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

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North Carolina
VITAL STATISTICS
2005
VOLUME 1: Births
Deaths
Population
Marriages
Divorces
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Public Health
State Center for Health Statistics
1908 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1908
(919) 733-4728
www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Michael F. Easley, Governor
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Carmen Hooker Odom, Secretary
DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Leah Devlin, D.D.S., M.P.H., Health Director
CHRONIC DISEASE AND INJURY SECTION
Marcus Plescia, M.D., M.P.H., Chief
STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS
Paul A. Buescher, Ph.D., Director
Contributors:
Kathleen Jones-Vessey
Reginald Daye
Manjoo Mittal
Jean Stafford
December 2006
The NC Department of Health and Human Services does not discriminate on the basis of race,
color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services.
600 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $3,007.25 or $5.01 per copy. 11/06
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 1-1
II. GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS IN VITAL STATISTICS........................................ 1-5
III. REGISTRATION OF VITAL EVENTS .................................................................... 1-15
Birth and Death .......................................................................................................... 1-15
Fetal Death ................................................................................................................. 1-15
Marriage and Divorce ................................................................................................. 1-15
IV. TECHNICAL NOTES .............................................................................................. 1-17
Residence Allocation .................................................................................................. 1-17
Occurrence Allocation ................................................................................................ 1-17
Race or Color Allocation ............................................................................................ 1-17
Completeness of Registration of Vital Events ............................................................... 1-17
Accuracy of Items on Certificate ................................................................................. 1-18
Treatment of Missing Values ....................................................................................... 1-18
V. POPULATION BASES AND BIASES IN VITAL STATISTICS RATES................ 1-19
VI. DEFINITIONS AND FORMULAS .......................................................................... 1-21
SYMBOLS................................................................................................................ 1-26
REFERENCES .......................................................................................................... 1-27
TABLES
State .......................................................................................................................... 2-1
Perinatal Care Regions ............................................................................................. 3-1
Counties ..................................................................................................................... 4-1
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I. INTRODUCTION
This volume is the 90th annual vital statistics report of the State of North Carolina. It is intended to
serve as a basic resource to those individuals, institutions, and agencies delivering and/or planning
health services for the citizens of North Carolina.
The tables of this report show annual frequencies, annual rates, and 5-year rates for the state, six
Perinatal Care Regions, and the 100 counties of North Carolina. Due to incompleteness of the data
and potential problems with accuracy, information for cities is not shown. The reader may obtain vi-tal
statistics for cities in North Carolina by special request to the Center.
Section II contains maps depicting county data. Sections III-VI contain description and discussion
of the terms and procedures underlying the tabular and graphical data presented.
Other publications available through this office are described on the back of the front cover. If you
want copies of these publications, contact us at (919) 733-4728 or address correspondence to:
State Center for Health Statistics
Department of Health and Human Services
1908 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1908
Caution: Any percentage or rate with a small number of events in the numerator will have
substantial random variation over time. A rule of thumb is that any percentage or rate with
fewer than 20 events in the numerator may be subject to serious random error. Therefore,
many of the percentages and rates in this volume should be interpreted with caution.
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2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
United States
North Carolina
LIVE BIRTHS
1985 - 2005
Rate per 1,000 Population
Year
0
2
4
6
8
10
1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
United States
North Carolina
LOW-WEIGHT BIRTHS
1985 - 2005
Percent of Live Births
Year
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
United States
North Carolina
OUT-OF-WEDLOCK
LIVE BIRTHS
1985 - 2005
Percent of Live Births
Year
Trends depicted in the graphs are for North Carolina and the United States. Data for the U.S. are from the
National Center for Health Statistics.
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2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
United States
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INFANT MORTALITY
1985 - 2005
Rate per 1,000 Live Births
Year
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
Fetal
Neonatal
Postneonatal
WHITE PERINATAL AND
POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY
NORTH CAROLINA
Rate 1985 - 2005
Year
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
Fetal
Neonatal
Postneonatal
MINORITY PERINATAL AND
POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY
NORTH CAROLINA
Rate 1985 - 2005
Year
0
2
4
6
8
10
1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
United States
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TOTAL MORTALITY
1985 - 2005
Rate per 1,000 Population
Year
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2
4
6
8
10
12
14
1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
United States
North Carolina
MARRIAGE RATES
1985 - 2005
Rate per 1,000 Population
Year
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
United States
North Carolina
DIVORCE RATES
1985 - 2005
Rate per 1,000 Population
Year
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II. GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS IN VITAL STATISTICS
This section contains nine maps depicting population and selected vital statistics for the state’s 100
counties. Data and population bases for the vital statistics rates are for the 5-year period 2001-2005. The
range of data values indicated by the map legend was formed using the natural breaks method. This
method identifies breakpoints by looking for groupings and patterns inherent in the data.
The nine maps display the county statistics listed below. Definitions and formulas are found in
Section VI and maps displaying the region and county names are printed on the reverse sides of region
and county divider sheets. It should be noted that marriage and divorce rates are not mapped because
these data are tabulated only by county of occurrence, not county of residence.
FIGURE
1. Estimated Population, July 2005
2. Live Births per 1,000 Population
3. Low Birthweight Live Births per 100 Live Births
4. Out-of-Wedlock Live Births per 100 Live Births
5. Fetal Deaths per 1,000 Deliveries
6. Neonatal Deaths per 1,000 Live Births
7. Postneonatal Deaths per 1,000 Neonatal Survivors
8. Infant Deaths per 1,000 Live Births
9. Deaths per 1,000 Population
Although the vital statistics rates shown on the maps are 5-year rates, be careful when interpreting
relatively high rates in sparsely populated counties. These counties usually have a small number of
births and deaths, which may create a very unstable rate. Consult your respective county tables for the
2005 numbers involved before becoming concerned about relatively high county-level rates.
Population
North Carolina
Resident Data
Figure 1
Population July 1, 2005 Estimate
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441,429 - 796,232
242,211 - 441,428
101,609 - 242,210
46,677 - 101,608
4,203 - 46,676
Birth Rates
North Carolina
Resident Data
2001 - 2005
Figure 2
Total Births per 1,000 Population
15.3 - 20.6
13.1 - 15.2
11.5 - 13.0
9.4 - 11.4
8.2 - 9.3
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Low Birthweight Rates
North Carolina
Resident Data
2001 - 2005
Figure 3
Low Birthweight Births per 100 Live Births
11.2 - 14.1
9.7 - 11.1
9.0 - 9.6
8.1 - 8.9
5.7 - 8.0
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Out-of-Wedlock Birth Rates
North Carolina
Resident Data
2001 - 2005
Figure 4
Out-of-Wedlock Births per 100 Live Births
54.5 - 63.9
45.1 - 54.4
36.0 - 45.0
28.7 - 35.9
19.3 - 28.6
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Fetal Death Rates
North Carolina
Resident Data
2001 - 2005
Figure 5
Fetal Deaths per 1,000 Deliveries
14.6 - 26.0
10.5 - 14.5
7.9 - 10.4
5.7 - 7.8
2.0 - 5.6
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Neonatal Death Rates
North Carolina
Resident Data
2001 - 2005
Figure 6
Neonatal Deaths per 1,000 Live Births
9.9 - 16.8
7.3 - 9.8
5.4 - 7.2
2.5 - 5.3
0.0 - 2.4
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Postneonatal Death Rates
North Carolina
Resident Data
2001 - 2005
Figure 7
Postneonatal Deaths per
1,000 Neonatal Survivors
4.2 - 5.9
3.1 - 4.1
2.2 - 3.0
0.1 - 2.1
0.0
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Infant Death Rates
North Carolina
Resident Data
2001 - 2005
Figure 8
Infant Deaths per 1,000 Live Births
13.2 - 18.5
10.2 - 13.1
8.0 - 10.1
4.9 - 7.9
1.1 - 4.8
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Death Rates
North Carolina
Resident Data
2001 - 2005
Figure 9
Total Deaths per 1,000 Population
12.1 - 14.6
10.5 - 12.0
9.1 - 10.4
7.2 - 9.0
5.0 - 7.1
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III. REGISTRATION OF VITAL EVENTS
The origin, flow, and disposition of North Carolina vital records are illustrated in the flow diagram on the
following page. A brief history of vital records processing and current registration practice in North Carolina
is presented.
The Bureau of Vital Statistics was created by an act of the General Assembly in 1913. The Vital Statistics office
became a part of the Department of Human Resources in 1973. In 1989, the General Assembly combined the
Department of Human Resources’ Division of Health Services and the environmental and natural resources
divisions of the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development to create the new Department of
Environment, Health, and Natural Resources. In 1997 the public health divisions, including the Vital Statistics
office, were combined back with the human resources division to form a new Department of Health and Human
Services. The public health authority of this department and the laws that it administers are contained in Chapter
130A, Article 4, of the General Statutes of North Carolina. Within the organizational structure of the Department
of Health and Human Services, the State Registrar of Vital Statistics is appointed by the State Health Director.
Duties of the State Registrar are accomplished by the Vital Records Section.
Birth and Death
The collection of birth and death records began on October 1, 1913. The Department of Health and Human
Services is the custodian of these records. The hospital administrator or person attending a non-hospital delivery
is required to file a birth certificate or fetal death report within 10 days after delivery. The funeral director or
person burying or otherwise disposing of a body is responsible for filing a death certificate with the local
registrar within five days after death.
The local registrar is the county health director. A clerk of the county health department, designated by the
local registrar as deputy registrar, carries out registration procedures locally. The deputy registrar forwards the
original birth and death certificates to the Department of Health and Human Services on the fifth day of the
month following the birth or death, where they are processed and permanently preserved. Microfilmed copies
and computerized data from birth and death certificates are sent to the National Center for Health Statistics.
North Carolina was admitted into the National Death Registration Area in 1916 and into the National Birth
Registration Area in 1917.
Fetal Death
North Carolina law requires the filing of a fetal death report for fetal deaths (stillbirths) of 20 or more weeks
gestation. Legislation enacted by the 1971 General Assembly and subsequent legislation requires that
therapeutic abortions be reported separately, effective May 19, 1971. Thus, the induced abortion report form
now replaces a fetal death report for the very few therapeutic abortions occurring at 20 or more weeks gestation.
For this reason, counts of fetal deaths and perinatal deaths since 1971 are not strictly comparable to counts in
previous years.
Marriage and Divorce
In 1957, the General Assembly enacted legislation requiring that the duties of the clerk of court include the
registration of divorces and annulments of marriage effective January 1, 1958. Certificates of divorce and
annulments are required to be sent to the Department of Health and Human Services on or before the 15th day
of the month following the event. The filing of certificates of divorce rather than divorce listings was started
January 1, 1984, following legislation in 1983.
By virtue of legislation enacted in 1961, the duties of the county register of deeds include the registration of
marriages occurring on or after January 1, 1962. Copies of the certificates of marriage are required to be
forwarded to the Department of Health and Human Services on or before the 15th day of the month following
the marriage. The original certificates are filed with the county register of deeds.
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HOSPITAL
ADMINISTRATOR
Statutory Citation
G.S. 130A-101 & 114
Completes birth certifi-cate
or fetal death report
for hospital deliveries.
Obtains certifier’s signa-ture.
Sends birth certificate or
fetal death report to
county registrar.
Responds to requests for
information.
THE ORIGIN, FLOW, AND DISPOSITION OF VITAL RECORDS
NORTH CAROLINA
PHYSICIAN
Statutory Citation
G.S. 130A-101 & 114
Signs birth certificate or
fetal death report.
Completes birth certifi-cate
or fetal death report
for non-hospital delivery;
sends to county registrar.
Completes cause of death
and signs certificate for
all non-medical-examiner
deaths.
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Statutory Citation
G.S. 130A-112 & 115
Sends notification of death
to registrar and completes
death certificate.
Obtains cause of death and
signature of physician.
Obtains burial transit per-mit
when necessary.
Delivers death certificate
to county registrar within
five days.
MEDICAL EXAMINER
Statutory Citation
G.S. 130A-114, 115 &
383
Initiates certificate for a
death resulting from in-jury,
suicide, or homicide,
and for certain unattended
deaths and fetal deaths.
Investigates circum-stances
surrounding afore-mentioned
deaths and cer-tifies
cause and manner of
death.
REGISTER OF DEEDS
Statutory Citation
G.S. 130A-110
Completes marriage certi-ficates
for all marriages.
Sends copy of marriage
certificate to Department
of Health and Human
Services.
Prepares delayed certifi-cates
and sends to DHHS
for approval.
Initiates amendment ap-plications.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS)
VITAL RECORDS SECTION
REPORT PROCESSING
—Receives and processes current reports of births, deaths, marriages,
and divorces and delayed birth certificates.
—Codes demographic data.
—Provides consultation and assistance to individuals involved with
vital records registration.
CORRECTIONS
—Receives and processes all requests for change to prior records.
SPECIAL REGISTRATION
—Reviews and processes all requests for adoption, legitimation, and
judicial determinations of paternity.
NOSOLOGY
—Codes all conditions at death using current revision of the ICD.
—Codes underlying cause on fetal death report.
—Codes congenital anomalies on birth certificates.
COUNTY REGISTRAR (COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT)
Statutory Citation G.S. 130A-97
Checks records for accuracy and completeness.
Requests further information when necessary.
Prepares copy of birth and death certificates for register of deeds.
Sends original birth and death certificates to the Department of Health
and Human Services.
Issues burial transit permits.
CLERK OF COURT
Statutory Citation G.S. 130A-111
Completes divorce certificate and
forwards to Department of
Health and Human Services.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS
Receives microfilm and data from state.
Performs sample quality control and assures receipt of all records and
corrections.
Publishes United States reports.
Provides technical assistance.
Provides classes in registration (ASTI).
SOCIAL SERVICES
Sends adoption reports to
special registration.
OTHER STATES
Exchange birth and death records.
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s
DATA ENTRY
—Keys data from vital records – births, deaths, fetal deaths,
marriages, and divorces.
MICROFILM AND PRESERVATION
—Microfilms all vital records.
—Prepares certifications, verifications, and manuscripts from micro-film
and xerox.
—Stores and preserves all original records.
TRANSMITS DATA TO THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH
STATISTICS
STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (SCHS)
—Answers requests for vital statistics data.
—Publishes annual reports; conducts special studies.
—Performs selective edit of variables and maintains cumulative files.
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IV. TECHNICAL NOTES
Residence Allocation
Except as otherwise indicated, births and deaths in this report are based on place of residence. In the case of
a birth or fetal death, residence is the usual residence of the mother. For deaths of persons in long-term
institutions (mental, penal, old age, orphan, nursing home, rest home, etc.), the institution is considered the usual
residence, provided the decedent has resided in the institution at least one year. College students and military
personnel are considered residents of the college or military community.
North Carolina participates in an interchange program whereby nonresident birth and death certificates are
required to be sent to the state of residence within two months of the date of occurrence. The National Center
for Health Statistics acts as a control for this interchange through a report from each state that lists the number
of each type of vital record sent to every other state. However, delays or omissions in the interchange
undoubtedly occur.
Occurrence Allocation
Items 9 and 18 of the tables allocate live births and deaths respectively to place of occurrence regardless of
place of residence. Marriage and divorce data are compiled only by place of occurrence – county of license for
marriages and county of decree for divorces and annulments – because (i) all states do not engage in an
interchange program whereby we receive notification of North Carolina residents who marry or divorce in other
states and (ii) the two parties to these proceedings are often residents of different counties or states.
Race or Color Allocation
Two broad categories, “white” and “minority,” are used in this report. Minority is predominantly black
(>90%) in North Carolina. For births and fetal deaths, the child is considered to be the same race as the mother.
Completeness of Registration of Vital Events
Completeness of registration is defined as the degree to which reported birth and death counts agree with the
true counts in a given time frame. Birth registration, tested for completeness in 1940 and 1950, was found to
be 86 and 96 percent complete respectively.1 Death registration is believed to be even more complete than birth
registration. Fetal death registration, tested for completeness in 1974, was found to be 99 percent complete.2
Marriage registration was tested for completeness in 1963. Over 99 percent of performed marriages had a
properly recorded certificate of marriage.3
Delayed registration results in incomplete recording of vital events for a specific time period. Frequency
counts in this report are based on 2005 events filed with the local registrar prior to April 1, 2006, and processed
in the state office before the end of June 2006. Based on examinations of lagtimes in prior years, the number
of calendar year events filed after April 1 of the subsequent year is considered negligible.
In addition to the above, a source of incompleteness in residence data could involve failure of other states to
send photocopies for North Carolina resident events occurring in their states. The extent to which this occurs
is unknown.
Accuracy of Items on Certificate
The Vital Records Section maintains continuous surveillance of certificates to detect inconsistencies in
related items (e.g., newborn’s name vs. sex). However, the true extent of bias and unreliability of vital records
data is not known. One study by the State Center for Health Statistics has addressed the issue of the validity of
selected birth certificate items, as compared with information recorded in the mother's hospital medical record.4
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Missing Values
As a result of efforts to reconcile inconsistencies in the data and to complete unanswered items, missing
values are rare for the characteristics included in this report. The following table shows the number of missing
values in the statistical files used to produce this report. In the case of race, marital status, mother smoked, and
method of delivery, most of the missing values are due to absence of these items on certificates from other states.
Number of Missing Values by Item
North Carolina 2005
Live Births
Sex 3
Birth Weight 41
Marital Status 44
Race 0
Mother Smoked 134
Method of Delivery 25
Deaths
Age 0
Race 0
Sex 4
Fetal Deaths
Marital Status 9
Race 0
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V. POPULATION DATA AND VITAL STATISTICS RATES
Every 10 years (years ending in zero) the U.S. Bureau of the Census counts the United States population,
which includes a profile of the population’s characteristics such as age, race, and sex. After a census year,
estimates of population size and composition are based on knowledge of the population in the census year plus
subsequent events such as births, deaths, and migration.
In the latter years of a decade, estimates may depart considerably from “true” population values to the extent
that assumptions, particularly about in- and out- migration, depart from what has actually occurred. Thus, vital
statistics rates that are based on population counts in the denominator may be subject to some degree of error.
In this report on 2005 North Carolina vital statistics, we have used population estimates projected from the
2000 census for the denominators of the 2005 rates.
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VI. DEFINITIONS AND FORMULAS
Caution: Any percentage or rate with a small number of events in the numerator will have substantial random
variation over time. A rule of thumb is that any percentage or rate with fewer than 20 events in the numerator may
be subject to serious random error. Therefore, many of the percentages and rates in this volume should be interpreted
with caution.
Births and deaths are exhibited in the tables of this report by frequencies and rates. The term “rate” usually
means the number of vital events in a given period of time divided by the average number of people at risk during
that period. In this report, the average number of people at risk is usually the midyear population, the period is
one year or five years, and the rate is expressed per 1,000 population. For example, the formula for a single-year
birth rate is
B
— x 1,000
P
where B is the number of births in the year and P is the midyear population. Similarly, the formula for a 5-year
birth rate is
B1 + B2 + B3 + B4 + B5
——————————— x 1,000
P1 + P2 + P3 + P4 + P5
where B1, B2, etc. are the numbers of births in the particular years and P1, P2, etc. are the midyear populations
in those years.
The term rate is also used in this report to mean a simple proportion expressed per 100 or per 1,000. These
rates are the ratio of two related vital event counts. An example of this type of rate is the single-year infant
mortality rate. The formula is
D
— x 1,000
B
where D represents deaths of infants during a year and B represents live births during the same year. Another
example is the low birthweight rate which is the ratio of low birthweight births to total births expressed as a
percentage.
LBW
—— x 100
B
Rates are rounded to one decimal place for publication. Except for marriages and divorces for which race-specific
rates are not calculated, a blank in the rate column indicates that both the numerator and the denominator
are zero. A rate of 0.0 is shown for rates less than 0.05.
Inaccurate reporting, under-registration, and missing values have been discussed (Section V). These factors
affect the validity of information involved in rate computation. The users of vital statistics measures should be
aware of these possible limitations.
Furthermore, you should cautiously interpret rates that are based on small frequencies since they may be
associated with relatively large chance fluctuation. For this reason, 5-year rates are included. Based on an
increased number of events, these average annual rates are more stable than the single-year rates.
In comparing rates, consider carefully the factors to which a difference in rates might be attributed. Unless
the populations are equivalent in all factors except the one for which the comparison is made, conclusions about
differences in rates may not be clearly drawn. Age-adjusted rates or other further analyses may be necessary
in order to make valid comparisons.
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Definitions and formulas are given in the numerical order of their appearance in the tables. Except for items
9 and 18-20, rates are for resident events.
Definitions
1. Population is the expected population of an area as of July 1 of the event year. Figures shown in the
tables of this report are summations over age-race-sex-specific estimates provided by the Office of State
Planning.
2. Natural Increase is the excess of births over deaths among residents of an area.
3. A Live Birth is the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception,
irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after separation, breathes or shows any other evidence
of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or any definite movement of
voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached (definition
adopted by World Health Organization in 1950).
4. Attendant is a physician (M.D. or D.O.) in a hospital, a physician not in a hospital, a certified nurse-midwife
(CNM), or other attendant. Legislation during 1983 (H.B. 814) regulates the practices of
CNMs; these practitioners must have certification by the American College of Nurse-Midwives.
5. Low Birthweight includes liveborn infants weighing under 2,500 grams (5 pounds, 8 ounces or less)
at birth, regardless of the period of gestation. (Birthweight index recommended by the Expert Group
on Prematurity of the World Health Organization, 1950).
6. Birth Out of Wedlock is birth to a woman who has never been legally married or who has been
widowed or legally divorced from her husband in excess of 280 days.5
7. Mother Smoked is based on birth certificate reporting that the mother used tobacco during the
pregnancy.
8. C-Section indicates that the method of delivery was either a primary or a repeat C-section.
9. An Occurrence Birth is one that occurs in an area irrespective of place of residence. Live births
occurring in an area to residents of the area are also shown in the tables. Complementary totals, i.e.,
nonresident births occurring in the area and resident births occurring elsewhere, may be obtained by
subtraction.
10. Perinatal Deaths are the sum of registered fetal deaths and neonatal deaths (see definitions below).
11. Fetal Death is death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human
conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, as indicated by the fact that after such expulsion
or extraction the fetus does not breathe or show any evidence of life, such as beating of the heart,
pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles (definition adopted by
World Health Organization in 1950). Consistent with North Carolina law, this report includes only fetal
deaths which do not qualify as therapeutic abortions and which result from pregnancies of 20 or more
weeks gestation (see Section IV).
12. Neonatal Death is death of a liveborn child under 28 days of age.
13. Postneonatal Death is death of an infant age 28 days and over but less than one year of age.
14. Infant Death is defined as death of a liveborn infant under one year of age.
15. Death is defined as the permanent disappearance of any evidence of life at any time after live birth.6
Also, North Carolina law (G.S. 90-322) defines criteria for certifying “brain death.”
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16. Age at Death is reported age in completed years as of the last birthday. Errors in reporting are believed
to include underestimates for ages 22 through middle age and overestimates for persons nearing their
21st and 65th birthdays and for those over age 65. Preferences for ages ending in certain digits (e.g.,
age ending in 0 and 5) may also result in undue concentrations of reported ages.7
17. Place of Death is the hospital, other institution, or noninstitution place of death.
18. An Occurrence Death is one that occurs in an area regardless of place of residence.
19. Marriage is defined as the legal union of a male and a female (North Carolina G.S. 51-1). Marriages
are by place of occurrence; race-specific data are not shown (see Section V).
20. Divorces and Annulments can occur only by decree of an authorized court. Annulments, which void
marriage from the beginning, constitute less than one percent of the sum of these events. A divorce from
bed and board is a judicial separation suspending cohabitation but not otherwise affecting the marriage
bond. Divorces from bed and board are not included in this report. Divorces and annulments are by place
of occurrence; race-specific data are not shown (see Section V).
Formulas
1. Population
Percentage of N.C. population Population of area
residing in area = --------------------------------------------- X 100
Population of North Carolina
Percentage male population Male population of area
in area = --------------------------------------------- X 100
Total population of area
Percentage female population Female population of area
in area = --------------------------------------------- X 100
Total population of area
2. Natural Increase
Number of live births
Rate of minus number of deaths
natural increase = -------------------------------------------- X 1,000
Population of area
3. Live Births
Number of live births
Birth rate = -------------------------------------------- X 1,000
Population of area
Number of male live births
Male birth rate = -------------------------------------------- X 1,000
Population of area
Number of female live births
Female birth rate = -------------------------------------------- X 1,000
Population of area
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4. Attendant
Number of live births attended
Percentage of live births by physician in hospital
attended by physician in hospital = -------------------------------------------- X 100
Number of live births
Number of live births attended
Percentage of live births attended by physician not in hospital
by physician not in hospital = -------------------------------------------- X 100
Number of live births
Number of live births attended
Percentage of live births attended by certified nurse-midwife
by certified nurse-midwife = -------------------------------------------- X 100
Number of live births
Number of live births
Percentage of live births attended by other
attended by other = -------------------------------------------- X 100
Number of live births
5. Low Birthweight
Percentage of live births Number of low-weight live births
classified as low weight = -------------------------------------------- X 100
Number of live births
6. Births out of Wedlock
Number of live births
Percentage of live births occurring out of wedlock
occurring out of wedlock = -------------------------------------------- X 100
Number of live births
7. Mother Smoked
Number of live births to mothers
Percentage of live births to mothers who used tobacco
who used tobacco during pregnancy = -------------------------------------------- X 100
Number of live births
8. C-Section
Number of live births by C-section
Percentage of live births by C-section = -------------------------------------------- X 100
Number of live births
9. Occurrence Births
Number of live births
Percentage of N.C. live births occurring in area
occurring in area = -------------------------------------------- X 100
Number of live births
occurring in N.C.
Number of resident live
Percentage of area live births births occurring in area
occurring to residents of area = -------------------------------------------- X 100
Number of total live
births occurring in area
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10. Perinatal Deaths
Number of fetal deaths plus
number of neonatal deaths
Perinatal mortality rate = -------------------------------------------- X 1,000
Number of live births plus
number of fetal deaths
11. Fetal Deaths
Number of fetal deaths
Fetal mortality rate = -------------------------------------------- X 1,000
Number of live births plus
number of fetal deaths
12. Neonatal Deaths
Number of neonatal deaths
Neonatal mortality rate = -------------------------------------------- X 1,000
Number of live births
13. Postneonatal Deaths
Number of postneonatal deaths
Postneonatal mortality rate = -------------------------------------------- X 1,000
Number of live births minus
number of neonatal deaths
14. Infant Deaths
Number of infant deaths
Infant mortality rate = -------------------------------------------- X 1,000
Number of live births
15. Deaths
Number of deaths
Death rate = -------------------------------------------- X 1,000
Population of area
Number of male deaths
Male-specific death rate = -------------------------------------------- X 1,000
Male population of area
Number of female deaths
Female-specific death rate = -------------------------------------------- X 1,000
Female population of area
16. Age-specific Deaths
Number of deaths in age group
Age-specific death rate = -------------------------------------------- X 1,000
Population in age group
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17. Place of Death
Percentage of deaths Number of deaths in hospitals
occurring in hospitals = -------------------------------------------- X 100
Number of deaths
Number of deaths in non-
Percentage of deaths occurring hospital institutions
in nonhospital institutions = -------------------------------------------- X 100
Number of deaths
Number of deaths in
Percentage of deaths occurring home or noninstitutions
in home or noninstitution = -------------------------------------------- X 100
Number of deaths
18. Occurrence Deaths
Number of deaths
Percentage of N.C. deaths occurring in area
occurring in area = -------------------------------------------- X 100
Number of deaths occurring
in North Carolina
Number of resident deaths
Percentage of area deaths occurring in area
occurring to residents of area = -------------------------------------------- X 100
Number of total deaths
occurring in area
19. Marriages
Number of marriages
occurring in area
Marriage rate = -------------------------------------------- X 1,000
Population of area
20. Divorces and Annulments
Number of divorces and annulments
occurring in area
Divorce/Annulment rate = --------------------------------------------- X 1,000
Population of area
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Symbols
Quantity (frequency) is zero ................................................. 0
Rate is less than 0.05 .......................................................... 0.0
Rate is not applicable ........................................... blank space
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REFERENCES
(1) U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. “Birth Registration Completeness in the United
States and Geographical Areas, 1950.” Vol. 39, No. 2. Public Health Service, National Office of Vital
Statistics. September 21, 1954.
(2) Lucas, I.J. A Study of Completeness of Fetal Death Registration in North Carolina. North Carolina
Department of Human Resources, Division of Health Services Statistical Report Series. No. SRS-5141-
07-28-75. Raleigh, N.C. 1975.
(3) North Carolina State Board of Health, Public Health Statistics Section. Test conducted in compliance with
procedures of the National Office of Vital Statistics, 1963.
(4) Buescher, P.A.; Taylor, K.P.; Davis, M.H.; and Bowling, J.M. "The Quality of the New Birth Certificate
Data: A Validation Study in North Carolina." American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 83, 1993: 1163-
1165.
(5) North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Epidemiology,
Vital Records Section. “Hospital Handbook on Births, Deaths and Fetal Deaths Registration.” Raleigh,
N.C., 1993.
(6) Grove, R.D. and Hetzel, A.M. Vital Statistics Rates in the United States: 1940-1960. Public Health Service
Publication No. 1677. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1968.
(7) Spiegelman, M. Introduction to Demography. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. 1969.
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T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 8682066 100.0 100.0 6479702 100.0 100.0 2202364 100.0 100.0
Males 4277092 49.3 49.2 3231002 49.9 49.8 1046090 47.5 47.4
Females 4404974 50.7 50.8 3248700 50.1 50.2 1156274 52.5 52.6
2. Natural Increase 48664 5.6 5.6 31856 4.9 4.8 16808 7.6 7.6
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 123040 14.2 14.1 89454 13.8 13.7 33586 15.2 15.3
Males 62836 7.2 7.2 45769 7.1 7.0 17067 7.7 7.8
Females 60204 6.9 6.9 43685 6.7 6.7 16519 7.5 7.5
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 110131 89.5 90.0 79758 89.2 89.6 30373 90.4 91.2
Physician Not in Hospital 85 0.1 0.0 48 0.1 0.0 37 0.1 0.1
Certified Nurse Midwife 12097 9.8 9.5 9077 10.1 9.9 3020 9.0 8.5
Other Attendant 727 0.6 0.4 571 0.6 0.5 156 0.5 0.3
5. Low Birthweight 11353 9.2 9.0 6757 7.6 7.4 4596 13.7 13.4
6. Out of Wedlock 47248 38.4 35.9 26048 29.1 26.3 21200 63.1 61.4
7. Mother Smoked 14839 12.1 12.9 11280 12.6 13.6 3559 10.6 10.8
8. C-Section 36615 29.8 27.7 26134 29.2 27.2 10481 31.2 29.0
9. Occurrence
Total 123951 100.0 100.0 90170 100.0 100.0 33781 100.0 100.0
To Residents 121772 98.2 98.3 88461 98.1 98.1 33311 98.6 98.8
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 1625 13.1 12.9 822 9.1 9.4 803 23.6 22.2
11. Fetal Deaths 874 7.1 7.1 440 4.9 5.3 434 12.8 11.7
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 751 6.1 5.9 382 4.3 4.1 369 11.0 10.6
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 326 2.7 2.6 193 2.2 2.0 133 4.0 4.2
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 1077 8.8 8.5 575 6.4 6.1 502 14.9 14.7
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 74376 8.6 8.6 57598 8.9 8.9 16778 7.6 7.7
Males 36397 8.5 8.6 28098 8.7 8.7 8299 7.9 8.1
Females 37979 8.6 8.6 29500 9.1 9.1 8479 7.3 7.3
16. Age
00-04 Years 1218 2.1 2.0 664 1.6 1.5 554 3.3 3.2
05-14 Years 197 0.2 0.2 111 0.1 0.2 86 0.2 0.2
15-24 Years 1047 0.8 0.9 697 0.8 0.8 350 1.0 1.0
25-34 Years 1422 1.2 1.1 922 1.1 1.0 500 1.5 1.5
35-44 Years 2700 2.1 2.2 1722 1.8 1.9 978 3.0 3.1
45-54 Years 5983 4.9 4.8 3992 4.3 4.1 1991 6.8 6.9
55-64 Years 9096 10.0 10.3 6559 9.0 9.2 2537 13.9 14.6
65 and Over 52713 51.0 51.4 42931 50.2 50.5 9782 54.8 55.6
17. Place of Death
Hospital 35027 47.1 48.6 25531 44.3 45.9 9496 56.6 57.9
Other Institution 20520 27.6 27.4 16837 29.2 29.0 3683 22.0 22.1
Home or Non-Institution 18829 25.3 23.9 15230 26.4 25.1 3599 21.5 20.0
18. Occurrence
Total 75275 100.0 100.0 58312 100.0 100.0 16963 100.0 100.0
To Residents 73016 97.0 97.1 56504 96.9 96.9 16512 97.3 97.7
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 63384 7.3 7.5
20. Divorces and Annulments 35684 4.1 4.3
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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REGION
TABLES
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SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
P.C. REGION I - WESTERN
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 706879 8.1 8.2 654921 10.1 10.2 51958 2.4 2.4
Males 343109 48.5 48.5 317337 48.5 48.4 25772 49.6 49.5
Females 363770 51.5 51.5 337584 51.5 51.6 26186 50.4 50.5
2. Natural Increase -35 -0.0 -0.0 -204 -0.3 -0.4 169 3.3 4.1
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 8056 11.4 11.3 7407 11.3 11.2 649 12.5 12.9
Males 4086 5.8 5.8 3757 5.7 5.8 329 6.3 6.6
Females 3970 5.6 5.5 3650 5.6 5.4 320 6.2 6.3
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 7054 87.6 87.2 6460 87.2 86.9 594 91.5 91.0
Physician Not in Hospital 1 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 849 10.5 11.6 806 10.9 12.0 43 6.6 7.6
Other Attendant 152 1.9 1.1 140 1.9 1.1 12 1.8 1.3
5. Low Birthweight 681 8.5 8.6 614 8.3 8.3 67 10.3 11.7
6. Out of Wedlock 2896 35.9 32.5 2470 33.3 29.6 426 65.6 63.5
7. Mother Smoked 1436 17.8 19.1 1340 18.1 19.4 96 14.8 16.0
8. C-Section 2285 28.4 26.8 2109 28.5 26.8 176 27.1 27.4
9. Occurrence
Total 7854 6.3 6.4 7205 8.0 8.0 649 1.9 2.0
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 98 12.1 11.3 75 10.1 10.3 23 34.7 22.0
11. Fetal Deaths 49 6.0 6.5 35 4.7 6.0 14 21.1 11.7
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 49 6.1 4.9 40 5.4 4.4 9 13.9 10.4
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 30 3.7 2.9 26 3.5 2.6 4 6.3 5.8
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 79 9.8 7.8 66 8.9 7.0 13 20.0 16.1
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 8091 11.4 11.3 7611 11.6 11.5 480 9.2 8.9
Males 3892 11.3 11.4 3653 11.5 11.6 239 9.3 8.7
Females 4199 11.5 11.3 3958 11.7 11.4 241 9.2 9.0
16. Age
00-04 Years 89 2.3 1.8 76 2.2 1.7 13 3.2 2.8
05-14 Years 12 0.1 0.2 10 0.1 0.2 2 0.2 0.2
15-24 Years 85 1.0 0.9 74 1.0 0.9 11 1.3 1.0
25-34 Years 127 1.5 1.3 112 1.5 1.3 15 2.1 1.6
35-44 Years 245 2.5 2.5 213 2.4 2.4 32 4.3 3.3
45-54 Years 555 5.4 4.8 512 5.3 4.7 43 6.1 7.2
55-64 Years 837 9.2 9.5 769 8.9 9.2 68 14.5 15.7
65 and Over 6141 49.2 49.6 5845 48.8 49.3 296 60.3 57.1
17. Place of Death
Hospital 2969 36.7 39.2 2752 36.2 38.7 217 45.2 47.4
Other Institution 3082 38.1 35.5 2906 38.2 35.6 176 36.7 32.8
Home or Non-Institution 2040 25.2 25.3 1953 25.7 25.7 87 18.1 19.8
18. Occurrence
Total 8211 10.9 10.9 7721 13.2 13.2 490 2.9 2.8
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 6259 8.9 8.9
20. Divorces and Annulments 2922 4.1 4.5
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
P.C. REGION II - NORTHWESTERN
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 2135812 24.6 24.9 1740978 26.9 27.3 394834 17.9 17.9
Males 1047240 49.0 48.9 860409 49.4 49.3 186831 47.3 47.3
Females 1088572 51.0 51.1 880569 50.6 50.7 208003 52.7 52.7
2. Natural Increase 7533 3.5 3.9 4676 2.7 3.1 2857 7.2 7.2
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 27410 12.8 13.0 21698 12.5 12.6 5712 14.5 14.5
Males 13941 6.5 6.6 11033 6.3 6.4 2908 7.4 7.3
Females 13469 6.3 6.4 10665 6.1 6.2 2804 7.1 7.1
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 25115 91.6 91.2 19971 92.0 91.5 5144 90.1 90.0
Physician Not in Hospital 18 0.1 0.0 12 0.1 0.0 6 0.1 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 2168 7.9 8.4 1616 7.4 8.1 552 9.7 9.8
Other Attendant 109 0.4 0.3 99 0.5 0.4 10 0.2 0.2
5. Low Birthweight 2554 9.3 9.1 1778 8.2 7.9 776 13.6 13.7
6. Out of Wedlock 10473 38.2 35.5 6828 31.5 28.8 3645 63.8 61.9
7. Mother Smoked 4056 14.8 15.8 3386 15.6 16.7 670 11.7 12.4
8. C-Section 8074 29.5 27.0 6320 29.1 26.8 1754 30.7 27.8
9. Occurrence
Total 27295 22.0 22.6 21564 23.9 24.7 5731 17.0 16.9
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 352 12.8 11.7 228 10.5 9.4 124 21.4 20.5
11. Fetal Deaths 192 7.0 6.1 118 5.4 5.0 74 12.8 10.4
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 160 5.8 5.6 110 5.1 4.4 50 8.8 10.2
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 79 2.9 2.8 56 2.6 2.4 23 4.1 4.5
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 239 8.7 8.3 166 7.7 6.7 73 12.8 14.6
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 19877 9.3 9.1 17022 9.8 9.5 2855 7.2 7.2
Males 9715 9.3 9.1 8258 9.6 9.4 1457 7.8 7.7
Females 10162 9.3 9.1 8764 10.0 9.6 1398 6.7 6.9
16. Age
00-04 Years 267 2.0 1.9 190 1.8 1.6 77 2.6 3.0
05-14 Years 57 0.2 0.2 40 0.2 0.2 17 0.3 0.2
15-24 Years 243 0.8 0.8 193 0.9 0.8 50 0.7 0.8
25-34 Years 317 1.1 1.1 250 1.1 1.0 67 1.1 1.4
35-44 Years 689 2.1 2.2 522 2.0 2.0 167 2.8 2.9
45-54 Years 1486 4.9 4.6 1169 4.6 4.3 317 6.3 6.4
55-64 Years 2331 9.9 9.9 1894 9.3 9.3 437 13.4 13.9
65 and Over 14487 52.5 51.8 12764 52.2 51.5 1723 55.5 54.9
17. Place of Death
Hospital 9393 47.3 48.4 7778 45.7 46.9 1615 56.6 57.2
Other Institution 5764 29.0 28.5 5074 29.8 29.2 690 24.2 24.2
Home or Non-Institution 4720 23.7 23.1 4170 24.5 23.8 550 19.3 18.6
18. Occurrence
Total 20054 26.6 26.4 17109 29.3 29.0 2945 17.4 17.3
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 14073 6.6 6.9
20. Divorces and Annulments 8154 3.8 4.1
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
P.C. REGION III - SOUTHWESTERN
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 1553147 17.9 17.6 1163157 18.0 17.7 389990 17.7 17.3
Males 767841 49.4 49.3 583273 50.1 50.0 184568 47.3 47.3
Females 785306 50.6 50.7 579884 49.9 50.0 205422 52.7 52.7
2. Natural Increase 12723 8.2 8.0 8581 7.4 7.2 4142 10.6 10.4
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 24082 15.5 15.5 17473 15.0 15.1 6609 16.9 16.8
Males 12297 7.9 8.0 8986 7.7 7.8 3311 8.5 8.6
Females 11785 7.6 7.6 8487 7.3 7.4 3298 8.5 8.2
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 21357 88.7 88.3 15290 87.5 87.2 6067 91.8 91.1
Physician Not in Hospital 12 0.0 0.0 8 0.0 0.0 4 0.1 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 2598 10.8 11.3 2089 12.0 12.3 509 7.7 8.6
Other Attendant 115 0.5 0.4 86 0.5 0.5 29 0.4 0.3
5. Low Birthweight 2097 8.7 8.5 1248 7.1 7.0 849 12.8 12.7
6. Out of Wedlock 8891 36.9 34.2 4921 28.2 25.1 3970 60.1 59.1
7. Mother Smoked 2251 9.3 10.2 1725 9.9 10.9 526 8.0 8.5
8. C-Section 7245 30.1 27.9 5184 29.7 27.4 2061 31.2 29.5
9. Occurrence
Total 25768 20.8 20.6 18923 21.0 21.0 6845 20.3 19.5
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 294 12.1 12.9 155 8.8 9.3 139 20.8 22.7
11. Fetal Deaths 162 6.7 7.5 88 5.0 5.5 74 11.1 12.9
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 132 5.5 5.5 67 3.8 3.8 65 9.8 10.0
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 63 2.6 2.7 31 1.8 1.9 32 4.9 4.8
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 195 8.1 8.1 98 5.6 5.7 97 14.7 14.7
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 11359 7.3 7.5 8892 7.6 7.9 2467 6.3 6.5
Males 5517 7.2 7.4 4274 7.3 7.6 1243 6.7 6.9
Females 5842 7.4 7.6 4618 8.0 8.2 1224 6.0 6.0
16. Age
00-04 Years 218 1.9 1.9 113 1.3 1.4 105 3.2 3.2
05-14 Years 30 0.1 0.2 15 0.1 0.1 15 0.2 0.2
15-24 Years 185 0.9 0.9 120 0.8 0.9 65 1.0 1.0
25-34 Years 245 1.1 1.0 158 0.9 0.9 87 1.4 1.5
35-44 Years 476 1.9 2.1 288 1.5 1.7 188 3.0 3.2
45-54 Years 977 4.5 4.6 627 3.8 3.8 350 7.0 7.0
55-64 Years 1367 9.2 9.8 997 8.3 8.9 370 12.7 13.7
65 and Over 7861 51.3 52.2 6574 50.8 51.6 1287 53.6 55.0
17. Place of Death
Hospital 5387 47.4 48.8 4006 45.1 46.4 1381 56.0 57.9
Other Institution 3002 26.4 26.5 2451 27.6 27.9 551 22.3 21.1
Home or Non-Institution 2970 26.1 24.7 2435 27.4 25.7 535 21.7 21.0
18. Occurrence
Total 11827 15.7 15.8 9262 15.9 16.1 2565 15.1 14.7
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 9654 6.2 6.5
20. Divorces and Annulments 7504 4.8 4.9
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
P.C. REGION IV - NORTHEASTERN
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 1746183 20.1 19.8 1261118 19.5 19.1 485065 22.0 21.8
Males 863219 49.4 49.3 633331 50.2 50.1 229888 47.4 47.3
Females 882964 50.6 50.7 627787 49.8 49.9 255177 52.6 52.7
2. Natural Increase 14602 8.4 8.2 10489 8.3 8.1 4113 8.5 8.5
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 26348 15.1 15.0 18951 15.0 14.9 7397 15.2 15.4
Males 13394 7.7 7.7 9698 7.7 7.7 3696 7.6 7.8
Females 12954 7.4 7.4 9253 7.3 7.3 3701 7.6 7.6
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 24265 92.1 93.4 17372 91.7 92.9 6893 93.2 94.7
Physician Not in Hospital 16 0.1 0.0 10 0.1 0.0 6 0.1 0.1
Certified Nurse Midwife 1991 7.6 6.3 1512 8.0 6.8 479 6.5 5.0
Other Attendant 76 0.3 0.3 57 0.3 0.3 19 0.3 0.2
5. Low Birthweight 2361 9.0 8.5 1349 7.1 6.8 1012 13.7 12.9
6. Out of Wedlock 9147 34.7 31.9 5022 26.5 23.3 4125 55.8 53.6
7. Mother Smoked 1976 7.5 7.9 1305 6.9 7.4 671 9.1 9.1
8. C-Section 7941 30.1 28.0 5558 29.3 27.5 2383 32.2 29.3
9. Occurrence
Total 27173 21.9 21.5 19575 21.7 21.2 7598 22.5 22.3
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 317 11.9 12.0 141 7.4 8.6 176 23.5 20.5
11. Fetal Deaths 188 7.1 6.8 84 4.4 5.0 104 13.9 11.2
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 129 4.9 5.2 57 3.0 3.6 72 9.7 9.4
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 56 2.1 2.1 24 1.3 1.5 32 4.4 3.7
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 185 7.0 7.3 81 4.3 5.0 104 14.1 13.0
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 11746 6.7 6.8 8462 6.7 6.8 3284 6.8 6.9
Males 5787 6.7 6.8 4109 6.5 6.6 1678 7.3 7.4
Females 5959 6.7 6.9 4353 6.9 7.1 1606 6.3 6.4
16. Age
00-04 Years 217 1.7 1.8 99 1.1 1.3 118 3.2 2.9
05-14 Years 33 0.1 0.2 19 0.1 0.1 14 0.2 0.2
15-24 Years 176 0.7 0.7 110 0.6 0.6 66 0.8 0.9
25-34 Years 260 1.0 0.9 150 0.8 0.8 110 1.4 1.3
35-44 Years 448 1.6 1.7 259 1.3 1.4 189 2.5 2.7
45-54 Years 969 4.0 4.0 569 3.2 3.2 400 6.2 6.4
55-64 Years 1460 9.0 9.2 957 7.7 7.8 503 13.1 13.8
65 and Over 8183 50.0 50.6 6299 49.3 49.7 1884 52.3 53.5
17. Place of Death
Hospital 5375 45.8 47.7 3615 42.7 45.1 1760 53.6 54.4
Other Institution 3335 28.4 28.2 2553 30.2 29.8 782 23.8 24.3
Home or Non-Institution 3036 25.8 24.0 2294 27.1 25.1 742 22.6 21.3
18. Occurrence
Total 12876 17.1 17.1 9238 15.8 15.8 3638 21.4 21.4
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 10866 6.2 6.5
20. Divorces and Annulments 6086 3.5 3.7
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
P.C. REGION V - SOUTHEASTERN
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 1234227 14.2 14.3 811308 12.5 12.5 422919 19.2 19.4
Males 610491 49.5 49.4 408096 50.3 50.3 202395 47.9 47.8
Females 623736 50.5 50.6 403212 49.7 49.7 220524 52.1 52.2
2. Natural Increase 7687 6.2 5.9 4527 5.6 5.1 3160 7.5 7.3
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 18342 14.9 14.6 11887 14.7 14.3 6455 15.3 15.4
Males 9427 7.6 7.5 6095 7.5 7.3 3332 7.9 7.8
Females 8915 7.2 7.2 5792 7.1 7.0 3123 7.4 7.6
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 15932 86.9 87.6 10424 87.7 88.3 5508 85.3 86.3
Physician Not in Hospital 17 0.1 0.0 11 0.1 0.0 6 0.1 0.1
Certified Nurse Midwife 2175 11.9 11.8 1310 11.0 11.0 865 13.4 13.1
Other Attendant 218 1.2 0.6 142 1.2 0.6 76 1.2 0.5
5. Low Birthweight 1712 9.3 9.7 855 7.2 7.5 857 13.3 13.7
6. Out of Wedlock 7651 41.7 40.8 3431 28.9 27.6 4220 65.4 64.2
7. Mother Smoked 2653 14.5 15.5 1786 15.0 16.5 867 13.4 13.7
8. C-Section 5612 30.6 28.7 3479 29.3 27.6 2133 33.0 30.7
9. Occurrence
Total 17795 14.4 14.1 11421 12.7 12.3 6374 18.9 19.0
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 262 14.2 14.2 111 9.3 9.8 151 23.1 22.0
11. Fetal Deaths 125 6.8 7.3 51 4.3 5.3 74 11.3 10.9
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 137 7.5 6.9 60 5.0 4.5 77 11.9 11.3
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 54 3.0 2.8 33 2.8 2.1 21 3.3 3.9
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 191 10.4 9.7 93 7.8 6.6 98 15.2 15.1
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 10655 8.6 8.8 7360 9.1 9.2 3295 7.8 8.0
Males 5278 8.6 8.9 3698 9.1 9.2 1580 7.8 8.3
Females 5377 8.6 8.7 3662 9.1 9.2 1715 7.8 7.9
16. Age
00-04 Years 213 2.6 2.4 104 2.1 1.8 109 3.4 3.2
05-14 Years 18 0.1 0.2 9 0.1 0.2 9 0.1 0.2
15-24 Years 176 1.0 1.1 87 0.7 0.9 89 1.3 1.3
25-34 Years 242 1.4 1.4 129 1.2 1.2 113 1.9 1.7
35-44 Years 409 2.3 2.5 224 1.9 2.1 185 3.1 3.2
45-54 Years 940 5.6 5.5 530 4.8 4.6 410 7.2 7.3
55-64 Years 1456 11.3 11.6 923 9.9 10.2 533 14.8 15.5
65 and Over 7201 48.5 50.4 5354 47.4 48.6 1847 51.9 56.0
17. Place of Death
Hospital 5236 49.1 50.7 3308 44.9 46.6 1928 58.5 59.5
Other Institution 2597 24.4 25.2 1970 26.8 27.5 627 19.0 20.2
Home or Non-Institution 2822 26.5 24.1 2082 28.3 25.9 740 22.5 20.3
18. Occurrence
Total 10170 13.5 13.7 7097 12.2 12.2 3073 18.1 19.0
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 10286 8.3 8.4
20. Divorces and Annulments 5616 4.6 4.6
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
P.C. REGION VI - EASTERN
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 1305818 15.0 15.3 848220 13.1 13.2 457598 20.8 21.2
Males 645192 49.4 49.3 428556 50.5 50.5 216636 47.3 47.2
Females 660626 50.6 50.7 419664 49.5 49.5 240962 52.7 52.8
2. Natural Increase 6154 4.7 4.8 3787 4.5 4.4 2367 5.2 5.6
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 18802 14.4 14.4 12038 14.2 14.1 6764 14.8 15.0
Males 9691 7.4 7.4 6200 7.3 7.2 3491 7.6 7.6
Females 9111 7.0 7.0 5838 6.9 6.8 3273 7.2 7.4
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 16408 87.3 89.6 10241 85.1 87.6 6167 91.2 93.2
Physician Not in Hospital 21 0.1 0.1 6 0.0 0.0 15 0.2 0.1
Certified Nurse Midwife 2316 12.3 10.0 1744 14.5 12.1 572 8.5 6.5
Other Attendant 57 0.3 0.3 47 0.4 0.3 10 0.1 0.2
5. Low Birthweight 1948 10.4 9.9 913 7.6 7.4 1035 15.3 14.3
6. Out of Wedlock 8190 43.6 40.8 3376 28.0 25.0 4814 71.2 68.3
7. Mother Smoked 2467 13.1 13.4 1738 14.4 15.2 729 10.8 10.2
8. C-Section 5458 29.0 27.5 3484 28.9 27.4 1974 29.2 27.5
9. Occurrence
Total 18066 14.6 14.9 11482 12.7 12.9 6584 19.5 20.3
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 302 15.9 15.4 112 9.3 9.7 190 27.7 25.1
11. Fetal Deaths 158 8.3 8.3 64 5.3 5.5 94 13.7 13.1
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 144 7.7 7.2 48 4.0 4.3 96 14.2 12.2
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 44 2.4 2.8 23 1.9 2.1 21 3.1 4.0
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 188 10.0 9.9 71 5.9 6.3 117 17.3 16.2
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 12648 9.7 9.6 8251 9.7 9.7 4397 9.6 9.4
Males 6208 9.6 9.6 4106 9.6 9.5 2102 9.7 9.7
Females 6440 9.7 9.6 4145 9.9 9.9 2295 9.5 9.1
16. Age
00-04 Years 214 2.5 2.4 82 1.6 1.7 132 4.0 3.6
05-14 Years 47 0.3 0.2 18 0.2 0.2 29 0.4 0.2
15-24 Years 182 0.8 0.9 113 0.8 0.8 69 0.9 1.0
25-34 Years 231 1.4 1.4 123 1.2 1.1 108 1.9 1.9
35-44 Years 433 2.4 2.6 216 1.9 2.2 217 3.4 3.4
45-54 Years 1056 5.7 5.6 585 4.9 4.6 471 7.1 7.3
55-64 Years 1645 11.8 11.6 1019 10.3 10.0 626 15.2 15.7
65 and Over 8840 52.6 53.0 6095 50.3 51.3 2745 58.5 57.4
17. Place of Death
Hospital 6667 52.7 53.9 4072 49.4 50.3 2595 59.0 60.7
Other Institution 2740 21.7 22.7 1883 22.8 24.1 857 19.5 20.0
Home or Non-Institution 3241 25.6 23.4 2296 27.8 25.6 945 21.5 19.3
18. Occurrence
Total 12137 16.1 16.2 7885 13.5 13.7 4252 25.1 24.8
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 12246 9.4 9.3
20. Divorces and Annulments 5402 4.1 4.4
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
COUNTY
TABLES
North Carolina Counties
Wake Wilson
Beaufort
Onslow
Chatham
Franklin
Lee
Randolph
Guilford
Clay
Swain
Madison
Polk
Lincoln
Burke
Caldwell
Ashe
Wilkes
Iredell
Yadkin
Surry
Rowan
Davie
Union Anson
Stanly
Forsyth
Moore
Hoke
Robeson
Johnston
Duplin
Pender
Craven
Pitt
Nash
Lenoir
Brunswick
Jones
Carteret
Pamlico
Hyde
Hertford
Gates
Bertie
Halifax
Dare
Tyrrell
Harnett
Columbus
Pasquotank
Camden
Cherokee
Graham
Haywood
Buncombe
Watauga
Rockingham Caswell
Perquimans
Currituck
sylvania
Tran- Meck-
lenburg
mond
Rich-
New
Hanover
Macon
Jackson
Rutherford
Yancey
Avery
McDowell Catawba
ander
Alex-
ghany
Alle- Northampton
derson
Davidson
Stokes
ville
gomery
Mont-
Hen-
mance
Ala-
ham
Dur-
Cumber-
land
Bladen
Scot-
land
Gran-
Warren
Edge-
Martin ington
Wash-
Wayne
Greene
Mitchell
Chowan
Vance
Sampson
Cabarrus
Gaston
Cleveland
Orange
Person
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
ALAMANCE COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 138572 1.6 1.6 109518 1.7 1.7 29054 1.3 1.3
Males 67051 48.4 48.3 53597 48.9 48.8 13454 46.3 46.2
Females 71521 51.6 51.7 55921 51.1 51.2 15600 53.7 53.8
2. Natural Increase 461 3.3 3.8 369 3.4 3.8 92 3.2 3.7
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 1820 13.1 13.4 1471 13.4 13.6 349 12.0 12.8
Males 891 6.4 6.8 714 6.5 6.9 177 6.1 6.5
Females 929 6.7 6.6 757 6.9 6.7 172 5.9 6.3
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 1430 78.6 83.0 1148 78.0 82.3 282 80.8 85.4
Physician Not in Hospital 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.1
Certified Nurse Midwife 387 21.3 16.8 320 21.8 17.4 67 19.2 14.5
Other Attendant 3 0.2 0.2 3 0.2 0.3 0 0.0 0.1
5. Low Birthweight 194 10.7 9.2 141 9.6 8.1 53 15.2 13.4
6. Out of Wedlock 778 42.7 39.5 543 36.9 33.4 235 67.3 64.1
7. Mother Smoked 285 15.7 14.2 219 14.9 13.8 66 18.9 16.0
8. C-Section 522 28.7 27.0 414 28.1 26.5 108 30.9 28.9
9. Occurrence
Total 1206 1.0 1.1 981 1.1 1.2 225 0.7 0.8
To Residents 1055 87.5 86.8 848 86.4 85.7 207 92.0 91.2
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 34 18.5 12.7 18 12.2 9.0 16 44.6 27.6
11. Fetal Deaths 18 9.8 6.0 8 5.4 4.2 10 27.9 13.0
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 16 8.8 6.8 10 6.8 4.8 6 17.2 14.8
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 4 2.2 2.6 4 2.7 2.3 0 0.0 3.9
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 20 11.0 9.4 14 9.5 7.1 6 17.2 18.6
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 1359 9.8 9.6 1102 10.1 9.8 257 8.8 9.0
Males 656 9.8 9.6 530 9.9 9.5 126 9.4 9.8
Females 703 9.8 9.7 572 10.2 10.1 131 8.4 8.4
16. Age
00-04 Years 24 2.7 2.2 17 2.4 1.7 7 3.5 3.7
05-14 Years 4 0.2 0.1 3 0.2 0.1 1 0.2 0.2
15-24 Years 14 0.7 0.7 10 0.6 0.7 4 0.9 0.8
25-34 Years 14 0.8 0.8 9 0.6 0.7 5 1.3 1.3
35-44 Years 44 2.1 2.0 24 1.5 1.5 20 4.4 3.7
45-54 Years 86 4.5 4.9 64 4.3 4.4 22 5.5 6.9
55-64 Years 148 10.4 10.4 108 9.3 9.2 40 15.0 15.7
65 and Over 1025 55.3 53.5 867 55.3 52.8 158 55.3 57.2
17. Place of Death
Hospital 546 40.2 43.2 418 37.9 41.3 128 49.8 51.3
Other Institution 530 39.0 35.4 441 40.0 37.0 89 34.6 28.7
Home or Non-Institution 283 20.8 21.4 243 22.1 21.7 40 15.6 20.0
18. Occurrence
Total 1203 1.6 1.6 997 1.7 1.7 206 1.2 1.3
To Residents 1097 91.2 90.7 917 92.0 90.7 180 87.4 90.7
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 874 6.3 6.6
20. Divorces and Annulments 616 4.4 4.5
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
ALEXANDER COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 35898 0.4 0.4 33708 0.5 0.5 2190 0.1 0.1
Males 17919 49.9 49.9 16855 50.0 50.0 1064 48.6 48.6
Females 17979 50.1 50.1 16853 50.0 50.0 1126 51.4 51.4
2. Natural Increase 121 3.4 3.5 116 3.4 3.5 5 2.3 3.5
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 426 11.9 11.8 400 11.9 11.7 26 11.9 12.3
Males 204 5.7 5.8 190 5.6 5.8 14 6.4 6.3
Females 222 6.2 6.0 210 6.2 6.0 12 5.5 6.1
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 399 93.7 87.8 375 93.8 87.7 24 92.3 89.4
Physician Not in Hospital 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 26 6.1 11.7 24 6.0 11.8 2 7.7 9.8
Other Attendant 1 0.2 0.5 1 0.3 0.5 0 0.0 0.8
5. Low Birthweight 39 9.2 8.0 37 9.3 8.1 2 7.7 5.3
6. Out of Wedlock 145 34.0 28.3 130 32.5 26.6 15 57.7 53.0
7. Mother Smoked 107 25.1 21.5 100 25.0 22.1 7 26.9 12.9
8. C-Section 127 29.8 29.5 121 30.3 29.6 6 23.1 27.3
9. Occurrence
Total 1 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
To Residents 1 100.0 100.0 1 100.0 100.0 0
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 8 18.6 12.1 7 17.4 11.4 1 37.0 22.6
11. Fetal Deaths 3 7.0 5.3 2 5.0 5.2 1 37.0 7.5
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 5 11.7 6.8 5 12.5 6.3 0 0.0 15.2
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 1 2.4 2.0 1 2.5 2.1 0 0.0 0.0
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 6 14.1 8.8 6 15.0 8.4 0 0.0 15.2
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 305 8.5 8.3 284 8.4 8.3 21 9.6 8.9
Males 149 8.3 8.3 140 8.3 8.2 9 8.5 9.8
Females 156 8.7 8.3 144 8.5 8.3 12 10.7 8.0
16. Age
00-04 Years 7 3.1 1.6 7 3.3 1.6 0 0.0 2.3
05-14 Years 2 0.4 0.3 2 0.4 0.4 0 0.0 0.0
15-24 Years 3 0.7 0.9 3 0.7 0.9 0 0.0 1.9
25-34 Years 9 1.9 0.8 8 1.8 0.7 1 3.8 2.3
35-44 Years 12 2.1 2.0 12 2.3 1.9 0 0.0 3.9
45-54 Years 27 5.3 3.7 23 4.7 3.6 4 14.0 5.8
55-64 Years 39 9.0 9.6 36 8.8 9.3 3 13.2 15.2
65 and Over 206 46.1 49.1 193 45.6 49.2 13 53.9 49.0
17. Place of Death
Hospital 148 48.5 49.3 136 47.9 48.9 12 57.1 55.8
Other Institution 69 22.6 23.3 64 22.5 23.0 5 23.8 26.3
Home or Non-Institution 88 28.9 27.4 84 29.6 28.1 4 19.0 17.9
18. Occurrence
Total 173 0.2 0.2 162 0.3 0.3 11 0.1 0.1
To Residents 155 89.6 88.7 144 88.9 89.6 11 100.0 76.4
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 204 5.7 6.3
20. Divorces and Annulments 99 2.8 2.8
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
ALLEGHANY COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 10912 0.1 0.1 10714 0.2 0.2 198 0.0 0.0
Males 5413 49.6 49.4 5290 49.4 49.2 123 62.1 60.7
Females 5499 50.4 50.6 5424 50.6 50.8 75 37.9 39.3
2. Natural Increase -34 -3.1 -3.8 -32 -3.0 -3.8 -2 -10.1 -4.0
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 109 10.0 9.1 108 10.1 9.2 1 5.1 4.0
Males 50 4.6 4.6 50 4.7 4.6 0 0.0 2.0
Females 59 5.4 4.5 58 5.4 4.6 1 5.1 2.0
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 108 99.1 99.4 107 99.1 99.4 1 100.0 100.0
Physician Not in Hospital 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 0 0.0 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 0 0.0 0.0
Other Attendant 1 0.9 0.4 1 0.9 0.4 0 0.0 0.0
5. Low Birthweight 15 13.8 10.4 15 13.9 10.5 0 0.0 0.0
6. Out of Wedlock 38 34.9 31.6 37 34.3 31.4 1 100.0 50.0
7. Mother Smoked 30 27.5 22.6 29 26.9 22.4 1 100.0 50.0
8. C-Section 40 36.7 27.1 40 37.0 27.1 0 0.0 25.0
9. Occurrence
Total 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.0
To Residents 0 77.1 0 77.2 0 75.0
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 2 18.3 10.2 2 18.5 10.2 0 0.0 0.0
11. Fetal Deaths 0 0.0 2.0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0.0 0.0
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 2 18.3 8.1 2 18.5 8.2 0 0.0 0.0
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 0 0.0 4.1 0 0.0 4.1 0 0.0 0.0
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 2 18.3 12.2 2 18.5 12.3 0 0.0 0.0
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 143 13.1 12.8 140 13.1 12.9 3 15.2 7.9
Males 56 10.3 12.4 56 10.6 12.6 0 0.0 3.3
Females 87 15.8 13.3 84 15.5 13.2 3 40.0 15.1
16. Age
00-04 Years 2 3.8 2.5 2 3.8 2.5 0 0.0 0.0
05-14 Years 0 0.0 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 0 0.0 0.0
15-24 Years 1 0.9 1.0 1 0.9 1.1 0 0.0 0.0
25-34 Years 3 2.4 0.6 3 2.5 0.7 0 0.0 0.0
35-44 Years 6 4.3 3.3 6 4.4 3.4 0 0.0 0.0
45-54 Years 8 4.8 4.5 8 4.9 4.5 0 0.0 4.7
55-64 Years 15 9.3 9.8 14 8.8 9.8 1 41.7 10.2
65 and Over 108 50.9 52.0 106 50.4 51.9 2 133.3 72.3
17. Place of Death
Hospital 80 55.9 51.0 79 56.4 51.2 1 33.3 37.5
Other Institution 26 18.2 18.1 24 17.1 17.9 2 66.7 37.5
Home or Non-Institution 37 25.9 30.9 37 26.4 31.0 0 0.0 25.0
18. Occurrence
Total 127 0.2 0.2 125 0.2 0.2 2 0.0 0.0
To Residents 111 87.4 84.5 109 87.2 84.6 2 100.0 75.0
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 122 11.2 10.6
20. Divorces and Annulments 46 4.2 5.4
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
ANSON COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 25766 0.3 0.3 12749 0.2 0.2 13017 0.6 0.6
Males 12903 50.1 49.7 6397 50.2 49.9 6506 50.0 49.5
Females 12863 49.9 50.3 6352 49.8 50.1 6511 50.0 50.5
2. Natural Increase 38 1.5 1.5 -27 -2.1 -1.0 65 5.0 3.9
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 302 11.7 12.5 137 10.7 11.7 165 12.7 13.3
Males 149 5.8 6.3 65 5.1 6.0 84 6.5 6.5
Females 153 5.9 6.2 72 5.6 5.7 81 6.2 6.7
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 268 88.7 92.5 117 85.4 91.2 151 91.5 93.5
Physician Not in Hospital 1 0.3 0.2 1 0.7 0.3 0 0.0 0.1
Certified Nurse Midwife 30 9.9 7.1 16 11.7 8.1 14 8.5 6.2
Other Attendant 3 1.0 0.3 3 2.2 0.4 0 0.0 0.1
5. Low Birthweight 37 12.3 9.4 8 5.8 5.5 29 17.6 12.8
6. Out of Wedlock 173 57.3 52.8 42 30.7 25.1 131 79.4 76.9
7. Mother Smoked 53 17.5 18.3 27 19.7 20.8 26 15.8 16.1
8. C-Section 103 34.1 32.5 53 38.7 31.7 50 30.3 33.3
9. Occurrence
Total 1 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
To Residents 1 100.0 100.0 1 100.0 100.0 0 100.0
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 7 23.0 16.8 1 7.2 13.4 6 35.9 19.8
11. Fetal Deaths 3 9.8 9.3 1 7.2 9.3 2 12.0 9.3
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 4 13.2 7.5 0 0.0 4.0 4 24.2 10.6
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 1 3.4 3.2 0 0.0 1.4 1 6.2 4.8
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 5 16.6 10.7 0 0.0 5.4 5 30.3 15.3
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 264 10.2 11.0 164 12.9 12.7 100 7.7 9.4
Males 126 9.8 10.8 76 11.9 12.3 50 7.7 9.3
Females 138 10.7 11.3 88 13.9 13.1 50 7.7 9.5
16. Age
00-04 Years 6 3.8 2.3 0 0.0 1.3 6 7.4 3.2
05-14 Years 1 0.3 0.5 0 0.0 0.7 1 0.5 0.4
15-24 Years 3 0.9 1.3 0 0.0 1.0 3 1.6 1.5
25-34 Years 6 1.8 1.9 3 2.0 1.4 3 1.6 2.3
35-44 Years 11 2.9 3.5 6 3.4 3.0 5 2.5 3.9
45-54 Years 20 5.4 6.2 11 6.0 4.5 9 4.8 7.9
55-64 Years 34 11.5 12.4 22 12.5 11.0 12 10.0 14.7
65 and Over 183 51.4 54.9 122 52.1 53.0 61 50.0 58.5
17. Place of Death
Hospital 152 57.6 58.8 79 48.2 49.5 73 73.0 71.2
Other Institution 48 18.2 21.6 36 22.0 26.0 12 12.0 15.8
Home or Non-Institution 64 24.2 19.6 49 29.9 24.5 15 15.0 13.0
18. Occurrence
Total 172 0.2 0.2 111 0.2 0.2 61 0.4 0.4
To Residents 161 93.6 94.0 103 92.8 91.7 58 95.1 97.2
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 143 5.5 5.6
20. Divorces and Annulments 79 3.1 3.2
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
4-4
Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
ASHE COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 25500 0.3 0.3 25117 0.4 0.4 383 0.0 0.0
Males 12690 49.8 49.6 12481 49.7 49.6 209 54.6 54.2
Females 12810 50.2 50.4 12636 50.3 50.4 174 45.4 45.8
2. Natural Increase -53 -2.1 -1.6 -48 -1.9 -1.6 -5 -13.1 -2.2
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 274 10.7 10.4 272 10.8 10.5 2 5.2 6.5
Males 147 5.8 5.4 145 5.8 5.4 2 5.2 3.3
Females 127 5.0 5.0 127 5.1 5.0 0 0.0 3.3
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 263 96.0 97.1 261 96.0 97.1 2 100.0 100.0
Physician Not in Hospital 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 8 2.9 1.8 8 2.9 1.8 0 0.0 0.0
Other Attendant 3 1.1 1.2 3 1.1 1.2 0 0.0 0.0
5. Low Birthweight 25 9.1 8.2 25 9.2 8.1 0 0.0 16.7
6. Out of Wedlock 83 30.3 28.6 82 30.1 28.6 1 50.0 33.3
7. Mother Smoked 61 22.3 22.7 61 22.4 22.9 0 0.0 8.3
8. C-Section 108 39.4 35.7 108 39.7 35.9 0 0.0 16.7
9. Occurrence
Total 97 0.1 0.1 97 0.1 0.1 0 0.0 0.0
To Residents 84 86.6 90.6 84 86.6 90.8 0 66.7
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 4 14.5 12.2 4 14.7 12.3 0 0.0 0.0
11. Fetal Deaths 1 3.6 4.6 1 3.7 4.6 0 0.0 0.0
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 3 10.9 7.7 3 11.0 7.8 0 0.0 0.0
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 0 0.0 5.4 0 0.0 5.5 0 0.0 0.0
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 3 10.9 13.1 3 11.0 13.2 0 0.0 0.0
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 327 12.8 12.0 320 12.7 12.1 7 18.3 8.7
Males 170 13.4 12.4 165 13.2 12.4 5 23.9 11.0
Females 157 12.3 11.6 155 12.3 11.7 2 11.5 5.9
16. Age
00-04 Years 3 2.3 2.6 3 2.3 2.6 0 0.0 0.0
05-14 Years 1 0.4 0.1 1 0.4 0.2 0 0.0 0.0
15-24 Years 7 2.6 1.6 7 2.7 1.6 0 0.0 0.0
25-34 Years 3 1.0 1.4 3 1.1 1.4 0 0.0 3.4
35-44 Years 10 2.8 2.3 10 2.8 2.4 0 0.0 0.0
45-54 Years 19 4.8 4.1 18 4.6 4.1 1 19.6 3.8
55-64 Years 41 11.6 9.8 40 11.5 9.8 1 29.4 6.1
65 and Over 243 51.1 50.6 238 50.3 50.4 5 151.5 74.3
17. Place of Death
Hospital 166 50.8 49.9 160 50.0 49.8 6 85.7 56.3
Other Institution 75 22.9 24.8 75 23.4 24.8 0 0.0 25.0
Home or Non-Institution 86 26.3 25.3 85 26.6 25.4 1 14.3 18.8
18. Occurrence
Total 247 0.3 0.3 245 0.4 0.4 2 0.0 0.0
To Residents 236 95.5 95.4 234 95.5 95.5 2 100.0 88.9
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 216 8.5 8.1
20. Divorces and Annulments 114 4.5 4.6
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
4-5
Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
AVERY COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 18030 0.2 0.2 17079 0.3 0.3 951 0.0 0.0
Males 9751 54.1 53.6 8902 52.1 51.8 849 89.3 88.4
Females 8279 45.9 46.4 8177 47.9 48.2 102 10.7 11.6
2. Natural Increase -46 -2.6 -1.5 -43 -2.5 -1.5 -3 -3.2 -2.0
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 165 9.2 9.3 164 9.6 9.7 1 1.1 1.6
Males 87 4.8 4.5 86 5.0 4.7 1 1.1 0.9
Females 78 4.3 4.8 78 4.6 5.0 0 0.0 0.7
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 157 95.2 95.8 156 95.1 95.8 1 100.0 100.0
Physician Not in Hospital 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 7 4.2 3.1 7 4.3 3.1 0 0.0 0.0
Other Attendant 1 0.6 1.1 1 0.6 1.1 0 0.0 0.0
5. Low Birthweight 9 5.5 8.5 9 5.5 8.6 0 0.0 0.0
6. Out of Wedlock 35 21.2 21.0 35 21.3 21.1 0 0.0 0.0
7. Mother Smoked 30 18.2 19.5 30 18.3 19.6 0 0.0 14.3
8. C-Section 42 25.5 32.0 42 25.6 32.1 0 0.0 14.3
9. Occurrence
Total 135 0.1 0.1 133 0.1 0.1 2 0.0 0.0
To Residents 84 62.2 67.0 83 62.4 67.1 1 50.0 62.5
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 2 12.1 7.2 2 12.2 7.2 0 0.0 0.0
11. Fetal Deaths 0 0.0 4.8 0 0.0 4.8 0 0.0 0.0
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 2 12.1 2.4 2 12.2 2.4 0 0.0 0.0
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 1 6.1 2.4 1 6.2 2.4 0 0.0 0.0
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 3 18.2 4.8 3 18.3 4.8 0 0.0 0.0
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 211 11.7 10.8 207 12.1 11.2 4 4.2 3.6
Males 117 12.0 10.2 113 12.7 10.9 4 4.7 2.8
Females 94 11.4 11.4 94 11.5 11.4 0 0.0 9.7
16. Age
00-04 Years 4 4.9 1.2 4 5.1 1.2 0 0.0 0.0
05-14 Years 0 0.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.0
15-24 Years 3 1.2 0.6 3 1.3 0.6 0 0.0 0.0
25-34 Years 3 1.2 1.2 3 1.4 1.3 0 0.0 0.0
35-44 Years 10 3.6 2.4 9 3.5 2.4 1 3.7 2.5
45-54 Years 15 6.0 5.0 15 6.2 5.1 0 0.0 2.1
55-64 Years 25 11.0 11.2 24 10.7 10.9 1 26.3 24.7
65 and Over 151 52.1 51.0 149 51.8 50.8 2 90.9 72.1
17. Place of Death
Hospital 101 47.9 50.8 99 47.8 50.8 2 50.0 50.0
Other Institution 48 22.7 22.2 46 22.2 21.7 2 50.0 50.0
Home or Non-Institution 62 29.4 27.0 62 30.0 27.4 0 0.0 0.0
18. Occurrence
Total 184 0.2 0.2 180 0.3 0.3 4 0.0 0.0
To Residents 139 75.5 78.9 137 76.1 79.0 2 50.0 75.0
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 180 10.0 9.7
20. Divorces and Annulments 42 2.3 3.2
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
4-6
Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
BEAUFORT COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 46010 0.5 0.5 32651 0.5 0.5 13359 0.6 0.6
Males 22028 47.9 47.8 15927 48.8 48.7 6101 45.7 45.7
Females 23982 52.1 52.2 16724 51.2 51.3 7258 54.3 54.3
2. Natural Increase -2 -0.0 1.3 -52 -1.6 0.4 50 3.7 3.4
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 567 12.3 13.1 369 11.3 12.4 198 14.8 14.9
Males 293 6.4 6.8 193 5.9 6.4 100 7.5 7.6
Females 274 6.0 6.4 176 5.4 6.0 98 7.3 7.3
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 439 77.4 89.5 281 76.2 87.8 158 79.8 92.8
Physician Not in Hospital 1 0.2 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 1 0.5 0.1
Certified Nurse Midwife 125 22.0 10.3 87 23.6 12.0 38 19.2 7.0
Other Attendant 2 0.4 0.2 1 0.3 0.2 1 0.5 0.1
5. Low Birthweight 66 11.6 9.6 27 7.3 6.5 39 19.7 15.7
6. Out of Wedlock 275 48.5 44.6 130 35.2 31.3 145 73.2 71.2
7. Mother Smoked 94 16.6 16.5 67 18.2 17.6 27 13.6 14.3
8. C-Section 201 35.4 32.2 139 37.7 31.6 62 31.3 33.3
9. Occurrence
Total 382 0.3 0.4 252 0.3 0.3 130 0.4 0.4
To Residents 303 79.3 82.6 193 76.6 80.8 110 84.6 86.4
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 10 17.4 16.2 3 8.1 9.4 7 34.7 29.4
11. Fetal Deaths 7 12.2 9.9 3 8.1 5.5 4 19.8 18.6
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 3 5.3 6.3 0 0.0 4.0 3 15.2 11.0
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 1 1.8 2.3 1 2.7 1.5 0 0.0 4.0
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 4 7.1 8.7 1 2.7 5.5 3 15.2 15.0
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 569 12.4 11.9 421 12.9 12.0 148 11.1 11.5
Males 282 12.8 12.1 212 13.3 12.2 70 11.5 12.0
Females 287 12.0 11.6 209 12.5 11.9 78 10.7 11.0
16. Age
00-04 Years 5 1.8 2.1 2 1.1 1.5 3 3.2 3.2
05-14 Years 3 0.5 0.4 1 0.3 0.4 2 1.0 0.4
15-24 Years 7 1.3 1.0 6 1.8 1.2 1 0.6 0.7
25-34 Years 5 1.0 1.7 1 0.3 1.2 4 2.6 3.0
35-44 Years 16 2.7 3.2 11 2.6 3.0 5 3.0 3.7
45-54 Years 44 6.2 5.9 29 5.8 4.7 15 6.9 8.7
55-64 Years 73 11.3 11.7 47 9.3 9.9 26 18.7 18.7
65 and Over 416 55.6 52.9 324 56.7 52.6 92 52.0 53.8
17. Place of Death
Hospital 252 44.3 49.0 162 38.5 44.7 90 60.8 59.9
Other Institution 143 25.1 24.1 121 28.7 26.5 22 14.9 18.1
Home or Non-Institution 174 30.6 26.8 138 32.8 28.7 36 24.3 22.1
18. Occurrence
Total 512 0.7 0.7 386 0.7 0.6 126 0.7 0.8
To Residents 447 87.3 87.7 344 89.1 89.0 103 81.7 84.3
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 357 7.8 8.2
20. Divorces and Annulments 177 3.8 4.5
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
4-7
Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
BERTIE COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 19640 0.2 0.2 7118 0.1 0.1 12522 0.6 0.6
Males 9262 47.2 47.0 3466 48.7 48.4 5796 46.3 46.1
Females 10378 52.8 53.0 3652 51.3 51.6 6726 53.7 53.9
2. Natural Increase -21 -1.1 -0.3 -57 -8.0 -6.0 36 2.9 3.0
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 230 11.7 12.5 60 8.4 9.3 170 13.6 14.3
Males 104 5.3 6.0 27 3.8 4.8 77 6.1 6.7
Females 126 6.4 6.5 33 4.6 4.5 93 7.4 7.6
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 208 90.4 93.0 50 83.3 85.7 158 92.9 95.8
Physician Not in Hospital 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 22 9.6 6.9 10 16.7 14.0 12 7.1 4.2
Other Attendant 0 0.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.3 0 0.0 0.0
5. Low Birthweight 36 15.7 13.4 2 3.3 9.8 34 20.0 14.8
6. Out of Wedlock 139 60.4 60.8 16 26.7 18.5 123 72.4 76.6
7. Mother Smoked 19 8.3 6.3 7 11.7 11.0 12 7.1 4.6
8. C-Section 57 24.8 23.4 13 21.7 25.3 44 25.9 22.7
9. Occurrence
Total 2 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 2 0.0 0.0
To Residents 2 100.0 75.0 0 2 100.0 75.0
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 7 29.9 21.6 0 0.0 17.5 7 40.2 23.1
11. Fetal Deaths 4 17.1 12.0 0 0.0 17.5 4 23.0 9.9
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 3 13.0 9.7 0 0.0 0.0 3 17.6 13.3
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 1 4.4 4.9 0 0.0 0.0 1 6.0 6.8
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 4 17.4 14.6 0 0.0 0.0 4 23.5 20.0
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 251 12.8 12.8 117 16.4 15.3 134 10.7 11.3
Males 118 12.7 13.2 54 15.6 14.7 64 11.0 12.3
Females 133 12.8 12.4 63 17.3 16.0 70 10.4 10.5
16. Age
00-04 Years 4 3.3 3.1 0 0.0 0.0 4 4.6 4.3
05-14 Years 1 0.4 0.2 1 1.4 0.3 0 0.0 0.2
15-24 Years 6 2.4 2.0 3 4.3 2.6 3 1.7 1.8
25-34 Years 2 1.0 1.8 0 0.0 1.3 2 1.5 2.1
35-44 Years 6 2.3 2.6 2 2.2 2.9 4 2.4 2.4
45-54 Years 21 6.7 6.1 8 7.2 5.6 13 6.4 6.4
55-64 Years 34 14.7 14.6 13 12.0 12.6 21 17.0 16.5
65 and Over 177 55.4 56.8 90 60.4 57.1 87 51.0 56.6
17. Place of Death
Hospital 122 48.6 54.1 63 53.8 52.3 59 44.0 55.5
Other Institution 59 23.5 23.3 24 20.5 22.8 35 26.1 23.7
Home or Non-Institution 70 27.9 22.6 30 25.6 25.0 40 29.9 20.8
18. Occurrence
Total 149 0.2 0.2 64 0.1 0.1 85 0.5 0.5
To Residents 137 91.9 87.4 58 90.6 87.9 79 92.9 87.0
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 103 5.2 5.7
20. Divorces and Annulments 62 3.2 3.2
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
4-8
Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
BLADEN COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 32866 0.4 0.4 19712 0.3 0.3 13154 0.6 0.6
Males 15962 48.6 48.4 9859 50.0 49.8 6103 46.4 46.3
Females 16904 51.4 51.6 9853 50.0 50.2 7051 53.6 53.7
2. Natural Increase 36 1.1 1.6 44 2.2 2.3 -8 -0.6 0.5
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 439 13.4 13.9 280 14.2 14.6 159 12.1 12.7
Males 215 6.5 7.0 139 7.1 7.3 76 5.8 6.5
Females 224 6.8 6.9 141 7.2 7.3 83 6.3 6.2
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 417 95.0 95.5 265 94.6 95.3 152 95.6 95.9
Physician Not in Hospital 1 0.2 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 1 0.6 0.1
Certified Nurse Midwife 19 4.3 4.1 13 4.6 4.3 6 3.8 3.8
Other Attendant 2 0.5 0.3 2 0.7 0.3 0 0.0 0.1
5. Low Birthweight 46 10.5 10.2 18 6.4 7.1 28 17.6 15.7
6. Out of Wedlock 224 51.0 49.3 103 36.8 34.4 121 76.1 74.8
7. Mother Smoked 68 15.5 17.0 45 16.1 19.3 23 14.5 13.1
8. C-Section 138 31.4 29.0 83 29.6 29.1 55 34.6 29.0
9. Occurrence
Total 248 0.2 0.2 149 0.2 0.1 99 0.3 0.3
To Residents 221 89.1 90.9 135 90.6 91.4 86 86.9 90.2
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 17 38.1 16.6 5 17.9 8.4 12 72.3 30.5
11. Fetal Deaths 7 15.7 8.3 0 0.0 2.8 7 42.2 17.6
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 10 22.8 8.4 5 17.9 5.6 5 31.4 13.1
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 1 2.3 4.0 0 0.0 2.8 1 6.5 6.1
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 11 25.1 12.3 5 17.9 8.4 6 37.7 19.1
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 403 12.3 12.3 236 12.0 12.4 167 12.7 12.2
Males 205 12.8 12.6 122 12.4 12.5 83 13.6 12.9
Females 198 11.7 12.0 114 11.6 12.3 84 11.9 11.6
16. Age
00-04 Years 12 5.6 2.9 5 3.9 2.1 7 8.3 4.1
05-14 Years 0 0.0 0.3 0 0.0 0.3 0 0.0 0.3
15-24 Years 4 1.0 1.5 2 0.9 1.2 2 1.1 1.8
25-34 Years 4 1.0 1.3 2 0.8 1.2 2 1.3 1.6
35-44 Years 15 3.4 3.2 9 3.3 2.8 6 3.6 3.8
45-54 Years 33 6.7 6.6 14 4.9 5.5 19 9.3 8.1
55-64 Years 61 15.0 15.4 36 13.6 13.8 25 17.8 18.4
65 and Over 274 58.1 59.6 168 55.1 57.5 106 63.5 63.5
17. Place of Death
Hospital 227 56.3 57.0 137 58.1 55.9 90 53.9 58.6
Other Institution 76 18.9 21.1 41 17.4 20.8 35 21.0 21.6
Home or Non-Institution 100 24.8 21.9 58 24.6 23.3 42 25.1 19.8
18. Occurrence
Total 276 0.4 0.4 158 0.3 0.3 118 0.7 0.6
To Residents 254 92.0 90.7 144 91.1 91.1 110 93.2 90.3
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 216 6.6 5.9
20. Divorces and Annulments 120 3.7 3.5
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
4-9
Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
BRUNSWICK COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 89463 1.0 1.0 75983 1.2 1.1 13480 0.6 0.6
Males 44012 49.2 49.2 37595 49.5 49.5 6417 47.6 47.5
Females 45451 50.8 50.8 38388 50.5 50.5 7063 52.4 52.5
2. Natural Increase 98 1.1 1.2 47 0.6 0.8 51 3.8 3.7
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 967 10.8 10.8 821 10.8 10.6 146 10.8 11.9
Males 488 5.5 5.4 414 5.4 5.3 74 5.5 6.1
Females 479 5.4 5.4 407 5.4 5.3 72 5.3 5.8
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 924 95.6 97.3 783 95.4 97.1 141 96.6 98.3
Physician Not in Hospital 1 0.1 0.1 1 0.1 0.1 0 0.0 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 14 1.4 1.2 13 1.6 1.4 1 0.7 0.5
Other Attendant 28 2.9 1.5 24 2.9 1.5 4 2.7 1.2
5. Low Birthweight 90 9.3 9.6 67 8.2 8.6 23 15.8 14.7
6. Out of Wedlock 393 40.6 40.9 289 35.2 35.0 104 71.2 69.6
7. Mother Smoked 208 21.5 24.8 188 22.9 27.2 20 13.7 12.7
8. C-Section 285 29.5 29.8 243 29.6 29.3 42 28.8 32.6
9. Occurrence
Total 192 0.2 0.2 156 0.2 0.2 36 0.1 0.2
To Residents 189 98.4 96.5 153 98.1 95.9 36 100.0 98.8
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 13 13.3 9.1 10 12.1 7.0 3 20.3 19.7
11. Fetal Deaths 9 9.2 5.6 7 8.5 4.6 2 13.5 10.5
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 4 4.1 3.6 3 3.7 2.4 1 6.8 9.3
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 6 6.2 3.6 6 7.3 3.8 0 0.0 2.7
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 10 10.3 7.2 9 11.0 6.2 1 6.8 11.9
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 869 9.7 9.6 774 10.2 9.9 95 7.0 8.2
Males 448 10.2 10.3 406 10.8 10.6 42 6.5 8.6
Females 421 9.3 9.0 368 9.6 9.2 53 7.5 7.9
16. Age
00-04 Years 13 2.6 1.7 12 3.0 1.7 1 1.0 2.0
05-14 Years 0 0.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1
15-24 Years 11 1.1 1.2 7 0.9 1.3 4 2.0 1.2
25-34 Years 17 1.8 1.6 14 1.8 1.4 3 1.8 2.7
35-44 Years 31 2.7 2.7 26 2.6 2.7 5 2.7 2.9
45-54 Years 62 4.6 4.2 53 4.6 4.0 9 4.6 5.9
55-64 Years 123 8.8 9.1 110 8.8 8.7 13 9.3 12.7
65 and Over 612 38.8 39.2 552 38.3 38.1 60 44.2 50.2
17. Place of Death
Hospital 355 40.9 44.1 315 40.7 43.1 40 42.1 50.8
Other Institution 224 25.8 28.2 195 25.2 28.0 29 30.5 29.7
Home or Non-Institution 290 33.4 27.7 264 34.1 28.9 26 27.4 19.5
18. Occurrence
Total 627 0.8 0.7 557 1.0 0.8 70 0.4 0.4
To Residents 564 90.0 90.7 504 90.5 91.2 60 85.7 87.3
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 1039 11.6 10.7
20. Divorces and Annulments 309 3.5 3.5
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
BUNCOMBE COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 216738 2.5 2.5 196614 3.0 3.1 20124 0.9 0.9
Males 104512 48.2 48.2 94703 48.2 48.1 9809 48.7 48.6
Females 112226 51.8 51.8 101911 51.8 51.9 10315 51.3 51.4
2. Natural Increase 394 1.8 1.7 332 1.7 1.4 62 3.1 4.2
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 2621 12.1 12.0 2378 12.1 11.9 243 12.1 13.1
Males 1318 6.1 6.2 1204 6.1 6.1 114 5.7 6.7
Females 1303 6.0 5.8 1174 6.0 5.8 129 6.4 6.4
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 2368 90.3 91.1 2134 89.7 90.5 234 96.3 96.0
Physician Not in Hospital 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 213 8.1 7.8 207 8.7 8.3 6 2.5 3.2
Other Attendant 40 1.5 1.1 37 1.6 1.1 3 1.2 0.8
5. Low Birthweight 232 8.9 9.0 199 8.4 8.4 33 13.6 13.9
6. Out of Wedlock 992 37.8 34.8 827 34.8 31.3 165 67.9 66.8
7. Mother Smoked 357 13.6 15.1 331 13.9 15.5 26 10.7 12.3
8. C-Section 756 28.8 26.5 691 29.1 26.6 65 26.7 26.1
9. Occurrence
Total 3731 3.0 3.0 3465 3.8 3.9 266 0.8 0.9
To Residents 2409 64.6 64.3 2188 63.1 62.6 221 83.1 84.1
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 44 16.6 12.8 34 14.2 11.7 10 39.8 22.9
11. Fetal Deaths 24 9.1 7.5 16 6.7 6.6 8 31.9 15.3
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 20 7.6 5.4 18 7.6 5.1 2 8.2 7.8
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 8 3.1 2.5 7 3.0 2.0 1 4.1 7.0
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 28 10.7 7.9 25 10.5 7.2 3 12.3 14.7
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 2227 10.3 10.3 2046 10.4 10.5 181 9.0 8.9
Males 1066 10.2 10.3 984 10.4 10.4 82 8.4 8.7
Females 1161 10.3 10.4 1062 10.4 10.5 99 9.6 9.1
16. Age
00-04 Years 29 2.4 1.8 26 2.5 1.7 3 2.0 2.6
05-14 Years 5 0.2 0.2 3 0.1 0.1 2 0.6 0.4
15-24 Years 34 1.2 0.9 29 1.2 0.8 5 1.7 1.3
25-34 Years 41 1.4 1.1 34 1.3 1.1 7 2.5 1.7
35-44 Years 77 2.4 2.2 68 2.4 2.2 9 3.1 3.1
45-54 Years 158 4.8 4.6 140 4.7 4.4 18 6.2 6.2
55-64 Years 240 9.3 9.5 212 8.9 9.1 28 15.1 14.8
65 and Over 1643 50.5 51.9 1534 50.1 51.6 109 56.4 56.6
17. Place of Death
Hospital 742 33.3 33.9 674 32.9 33.4 68 37.6 39.6
Other Institution 981 44.1 43.0 902 44.1 43.1 79 43.6 41.5
Home or Non-Institution 504 22.6 23.1 470 23.0 23.5 34 18.8 18.9
18. Occurrence
Total 2912 3.9 3.9 2694 4.6 4.7 218 1.3 1.3
To Residents 2068 71.0 71.7 1895 70.3 71.3 173 79.4 76.7
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 1947 9.0 8.8
20. Divorces and Annulments 1123 5.2 5.5
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
BURKE COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 88293 1.0 1.1 77287 1.2 1.2 11006 0.5 0.5
Males 44464 50.4 50.2 38352 49.6 49.5 6112 55.5 55.4
Females 43829 49.6 49.8 38935 50.4 50.5 4894 44.5 44.6
2. Natural Increase 123 1.4 1.8 52 0.7 1.2 71 6.5 6.2
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 992 11.2 11.4 862 11.2 11.3 130 11.8 12.4
Males 514 5.8 5.8 444 5.7 5.7 70 6.4 6.4
Females 478 5.4 5.6 418 5.4 5.6 60 5.5 6.1
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 900 90.7 79.9 783 90.8 80.1 117 90.0 78.6
Physician Not in Hospital 1 0.1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 1 0.8 0.1
Certified Nurse Midwife 85 8.6 19.4 75 8.7 19.3 10 7.7 19.9
Other Attendant 6 0.6 0.6 4 0.5 0.5 2 1.5 1.3
5. Low Birthweight 84 8.5 8.6 65 7.5 8.0 19 14.6 12.0
6. Out of Wedlock 402 40.5 36.6 335 38.9 34.9 67 51.5 48.1
7. Mother Smoked 194 19.6 20.5 183 21.2 22.3 11 8.5 8.8
8. C-Section 291 29.3 28.2 265 30.7 29.0 26 20.0 22.9
9. Occurrence
Total 1010 0.8 0.9 887 1.0 1.1 123 0.4 0.4
To Residents 794 78.6 76.3 683 77.0 74.3 111 90.2 90.7
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 16 16.0 9.2 14 16.1 7.9 2 15.2 17.8
11. Fetal Deaths 8 8.0 4.9 6 6.9 4.3 2 15.2 8.9
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 8 8.1 4.3 8 9.3 3.6 0 0.0 9.0
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 4 4.1 3.0 4 4.7 3.0 0 0.0 3.0
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 12 12.1 7.3 12 13.9 6.6 0 0.0 12.0
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 869 9.8 9.6 810 10.5 10.0 59 5.4 6.2
Males 435 9.8 9.4 405 10.6 10.0 30 4.9 5.6
Females 434 9.9 9.7 405 10.4 10.1 29 5.9 7.1
16. Age
00-04 Years 14 3.0 1.8 14 3.5 1.7 0 0.0 2.2
05-14 Years 1 0.1 0.2 1 0.1 0.2 0 0.0 0.2
15-24 Years 13 1.1 1.2 9 0.9 1.2 4 1.5 1.3
25-34 Years 15 1.3 1.4 13 1.3 1.4 2 1.5 1.2
35-44 Years 32 2.4 2.3 30 2.5 2.3 2 1.4 2.5
45-54 Years 77 6.2 5.2 73 6.5 5.3 4 3.5 4.3
55-64 Years 96 9.4 10.1 88 9.3 9.9 8 10.3 13.1
65 and Over 621 50.6 50.6 582 50.6 50.2 39 50.1 55.5
17. Place of Death
Hospital 375 43.2 47.4 344 42.5 46.4 31 52.5 58.6
Other Institution 271 31.2 30.1 257 31.7 30.7 14 23.7 23.2
Home or Non-Institution 223 25.7 22.5 209 25.8 22.8 14 23.7 18.2
18. Occurrence
Total 772 1.0 1.0 724 1.2 1.2 48 0.3 0.3
To Residents 684 88.6 87.8 639 88.3 87.5 45 93.8 91.4
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 556 6.3 6.8
20. Divorces and Annulments 330 3.7 4.3
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
CABARRUS COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 150434 1.7 1.7 128950 2.0 2.0 21484 1.0 1.0
Males 74638 49.6 49.5 64366 49.9 49.8 10272 47.8 47.7
Females 75796 50.4 50.5 64584 50.1 50.2 11212 52.2 52.3
2. Natural Increase 1102 7.3 7.4 888 6.9 6.9 214 10.0 10.5
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 2389 15.9 15.7 2001 15.5 15.4 388 18.1 17.9
Males 1267 8.4 8.1 1061 8.2 7.9 206 9.6 9.2
Females 1122 7.5 7.6 940 7.3 7.5 182 8.5 8.7
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 2246 94.0 95.8 1875 93.7 95.6 371 95.6 96.9
Physician Not in Hospital 1 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 137 5.7 3.9 121 6.0 4.0 16 4.1 3.0
Other Attendant 5 0.2 0.3 4 0.2 0.4 1 0.3 0.2
5. Low Birthweight 221 9.3 8.6 173 8.6 7.5 48 12.4 14.2
6. Out of Wedlock 767 32.1 32.1 549 27.4 26.9 218 56.2 59.0
7. Mother Smoked 258 10.8 11.2 219 10.9 11.8 39 10.1 8.6
8. C-Section 685 28.7 25.5 567 28.3 25.5 118 30.4 25.7
9. Occurrence
Total 2913 2.4 2.3 2482 2.8 2.7 431 1.3 1.2
To Residents 1888 64.8 65.0 1591 64.1 63.8 297 68.9 71.7
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 23 9.6 12.9 15 7.5 10.4 8 20.4 26.0
11. Fetal Deaths 15 6.2 8.1 10 5.0 6.9 5 12.7 14.1
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 8 3.3 4.9 5 2.5 3.5 3 7.7 12.1
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 3 1.3 2.6 3 1.5 2.1 0 0.0 5.0
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 11 4.6 7.4 8 4.0 5.6 3 7.7 17.1
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 1287 8.6 8.3 1113 8.6 8.5 174 8.1 7.3
Males 643 8.6 8.1 551 8.6 8.2 92 9.0 7.4
Females 644 8.5 8.6 562 8.7 8.8 82 7.3 7.3
16. Age
00-04 Years 13 1.1 1.7 9 0.9 1.4 4 1.9 3.4
05-14 Years 3 0.1 0.1 2 0.1 0.1 1 0.3 0.2
15-24 Years 18 0.9 0.8 16 1.0 0.9 2 0.6 0.7
25-34 Years 15 0.7 0.9 9 0.5 0.9 6 1.9 1.3
35-44 Years 44 1.8 2.0 39 1.8 1.9 5 1.6 2.6
45-54 Years 94 4.5 4.1 71 3.9 3.7 23 8.7 6.7
55-64 Years 166 11.2 10.0 134 10.2 9.2 32 19.7 17.4
65 and Over 934 57.5 55.2 833 56.9 55.2 101 63.3 55.6
17. Place of Death
Hospital 618 48.0 47.8 516 46.4 46.6 102 58.6 56.6
Other Institution 313 24.3 26.7 278 25.0 27.3 35 20.1 22.1
Home or Non-Institution 356 27.7 25.5 319 28.7 26.1 37 21.3 21.3
18. Occurrence
Total 1404 1.9 1.8 1235 2.1 2.0 169 1.0 0.9
To Residents 1134 80.8 80.5 984 79.7 80.3 150 88.8 82.3
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 1001 6.7 7.3
20. Divorces and Annulments 443 2.9 3.2
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
CALDWELL COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 78492 0.9 0.9 73216 1.1 1.2 5276 0.2 0.2
Males 38895 49.6 49.5 36253 49.5 49.4 2642 50.1 49.9
Females 39597 50.4 50.5 36963 50.5 50.6 2634 49.9 50.1
2. Natural Increase 100 1.3 2.0 94 1.3 1.9 6 1.1 4.0
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 929 11.8 12.0 878 12.0 12.0 51 9.7 12.3
Males 458 5.8 6.0 431 5.9 5.9 27 5.1 6.4
Females 471 6.0 6.0 447 6.1 6.0 24 4.5 5.9
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 723 77.8 73.8 689 78.5 74.2 34 66.7 68.6
Physician Not in Hospital 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 205 22.1 26.0 188 21.4 25.6 17 33.3 31.1
Other Attendant 1 0.1 0.1 1 0.1 0.1 0 0.0 0.3
5. Low Birthweight 94 10.1 9.1 90 10.3 9.0 4 7.8 11.0
6. Out of Wedlock 352 37.9 35.5 312 35.5 32.8 40 78.4 73.0
7. Mother Smoked 197 21.2 23.5 181 20.6 23.5 16 31.4 23.6
8. C-Section 268 28.8 28.2 252 28.7 28.0 16 31.4 31.1
9. Occurrence
Total 665 0.5 0.5 614 0.7 0.7 51 0.2 0.2
To Residents 554 83.3 83.6 508 82.7 82.9 46 90.2 90.8
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 12 12.8 12.3 11 12.4 12.0 1 19.6 15.6
11. Fetal Deaths 7 7.5 6.4 7 7.9 6.1 0 0.0 9.3
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 5 5.4 6.0 4 4.6 5.9 1 19.6 6.3
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 2 2.2 3.0 1 1.1 2.8 1 20.0 6.3
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 7 7.5 8.9 5 5.7 8.7 2 39.2 12.6
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 829 10.6 10.0 784 10.7 10.1 45 8.5 8.3
Males 419 10.8 10.5 400 11.0 10.7 19 7.2 8.8
Females 410 10.4 9.4 384 10.4 9.5 26 9.9 7.8
16. Age
00-04 Years 7 1.5 1.8 5 1.2 1.8 2 4.7 2.2
05-14 Years 5 0.5 0.2 5 0.5 0.2 0 0.0 0.0
15-24 Years 7 0.7 0.8 6 0.7 0.8 1 1.3 1.6
25-34 Years 9 0.9 1.0 8 0.9 1.0 1 1.4 1.2
35-44 Years 26 2.1 2.4 24 2.1 2.5 2 2.7 1.9
45-54 Years 76 6.6 5.1 70 6.4 5.0 6 8.9 6.0
55-64 Years 114 12.0 11.6 104 11.6 11.3 10 19.8 17.1
65 and Over 585 53.0 52.1 562 53.5 52.1 23 43.8 51.8
17. Place of Death
Hospital 306 36.9 38.7 287 36.6 38.1 19 42.2 48.4
Other Institution 308 37.2 38.1 294 37.5 38.2 14 31.1 34.9
Home or Non-Institution 215 25.9 23.3 203 25.9 23.7 12 26.7 16.7
18. Occurrence
Total 640 0.9 0.8 605 1.0 1.0 35 0.2 0.2
To Residents 597 93.3 92.7 566 93.6 92.9 31 88.6 89.4
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 541 6.9 7.4
20. Divorces and Annulments 300 3.8 4.2
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
CAMDEN COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 9008 0.1 0.1 7570 0.1 0.1 1438 0.1 0.1
Males 4429 49.2 49.3 3735 49.3 49.6 694 48.3 48.3
Females 4579 50.8 50.7 3835 50.7 50.4 744 51.7 51.7
2. Natural Increase 41 4.6 3.6 37 4.9 3.8 4 2.8 2.4
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 98 10.9 11.6 79 10.4 11.5 19 13.2 12.0
Males 57 6.3 5.8 46 6.1 5.7 11 7.6 6.2
Females 41 4.6 5.8 33 4.4 5.8 8 5.6 5.8
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 83 84.7 81.7 66 83.5 80.7 17 89.5 86.4
Physician Not in Hospital 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 15 15.3 18.0 13 16.5 19.0 2 10.5 13.6
Other Attendant 0 0.0 0.2 0 0.0 0.3 0 0.0 0.0
5. Low Birthweight 10 10.2 9.8 7 8.9 9.5 3 15.8 11.1
6. Out of Wedlock 23 23.5 24.6 11 13.9 18.5 12 63.2 53.1
7. Mother Smoked 11 11.2 12.6 10 12.7 14.5 1 5.3 3.7
8. C-Section 35 35.7 28.5 26 32.9 28.0 9 47.4 30.9
9. Occurrence
Total 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
To Residents 0 0.0 0 0.0 0
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 1 10.1 15.0 1 12.5 15.6 0 0.0 12.2
11. Fetal Deaths 1 10.1 12.9 1 12.5 13.0 0 0.0 12.2
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 0 0.0 2.2 0 0.0 2.6 0 0.0 0.0
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 0 0.0 2.2 0 0.0 2.6 0 0.0 0.0
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 57 6.3 8.0 42 5.5 7.7 15 10.4 9.6
Males 32 7.2 8.8 23 6.2 8.1 9 13.0 12.3
Females 25 5.5 7.2 19 5.0 7.3 6 8.1 7.2
16. Age
00-04 Years 1 1.7 1.3 1 2.0 1.5 0 0.0 0.0
05-14 Years 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
15-24 Years 2 1.9 0.8 2 2.2 1.0 0 0.0 0.0
25-34 Years 0 0.0 0.7 0 0.0 0.5 0 0.0 1.8
35-44 Years 6 4.2 2.4 5 4.1 1.9 1 4.6 4.6
45-54 Years 1 0.7 4.9 0 0.0 4.4 1 4.1 7.1
55-64 Years 8 7.3 9.1 5 5.4 8.8 3 16.2 10.4
65 and Over 39 33.7 42.0 29 31.5 43.0 10 42.7 38.4
17. Place of Death
Hospital 26 45.6 52.2 16 38.1 49.0 10 66.7 64.6
Other Institution 9 15.8 14.2 8 19.0 15.0 1 6.7 10.8
Home or Non-Institution 22 38.6 33.6 18 42.9 36.0 4 26.7 24.6
18. Occurrence
Total 25 0.0 0.0 21 0.0 0.0 4 0.0 0.0
To Residents 24 96.0 94.2 20 95.2 95.1 4 100.0 89.5
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 64 7.1 7.0
20. Divorces and Annulments 19 2.1 2.3
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
4-15
Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
CARTERET COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 62760 0.7 0.7 57475 0.9 0.9 5285 0.2 0.2
Males 30704 48.9 49.0 28090 48.9 49.0 2614 49.5 49.2
Females 32056 51.1 51.0 29385 51.1 51.0 2671 50.5 50.8
2. Natural Increase -12 -0.2 -1.4 -30 -0.5 -1.9 18 3.4 3.6
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 679 10.8 10.1 607 10.6 9.9 72 13.6 12.5
Males 342 5.4 5.2 298 5.2 5.1 44 8.3 6.5
Females 337 5.4 4.9 309 5.4 4.8 28 5.3 5.9
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 659 97.1 98.0 591 97.4 98.1 68 94.4 97.5
Physician Not in Hospital 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 18 2.7 1.6 14 2.3 1.5 4 5.6 2.2
Other Attendant 2 0.3 0.4 2 0.3 0.4 0 0.0 0.3
5. Low Birthweight 48 7.1 7.8 40 6.6 7.4 8 11.1 11.1
6. Out of Wedlock 227 33.4 33.5 185 30.5 30.1 42 58.3 61.9
7. Mother Smoked 147 21.6 20.4 136 22.4 21.0 11 15.3 15.2
8. C-Section 234 34.5 30.4 212 34.9 30.2 22 30.6 32.2
9. Occurrence
Total 684 0.6 0.5 595 0.7 0.6 89 0.3 0.2
To Residents 553 80.8 84.6 495 83.2 85.9 58 65.2 74.6
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 7 10.2 12.3 5 8.2 11.6 2 27.0 18.3
11. Fetal Deaths 7 10.2 8.1 5 8.2 7.6 2 27.0 12.2
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 0 0.0 4.2 0 0.0 4.0 0 0.0 6.2
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 2 2.9 3.3 1 1.6 2.9 1 13.9 6.2
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 2 2.9 7.5 1 1.6 6.9 1 13.9 12.4
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 691 11.0 11.5 637 11.1 11.7 54 10.2 8.8
Males 379 12.3 12.2 351 12.5 12.5 28 10.7 8.9
Females 312 9.7 10.8 286 9.7 11.0 26 9.7 8.8
16. Age
00-04 Years 2 0.7 1.9 1 0.4 1.9 1 2.5 2.1
05-14 Years 1 0.2 0.3 1 0.2 0.3 0 0.0 0.3
15-24 Years 9 1.3 1.4 8 1.3 1.5 1 1.4 0.8
25-34 Years 10 1.7 1.5 7 1.3 1.5 3 4.6 1.5
35-44 Years 26 3.0 2.7 24 3.0 2.7 2 2.5 1.9
45-54 Years 53 5.0 5.1 49 5.0 5.1 4 4.7 5.8
55-64 Years 97 10.3 9.5 87 9.8 9.1 10 18.8 17.7
65 and Over 493 42.9 47.3 460 42.0 46.9 33 60.7 53.6
17. Place of Death
Hospital 357 51.7 52.1 321 50.4 51.2 36 66.7 65.1
Other Institution 127 18.4 21.3 119 18.7 21.7 8 14.8 15.3
Home or Non-Institution 207 30.0 26.6 197 30.9 27.1 10 18.5 19.7
18. Occurrence
Total 630 0.8 0.9 586 1.0 1.1 44 0.3 0.3
To Residents 578 91.7 91.2 539 92.0 91.5 39 88.6 87.3
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 841 13.4 12.7
20. Divorces and Annulments 273 4.3 4.6
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
CASWELL COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 23759 0.3 0.3 15273 0.2 0.2 8486 0.4 0.4
Males 12219 51.4 51.1 7827 51.2 51.0 4392 51.8 51.4
Females 11540 48.6 48.9 7446 48.8 49.0 4094 48.2 48.6
2. Natural Increase 14 0.6 -0.3 38 2.5 1.2 -24 -2.8 -2.9
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 260 10.9 10.4 184 12.0 11.6 76 9.0 8.2
Males 133 5.6 5.3 101 6.6 6.2 32 3.8 3.9
Females 127 5.3 5.0 83 5.4 5.5 44 5.2 4.3
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 228 87.7 86.9 160 87.0 86.1 68 89.5 88.9
Physician Not in Hospital 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 32 12.3 11.9 24 13.0 12.3 8 10.5 10.8
Other Attendant 0 0.0 1.2 0 0.0 1.6 0 0.0 0.3
5. Low Birthweight 23 8.8 8.4 13 7.1 6.4 10 13.2 13.4
6. Out of Wedlock 106 40.8 37.2 59 32.1 25.6 47 61.8 66.2
7. Mother Smoked 54 20.8 20.3 42 22.8 21.9 12 15.8 16.5
8. C-Section 78 30.0 26.3 59 32.1 26.2 19 25.0 26.4
9. Occurrence
Total 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
To Residents 0 93.3 0 93.3 0
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 5 19.0 16.1 3 16.1 18.0 2 26.0 11.3
11. Fetal Deaths 3 11.4 9.7 2 10.8 11.3 1 13.0 5.6
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 2 7.7 6.5 1 5.4 6.8 1 13.2 5.7
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 1 3.9 1.6 1 5.5 2.3 0 0.0 0.0
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 3 11.5 8.1 2 10.9 9.1 1 13.2 5.7
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 246 10.4 10.7 146 9.6 10.5 100 11.8 11.1
Males 119 9.7 10.9 66 8.4 10.6 53 12.1 11.4
Females 127 11.0 10.4 80 10.7 10.3 47 11.5 10.7
16. Age
00-04 Years 3 2.4 1.8 2 2.3 2.0 1 2.6 1.4
05-14 Years 1 0.3 0.5 0 0.0 0.3 1 0.9 0.7
15-24 Years 2 0.7 0.9 2 1.1 1.5 0 0.0 0.0
25-34 Years 6 1.9 1.2 5 2.5 1.3 1 0.9 1.0
35-44 Years 3 0.8 2.4 0 0.0 2.2 3 2.3 2.5
45-54 Years 12 3.2 5.5 3 1.3 4.7 9 6.5 6.8
55-64 Years 39 13.3 13.6 21 10.9 12.3 18 17.7 15.9
65 and Over 180 57.0 56.4 113 55.1 55.0 67 60.6 59.0
17. Place of Death
Hospital 117 47.6 47.6 66 45.2 45.4 51 51.0 51.3
Other Institution 55 22.4 24.8 37 25.3 24.8 18 18.0 24.8
Home or Non-Institution 74 30.1 27.6 43 29.5 29.8 31 31.0 23.9
18. Occurrence
Total 120 0.2 0.2 77 0.1 0.1 43 0.3 0.3
To Residents 108 90.0 89.6 67 87.0 87.9 41 95.3 92.8
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 146 6.1 5.7
20. Divorces and Annulments 62 2.6 2.9
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
CATAWBA COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 149032 1.7 1.7 129361 2.0 2.0 19671 0.9 0.9
Males 74021 49.7 49.5 64438 49.8 49.7 9583 48.7 48.6
Females 75011 50.3 50.5 64923 50.2 50.3 10088 51.3 51.4
2. Natural Increase 680 4.6 4.8 482 3.7 4.1 198 10.1 9.6
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 2006 13.5 13.8 1712 13.2 13.4 294 14.9 15.9
Males 1017 6.8 7.0 860 6.6 6.8 157 8.0 8.3
Females 989 6.6 6.7 852 6.6 6.6 137 7.0 7.6
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 1342 66.9 63.2 1165 68.0 65.3 177 60.2 51.3
Physician Not in Hospital 2 0.1 0.0 1 0.1 0.0 1 0.3 0.1
Certified Nurse Midwife 654 32.6 36.5 540 31.5 34.4 114 38.8 48.4
Other Attendant 8 0.4 0.2 6 0.4 0.2 2 0.7 0.2
5. Low Birthweight 181 9.0 8.4 144 8.4 7.8 37 12.6 12.0
6. Out of Wedlock 733 36.5 35.2 588 34.3 32.9 145 49.3 48.8
7. Mother Smoked 281 14.0 15.3 249 14.5 15.6 32 10.9 13.9
8. C-Section 486 24.2 25.2 423 24.7 25.9 63 21.4 21.4
9. Occurrence
Total 2457 2.0 2.1 2173 2.4 2.5 284 0.8 0.9
To Residents 1720 70.0 70.9 1459 67.1 68.0 261 91.9 91.2
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 21 10.4 10.9 18 10.5 9.4 3 10.2 19.9
11. Fetal Deaths 8 4.0 5.8 8 4.7 5.5 0 0.0 7.3
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 13 6.5 5.1 10 5.8 3.8 3 10.2 12.7
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 5 2.5 2.0 5 2.9 2.3 0 0.0 0.0
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 18 9.0 7.1 15 8.8 6.2 3 10.2 12.7
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 1326 8.9 9.0 1230 9.5 9.4 96 4.9 6.3
Males 617 8.3 8.8 558 8.7 9.1 59 6.2 6.5
Females 709 9.5 9.1 672 10.4 9.6 37 3.7 6.1
16. Age
00-04 Years 21 2.1 1.7 18 2.3 1.6 3 1.6 2.3
05-14 Years 4 0.2 0.2 3 0.2 0.2 1 0.2 0.2
15-24 Years 15 0.8 0.9 13 0.8 0.9 2 0.6 0.8
25-34 Years 15 0.7 1.1 14 0.8 1.1 1 0.3 1.4
35-44 Years 48 2.1 2.2 42 2.1 2.1 6 2.2 3.1
45-54 Years 93 4.4 5.1 81 4.3 4.9 12 5.4 7.1
55-64 Years 166 10.1 10.0 142 9.5 9.4 24 16.7 17.2
65 and Over 964 52.4 52.4 917 53.5 52.5 47 37.9 51.7
17. Place of Death
Hospital 556 41.9 46.3 511 41.5 45.4 45 46.9 55.7
Other Institution 474 35.7 30.9 446 36.3 31.7 28 29.2 22.9
Home or Non-Institution 296 22.3 22.8 273 22.2 23.0 23 24.0 21.4
18. Occurrence
Total 1542 2.0 2.1 1429 2.5 2.5 113 0.7 0.8
To Residents 1171 75.9 76.0 1084 75.9 75.5 87 77.0 81.5
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 515 3.5 5.8
20. Divorces and Annulments 596 4.0 4.3
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
CHATHAM COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 56090 0.6 0.6 46613 0.7 0.7 9477 0.4 0.4
Males 27761 49.5 49.4 23317 50.0 49.9 4444 46.9 47.0
Females 28329 50.5 50.6 23296 50.0 50.1 5033 53.1 53.0
2. Natural Increase 236 4.2 3.9 256 5.5 4.9 -20 -2.1 -0.9
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 746 13.3 13.0 657 14.1 13.7 89 9.4 9.8
Males 365 6.5 6.6 318 6.8 6.9 47 5.0 5.1
Females 381 6.8 6.5 339 7.3 6.8 42 4.4 4.7
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 655 87.8 88.6 574 87.4 88.1 81 91.0 91.4
Physician Not in Hospital 1 0.1 0.1 1 0.2 0.1 0 0.0 0.4
Certified Nurse Midwife 88 11.8 10.8 81 12.3 11.3 7 7.9 7.6
Other Attendant 2 0.3 0.5 1 0.2 0.5 1 1.1 0.6
5. Low Birthweight 71 9.5 8.8 49 7.5 7.6 22 24.7 16.2
6. Out of Wedlock 269 36.1 34.1 210 32.0 29.5 59 66.3 64.1
7. Mother Smoked 97 13.0 11.8 76 11.6 10.8 21 23.6 18.4
8. C-Section 193 25.9 26.0 167 25.4 25.7 26 29.2 27.9
9. Occurrence
Total 4 0.0 0.0 3 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.0
To Residents 4 100.0 92.9 3 100.0 90.9 1 100.0 100.0
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 7 9.4 10.0 5 7.6 9.2 2 22.5 15.1
11. Fetal Deaths 1 1.3 4.3 1 1.5 4.6 0 0.0 2.2
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 6 8.0 5.7 4 6.1 4.6 2 22.5 13.0
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 1 1.4 2.0 1 1.5 2.3 0 0.0 0.0
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 7 9.4 7.7 5 7.6 6.9 2 22.5 13.0
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 510 9.1 9.1 401 8.6 8.8 109 11.5 10.7
Males 261 9.4 9.1 202 8.7 8.5 59 13.3 11.9
Females 249 8.8 9.2 199 8.5 9.1 50 9.9 9.5
16. Age
00-04 Years 7 2.0 1.7 5 1.6 1.6 2 3.7 2.6
05-14 Years 1 0.1 0.5 1 0.2 0.5 0 0.0 0.5
15-24 Years 6 0.9 1.0 4 0.7 0.9 2 1.6 1.3
25-34 Years 6 0.8 0.7 4 0.6 0.6 2 1.8 1.1
35-44 Years 15 1.8 1.7 10 1.4 1.6 5 3.7 2.6
45-54 Years 37 4.4 4.0 27 3.9 3.3 10 6.6 7.4
55-64 Years 64 9.7 9.1 42 7.8 7.4 22 17.8 16.4
65 and Over 374 44.9 46.1 308 43.8 45.4 66 50.9 49.8
17. Place of Death
Hospital 217 42.5 40.9 156 38.9 38.6 61 56.0 49.8
Other Institution 152 29.8 31.8 127 31.7 33.0 25 22.9 27.2
Home or Non-Institution 141 27.6 27.3 118 29.4 28.4 23 21.1 23.0
18. Occurrence
Total 379 0.5 0.5 311 0.5 0.5 68 0.4 0.4
To Residents 319 84.2 84.2 262 84.2 85.2 57 83.8 80.1
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 327 5.8 6.1
20. Divorces and Annulments 161 2.9 3.1
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
CHEROKEE COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 26180 0.3 0.3 25110 0.4 0.4 1070 0.0 0.0
Males 12771 48.8 48.6 12249 48.8 48.6 522 48.8 48.8
Females 13409 51.2 51.4 12861 51.2 51.4 548 51.2 51.2
2. Natural Increase -38 -1.5 -2.0 -33 -1.3 -1.9 -5 -4.7 -3.1
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 273 10.4 10.5 262 10.4 10.5 11 10.3 9.4
Males 143 5.5 5.4 135 5.4 5.4 8 7.5 4.6
Females 130 5.0 5.1 127 5.1 5.1 3 2.8 4.8
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 265 97.1 95.8 254 96.9 95.6 11 100.0 100.0
Physician Not in Hospital 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 5 1.8 3.2 5 1.9 3.4 0 0.0 0.0
Other Attendant 3 1.1 1.0 3 1.1 1.0 0 0.0 0.0
5. Low Birthweight 27 9.9 9.9 24 9.2 9.8 3 27.3 14.3
6. Out of Wedlock 99 36.3 29.9 93 35.5 29.3 6 54.5 46.9
7. Mother Smoked 93 34.1 30.8 88 33.6 31.1 5 45.5 22.4
8. C-Section 85 31.1 24.3 81 30.9 24.0 4 36.4 30.6
9. Occurrence
Total 239 0.2 0.2 232 0.3 0.3 7 0.0 0.0
To Residents 163 68.2 64.6 159 68.5 64.5 4 57.1 65.4
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 1 3.6 13.4 1 3.8 12.4 0 0.0 40.0
11. Fetal Deaths 1 3.6 8.9 1 3.8 8.5 0 0.0 20.0
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 0 0.0 4.5 0 0.0 3.9 0 0.0 20.4
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 0 0.0 4.5 0 0.0 4.7 0 0.0 0.0
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 0 0.0 9.0 0 0.0 8.6 0 0.0 20.4
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 311 11.9 12.5 295 11.7 12.5 16 15.0 12.5
Males 152 11.9 13.2 145 11.8 13.4 7 13.4 10.3
Females 159 11.9 11.7 150 11.7 11.6 9 16.4 14.7
16. Age
00-04 Years 1 0.7 2.1 1 0.8 2.0 0 0.0 2.8
05-14 Years 0 0.0 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 0 0.0 0.0
15-24 Years 5 1.9 1.7 4 1.6 1.7 1 8.1 1.6
25-34 Years 7 2.6 2.1 7 2.7 2.1 0 0.0 1.7
35-44 Years 9 2.8 3.3 6 2.0 3.2 3 19.6 4.0
45-54 Years 23 5.9 5.1 21 5.6 4.9 2 11.9 11.3
55-64 Years 43 10.4 9.7 42 10.6 9.7 1 6.8 10.7
65 and Over 223 41.6 46.2 214 40.9 45.7 9 70.9 67.4
17. Place of Death
Hospital 127 40.8 48.4 120 40.7 48.3 7 43.8 50.8
Other Institution 80 25.7 21.8 77 26.1 21.6 3 18.8 26.2
Home or Non-Institution 104 33.4 29.8 98 33.2 30.1 6 37.5 23.1
18. Occurrence
Total 283 0.4 0.4 271 0.5 0.5 12 0.1 0.1
To Residents 238 84.1 82.3 228 84.1 82.1 10 83.3 87.0
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 208 7.9 10.4
20. Divorces and Annulments 126 4.8 4.7
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
CHOWAN COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 14470 0.2 0.2 8922 0.1 0.1 5548 0.3 0.3
Males 6820 47.1 47.1 4296 48.2 48.1 2524 45.5 45.4
Females 7650 52.9 52.9 4626 51.8 51.9 3024 54.5 54.6
2. Natural Increase -22 -1.5 -0.5 -30 -3.4 -3.2 8 1.4 3.7
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 174 12.0 12.4 89 10.0 10.3 85 15.3 15.7
Males 96 6.6 6.2 50 5.6 5.4 46 8.3 7.5
Females 78 5.4 6.2 39 4.4 4.9 39 7.0 8.2
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 136 78.2 75.3 72 80.9 77.7 64 75.3 72.6
Physician Not in Hospital 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 37 21.3 24.6 17 19.1 22.3 20 23.5 27.1
Other Attendant 1 0.6 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 1 1.2 0.2
5. Low Birthweight 26 14.9 11.1 12 13.5 9.8 14 16.5 12.5
6. Out of Wedlock 99 56.9 52.8 30 33.7 27.1 69 81.2 80.0
7. Mother Smoked 24 13.8 13.8 16 18.0 16.8 8 9.4 10.7
8. C-Section 62 35.6 30.3 30 33.7 29.0 32 37.6 31.6
9. Occurrence
Total 353 0.3 0.3 191 0.2 0.2 162 0.5 0.5
To Residents 135 38.2 40.0 65 34.0 35.8 70 43.2 44.5
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 8 45.2 17.8 2 22.2 10.8 6 69.0 25.2
11. Fetal Deaths 3 16.9 10.0 1 11.1 8.7 2 23.0 11.5
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 5 28.7 7.9 1 11.2 2.2 4 47.1 13.9
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 5 28.7 7.9 1 11.2 2.2 4 47.1 13.9
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 196 13.5 12.9 119 13.3 13.5 77 13.9 12.0
Males 92 13.5 13.4 53 12.3 13.1 39 15.5 13.9
Females 104 13.6 12.5 66 14.3 13.9 38 12.6 10.4
16. Age
00-04 Years 5 5.9 2.1 1 2.3 0.5 4 9.9 3.8
05-14 Years 0 0.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.2 0 0.0 0.0
15-24 Years 0 0.0 0.9 0 0.0 0.7 0 0.0 1.2
25-34 Years 0 0.0 1.1 0 0.0 0.4 0 0.0 2.1
35-44 Years 7 3.9 3.3 2 1.8 2.9 5 7.2 4.1
45-54 Years 8 3.6 5.6 2 1.5 4.9 6 7.0 6.7
55-64 Years 23 12.5 10.1 11 8.5 6.7 12 21.9 18.5
65 and Over 153 57.0 54.7 103 52.6 52.2 50 68.7 61.5
17. Place of Death
Hospital 107 54.6 60.9 60 50.4 57.6 47 61.0 66.9
Other Institution 47 24.0 20.7 28 23.5 21.0 19 24.7 20.1
Home or Non-Institution 42 21.4 18.4 31 26.1 21.4 11 14.3 13.1
18. Occurrence
Total 215 0.3 0.3 134 0.2 0.2 81 0.5 0.4
To Residents 145 67.4 67.7 85 63.4 66.7 60 74.1 69.5
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 106 7.3 7.6
20. Divorces and Annulments 47 3.2 3.5
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
CLAY COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 9876 0.1 0.1 9732 0.2 0.1 144 0.0 0.0
Males 4824 48.8 48.7 4758 48.9 48.8 66 45.8 43.3
Females 5052 51.2 51.3 4974 51.1 51.2 78 54.2 56.7
2. Natural Increase -40 -4.1 -3.1 -40 -4.1 -3.1 0 0.0 -4.4
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 88 8.9 9.0 87 8.9 9.0 1 6.9 10.4
Males 50 5.1 4.7 50 5.1 4.7 0 0.0 7.4
Females 38 3.8 4.3 37 3.8 4.3 1 6.9 3.0
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 82 93.2 92.5 81 93.1 92.3 1 100.0 100.0
Physician Not in Hospital 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 3 3.4 5.4 3 3.4 5.5 0 0.0 0.0
Other Attendant 3 3.4 2.1 3 3.4 2.2 0 0.0 0.0
5. Low Birthweight 2 2.3 6.6 2 2.3 6.7 0 0.0 0.0
6. Out of Wedlock 29 33.0 24.5 29 33.3 24.2 0 0.0 42.9
7. Mother Smoked 25 28.4 30.1 24 27.6 29.9 1 100.0 42.9
8. C-Section 21 23.9 23.8 21 24.1 23.7 0 0.0 28.6
9. Occurrence
Total 1 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
To Residents 0 0.0 50.0 0 0.0 50.0 0
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 0 0.0 11.7 0 0.0 11.9 0 0.0 0.0
11. Fetal Deaths 0 0.0 7.0 0 0.0 7.1 0 0.0 0.0
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 0 0.0 4.7 0 0.0 4.8 0 0.0 0.0
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 1 11.4 2.4 1 11.5 2.4 0 0.0 0.0
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 1 11.4 7.1 1 11.5 7.2 0 0.0 0.0
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 128 13.0 12.2 127 13.0 12.1 1 6.9 14.8
Males 58 12.0 13.2 58 12.2 13.3 0 0.0 10.2
Females 70 13.9 11.1 69 13.9 11.0 1 12.8 18.3
16. Age
00-04 Years 1 2.1 1.4 1 2.2 1.5 0 0.0 0.0
05-14 Years 0 0.0 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 0 0.0 0.0
15-24 Years 0 0.0 1.3 0 0.0 1.1 0 0.0 8.8
25-34 Years 4 4.4 1.8 4 4.4 1.9 0 0.0 0.0
35-44 Years 3 2.7 3.0 3 2.7 3.0 0 0.0 0.0
45-54 Years 5 3.1 3.9 5 3.1 3.8 0 0.0 11.2
55-64 Years 16 9.8 7.6 15 9.3 7.3 1 50.0 33.7
65 and Over 99 44.0 42.3 99 44.2 42.1 0 0.0 76.9
17. Place of Death
Hospital 34 26.6 36.4 33 26.0 36.3 1 100.0 40.0
Other Institution 46 35.9 31.5 46 36.2 31.5 0 0.0 30.0
Home or Non-Institution 48 37.5 32.2 48 37.8 32.2 0 0.0 30.0
18. Occurrence
Total 88 0.1 0.1 88 0.2 0.1 0 0.0 0.0
To Residents 83 94.3 89.9 83 94.3 89.8 0 100.0
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 80 8.1 9.7
20. Divorces and Annulments 35 3.5 3.3
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
CLEVELAND COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 97056 1.1 1.2 75311 1.2 1.2 21745 1.0 1.0
Males 46875 48.3 48.2 36716 48.8 48.7 10159 46.7 46.7
Females 50181 51.7 51.8 38595 51.2 51.3 11586 53.3 53.3
2. Natural Increase 175 1.8 2.1 70 0.9 1.0 105 4.8 6.0
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 1144 11.8 12.4 848 11.3 11.8 296 13.6 14.5
Males 598 6.2 6.4 447 5.9 6.1 151 6.9 7.3
Females 546 5.6 6.0 401 5.3 5.7 145 6.7 7.2
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 785 68.6 70.2 590 69.6 69.8 195 65.9 71.2
Physician Not in Hospital 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 346 30.2 29.1 249 29.4 29.5 97 32.8 28.0
Other Attendant 13 1.1 0.7 9 1.1 0.6 4 1.4 0.8
5. Low Birthweight 110 9.6 9.7 69 8.1 8.5 41 13.9 13.0
6. Out of Wedlock 502 43.9 41.5 277 32.7 29.8 225 76.0 74.5
7. Mother Smoked 227 19.8 19.4 184 21.7 21.9 43 14.5 12.3
8. C-Section 358 31.3 29.9 273 32.2 30.0 85 28.7 29.6
9. Occurrence
Total 996 0.8 0.8 732 0.8 0.9 264 0.8 0.8
To Residents 843 84.6 84.7 594 81.1 81.0 249 94.3 95.2
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 22 19.0 13.8 12 14.0 11.6 10 33.4 20.1
11. Fetal Deaths 11 9.5 8.5 8 9.3 8.0 3 10.0 10.1
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 11 9.6 5.3 4 4.7 3.6 7 23.6 10.2
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 4 3.5 4.3 4 4.7 3.1 0 0.0 7.7
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 15 13.1 9.6 8 9.4 6.7 7 23.6 17.8
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 969 10.0 10.3 778 10.3 10.8 191 8.8 8.5
Males 461 9.8 10.5 366 10.0 10.8 95 9.4 9.5
Females 508 10.1 10.1 412 10.7 10.8 96 8.3 7.7
16. Age
00-04 Years 18 3.1 2.1 10 2.4 1.6 8 4.9 3.4
05-14 Years 1 0.1 0.1 1 0.1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1
15-24 Years 10 0.8 1.2 4 0.4 1.0 6 1.9 1.8
25-34 Years 19 1.6 1.5 15 1.6 1.3 4 1.4 2.1
35-44 Years 31 2.2 2.7 21 1.9 2.3 10 3.1 3.9
45-54 Years 87 6.3 5.8 58 5.4 5.3 29 9.7 7.7
55-64 Years 125 11.3 11.8 95 10.5 11.5 30 14.9 13.3
65 and Over 678 51.6 54.2 574 51.2 53.9 104 53.6 56.5
17. Place of Death
Hospital 442 45.6 48.4 345 44.3 47.0 97 50.8 54.4
Other Institution 312 32.2 29.3 253 32.5 30.1 59 30.9 25.8
Home or Non-Institution 215 22.2 22.3 180 23.1 22.9 35 18.3 19.8
18. Occurrence
Total 936 1.2 1.3 773 1.3 1.4 163 1.0 1.0
To Residents 802 85.7 86.6 650 84.1 85.4 152 93.3 92.0
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 613 6.3 6.0
20. Divorces and Annulments 455 4.7 4.3
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
COLUMBUS COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 54524 0.6 0.6 35380 0.5 0.6 19144 0.9 0.9
Males 26463 48.5 48.3 17448 49.3 49.1 9015 47.1 47.0
Females 28061 51.5 51.7 17932 50.7 50.9 10129 52.9 53.0
2. Natural Increase 133 2.4 2.5 66 1.9 1.5 67 3.5 4.2
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 744 13.6 14.0 480 13.6 13.4 264 13.8 15.0
Males 396 7.3 7.0 250 7.1 6.8 146 7.6 7.4
Females 348 6.4 6.9 230 6.5 6.5 118 6.2 7.6
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 641 86.2 91.5 417 86.9 91.0 224 84.8 92.4
Physician Not in Hospital 1 0.1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 1 0.4 0.1
Certified Nurse Midwife 13 1.7 4.4 7 1.5 4.8 6 2.3 3.8
Other Attendant 89 12.0 4.1 56 11.7 4.2 33 12.5 3.8
5. Low Birthweight 85 11.4 11.4 40 8.3 8.8 45 17.0 15.6
6. Out of Wedlock 352 47.3 46.9 154 32.1 29.1 198 75.0 76.4
7. Mother Smoked 131 17.6 18.2 90 18.8 18.7 41 15.5 17.2
8. C-Section 222 29.8 28.8 139 29.0 28.8 83 31.4 28.8
9. Occurrence
Total 453 0.4 0.4 294 0.3 0.3 159 0.5 0.6
To Residents 417 92.1 91.9 267 90.8 89.4 150 94.3 95.7
F E T A L & I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y
10. Perinatal Deaths 8 10.7 17.4 4 8.3 13.4 4 15.1 24.1
11. Fetal Deaths 2 2.7 8.6 1 2.1 7.5 1 3.8 10.3
12. Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 6 8.1 8.9 3 6.3 5.9 3 11.4 13.9
13. Postneonatal (28 Days- 1 Year) 0 0.0 1.6 0 0.0 1.3 0 0.0 2.1
14. Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 6 8.1 10.5 3 6.3 7.1 3 11.4 16.0
D E A T H S (Excluding Fetals)
15. Total 611 11.2 11.5 414 11.7 11.9 197 10.3 10.8
Males 305 11.5 12.0 197 11.3 12.1 108 12.0 11.9
Females 306 10.9 11.0 217 12.1 11.7 89 8.8 9.9
16. Age
00-04 Years 6 1.8 2.5 3 1.5 1.9 3 2.3 3.4
05-14 Years 3 0.4 0.3 0 0.0 0.3 3 0.9 0.4
15-24 Years 8 1.1 1.6 4 1.0 1.6 4 1.4 1.6
25-34 Years 17 2.5 1.7 8 1.8 1.2 9 3.8 2.7
35-44 Years 29 3.8 3.2 17 3.4 2.8 12 4.8 4.0
45-54 Years 43 5.5 6.9 24 4.8 5.5 19 6.8 9.6
55-64 Years 79 12.2 13.5 50 10.9 12.2 29 15.3 16.8
65 and Over 426 55.4 56.8 308 55.5 56.1 118 55.4 58.7
17. Place of Death
Hospital 336 55.0 56.9 226 54.6 55.2 110 55.8 60.2
Other Institution 106 17.3 19.2 71 17.1 19.5 35 17.8 18.8
Home or Non-Institution 169 27.7 23.9 117 28.3 25.3 52 26.4 21.0
18. Occurrence
Total 451 0.6 0.6 307 0.5 0.6 144 0.8 0.9
To Residents 428 94.9 92.9 288 93.8 93.3 140 97.2 92.1
O T H E R E V E N T S
19. Marriages 267 4.9 5.9
20. Divorces and Annulments 223 4.1 4.4
* See Definitions and Formulas Section
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Vital Statistics – Volume 1 • 2005 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2001 - 2005
CRAVEN COUNTY
T O T A L W H I T E MINORITY
Item Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05 2005 2005 01-05
P O P U L A T I O N
1. Total 92670 1.1 1.1 66730 1.0 1.1 25940 1.2 1.2
Males 46785 50.5 50.5 34158 51.2 51.2 12627 48.7 48.6
Females 45885 49.5 49.5 32572 48.8 48.8 13313 51.3 51.4
2. Natural Increase 625 6.7 7.3 432 6.5 7.2 193 7.4 7.8
L I V E B I R T H S
3. Total 1527 16.5 16.8 1112 16.7 16.8 415 16.0 16.6
Males 770 8.3 8.5 563 8.4 8.6 207 8.0 8.4
Females 757 8.2 8.2 549 8.2 8.2 208 8.0 8.2
4. Attendant
Physician in Hospital 1486 97.3 98.1 1077 96.9 97.7 409 98.6 99.0
Physician Not in Hospital 3 0.2 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 2 0.5 0.2
Certified Nurse Midwife 30 2.0 1.5 26 2.3 1.8 4 1.0 0.7
Other Attendant 8 0.5 0.4 8 0.7 0.5 0 0.0 0.0
5. Low Birthweight 142 9.3 8.8 90 8.1 7.0 52 12.5 13.4
6. Out of Wedlock 492 32.2 28.8 239 21.5 17.7 253 61.0 58.1
7. Mother Smoked 220 14.4 14.9 180 16.2 16.8 40 9.6 9.9
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