 137
7 6 1
38 20 18
18 6 12
3
-
3
1
-
1
41 15
205 152
20 19
21 17
9 7
7 7
69 43
24 14
4 3
25 19
7 5
7 5
11 7
142 90
64 50
10 8
46 23
21 19
97 72
121 75
336 209
12 9
318 174
8 6
40 21
28 11
6 -
2329 1315 1014
45 9 36
3 1 2
33 16 17
16 7 9
19
14
238
7 6
328 242
142
64
97
122
340 211
12 9
322 176
8 6
41 21
133 '•3
54
TABLE C-3 ACCIDENTAL DEATHS OCCURRING IN THE STATE FROM EACH CAUSE WITH RATES PER 100,000
TOTAL POPULATION, AND NUMBER BY COLOR AND SEX: NORTH CAROLINA, 1969
Type of Accident
(International Code Number Follows Each Cause)
Total
Number Rate
White
Ma 1 e Fema 1
e
Nonwhi te
Ma 1 e Fema 1
e
Al I Accidents
Railway accidents (8OO-807)
Motor vehicle accidents (810-823)
Motor vehicle traffic accidents (8IO-819)
Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision
with train (8IO) ,
Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision
with another motor vehicle (812)
Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision
with pedestrian (8l'()
Other motor vehicle traffic accidents involving
coll i sion (811,813,815)
Noncollision motor vehicle traffic accidents (8I6-8I8)
Motor vehicle traffic accident of unspecified nature
(819)
Motor vehicle nontraffic accidents (820-823)
Other road vehicle accidents (825-827)
Accident to watercraft causing submersion (83O)
Other water transport accidents (83I-838)
Air and space transport accidents (840-8't5)
Accidental poisoning (850-877)
Accidental poisoning by drugs and medicaments (850-859)-
Accidental poisoning by other solid and liquid
substances (86O-869)
Accidental poisoning by gases and vapors (870-877)
Accidental falls (88O-887)
Fall from one level to another (88O-88A)
Fall on same level (885,886)
Other and unspecified falls (887)
Accident caused by conflagration (890-892)
Other fire and flame accidents (893-899)
Accidental drowning and submersion (910)
Inhalation and ingestion of food or other object causing
obstruction or suffocation (911,912)
Accident caused by firearm missile (922)
Accidents mainly of industrial type (916-921,923-928)
Accident caused by cutting or piercing instrument (920).
Accident caused by explosive material (923)
Accident caused by hot substance, corrosive liquid,
steam or radiation (92'(,926)
Accident caused by electric current (925)
Other accidents mainly of industrial type (916-919,921,
927 ,928)
Surgical and medical complications and misadventures
(930-936)
Bites and stings of venomous animals and insects (905) • • •
Accident caused by lightning (907)
Accidental mechanical suffocation (913)
All other accidents (900-90'4 ,906,908,909 .gi'*, 915, 929,
9'tO-949)
3,372
TABLE C-k DEATHS BY AREA OF OCCURRENCE AND BY RESIDENCE, WITH RESIDENT EVENTS SHOWING DEATHS
IN HOSPITALS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND DEATHS FROM 15 SELECTED CAUSES, BY COLOR:
NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES AND SELECTED CITIES, 1969
Table C-'l conti
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