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Annual Publications

North Carolina Vital Statistics, Volume 1: Population, Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces

For the state and each Perinatal Care Region (PCR), county, and major incorporated city, one page tables summarize annual and 5-year data by race and selected variables. Maps, graphs, and narrative describe geographic patterns and statewide trends.

North Carolina Vital Statistics, Volume 2: Leading Causes of Death

For the state and counties, cause-specific annual and 5-year data are given in the form of numbers of deaths, unadjusted death rates, and age-adjusted death rates.

Basic Automated Birth Yearbook, North Carolina Residents

Known as the BABY BOOK, this statewide and report is comprised of multiple cross-tabulations of various maternal and infant variables such as age, race, birth order, birth weight, and number of prenatal visits as well as medical conditions of the mother, the labor/delivery, and the newborn. State and county data are available on the SCHS web site.

Detailed Mortality Statistics, North Carolina Residents

This statewide report provides annual counts of deaths specific for detailed underlying cause of death (4 digits) and age-race-sex groups. State and county data are available on the SCHS web site.

North Carolina Reported Pregnancies

For the state, PCRs, and counties, annual estimates of pregnancy rates, live birth rates, abortion rates, and abortion fractions by age and race are followed by one-page tables displaying counts of pregnancies (abortions, live births, and fetal deaths) by race and age for total and unmarried women.

Infant Mortality Statistics

Child Deaths

Vital Facts

Life Expectancy - State & County Estimates

This new report presents life expectancies at the state level, for each age interval (1) in total, and by (2) gender, (3) race (white and African American), and (4) race by gender. At the county level, life expectancies are provided for each age interval (1) in total, and by (2) gender and (3) by race (white and African American).

Life Expectancy: North Carolina 1990-1992 and 2005-2007, State and County

Other Reports

Special Studies

Rating	Name	Year Published
	Statistical Primer 13 - Age-Adjusted Death Rates	2008
	Statistical Primer 17 - Understanding Different Population Data Sources and Their Impact on Vital Statistics Rates	2007
	Statistical Brief 27 - Racial Disparities in Birth Outcomes Increase with Maternal Age: Recent Data from North Carolina	2005
	SCHS Study 135 - The Association of Maternal Smoking with Infant Mortality and Low Birth Weight in North Carolina, 1999	2002
	CHIS Study 125 - Enhanced Surveillance of Maternal Mortality in North Carolina	2001
	Statistical Brief 21 - Trends in Births to Mothers Age 35 and Older in North Carolina	2000
	Statistical Primer 14 - Matched Live Birth/Infant Death Files	2000
	SCHS Study 117 - Using Death Certificates to Target Occupation Groups for Health Promotion and Disease Screening in NC	1999
	SCHS Study 114 - Multiple Deliveries in North Carolina: Trends and Outcomes	1999
	SCHS Study 112 - Infant Mortality and Low Birthweight in North Carolina: The Last 10 Years	1999
	Statistical Brief 17 - Firearm Deaths in North Carolina - 1986-1996	1998
	SCHS Study 110 - Suicide in North Carolina	1998
	Statistical Primer 13 - Age-Adjusted Death Rates	1998
	Death Registration: The Physician's Responsibilities	1998
	Statistical Brief 14 - Repeat Teenage Pregnancy in North Carolina	1998
	SCHS Study 105 - Racial Differences in Risk Factors for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: A Case-Control Study in North Carolina	1997
	SCHS Study 104 - The Association of Marital Status with Low Birthweight, North Carolina, 1994-1995	1997
	Statistical Brief 8 - Trends in Births to Unmarried Women in North Carolina, 1940-1995	1997
	Statistical Brief 7 - Father's Age for Teenage Live Births in North Carolina - 1995	1997

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