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Selected Vital Statistics for 2002 and 1998-2002

North Carolina

Item Total White Minority
Number 2002 Rate* 2002 Rate* 98-02 Number 2002 Rate* 2002 Rate* 98-02 Number 2002 Rate* 2002 Rate* 98-02
Population
Total 8,325,847 100.0 100.0 6,225,735 100.0 100.0 2,100,112 100.0 100.0
Males 4,088,634 49.1 48.9 3,093,451 49.7 49.5 995,183 47.4 47.2
Females 4,237,213 50.9 51.1 3,132,284 50.3 50.5 1,104,929 52.6 52.8
Natural Increase 45,527 5.5 5.7 29,408 4.7 4.9 16,119 7.7 8.0
Live Births
Total 117,307 14.1 14.4 85,117 13.7 13.9 32,190 15.3 15.9
Males 60,022 7.2 7.4 43,653 7.0 7.1 16,369 7.8 8.1
Females 57,285 6.9 7.0 41,464 6.7 6.8 15,821 7.5 7.8
Attendant
Physician in Hospital 106,010 90.4 91.3 76,667 90.1 91.1 29,343 91.2 91.9
Physician not in Hospital 42 0.0 0.0 26 0.0 0.0 16 0.0 0.1
Certified Nurse Midwife 10,840 9.2 8.3 8,065 9.5 8.4 2,775 8.6 7.8
Other Attendant 415 0.4 0.4 359 0.4 0.4 56 0.2 0.2
Low Birthweight 10,550 9.0 8.9 6,251 7.3 7.2 4,299 13.4 13.2
Out of Wedlock 40,646 34.6 33.7 21,180 24.9 22.8 19,466 60.5 61.2
Mother Smoked 15,440 13.2 14.0 11,916 14.0 15.2 3,524 10.9 11.1
C-Section 31,478 26.8 24.1 22,440 26.4 23.7 9,038 28.1 25.0
Occurrence
Total 118,178 100.0 100.0 85,903 100.0 100.0 32,275 100.0 100.0
To Residents 116,131 98.3 98.1 84,188 98.0 97.8 31,943 99.0 98.8
Fetal and Infant Mortality
Perinatal Deaths 1,504 12.7 13.6 796 9.3 10.0 708 21.7 22.7
Fetal Deaths 845 7.2 7.5 473 5.5 5.7 372 11.4 12.0
Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 659 5.6 6.2 323 3.8 4.4 336 10.4 10.8
Postneonatal (28 Days - 1 Year) 298 2.6 2.5 178 2.1 1.9 120 3.8 4.1
Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 957 8.2 8.7 501 5.9 6.3 456 14.2 14.9
Deaths (Excluding Fetals)
Total 71,780 8.6 8.7 55,709 8.9 9.0 16,071 7.7 7.8
Males 35,181 8.6 8.8 27,134 8.8 8.9 8,047 8.1 8.4
Females 36,599 8.6 8.6 28,575 9.1 9.1 8,024 7.3 7.4
Age
00-04 Years 1,089 1.9 2.1 581 1.4 1.6 508 3.0 3.2
05-14 Years 230 0.2 0.2 142 0.2 0.2 88 0.2 0.2
15-24 Years 989 0.8 0.9 666 0.8 0.8 323 1.0 1.0
25-34 Years 1,392 1.2 1.1 858 1.0 0.9 534 1.7 1.7
35-44 Years 2,891 2.2 2.2 1,893 1.9 1.9 998 3.1 3.3
45-54 Years 5,380 4.7 4.7 3,523 4.0 3.9 1,857 6.9 7.1
55-64 Years 8,198 10.3 10.8 5,922 9.2 9.6 2,276 15.1 15.5
65 and Over 51,611 51.9 51.7 42,124 51.2 50.9 9,487 55.4 55.8
Place of Death
Hospital 35,543 49.5 50.9 26,147 46.9 48.4 9,396 58.5 59.2
Other Institution 19,485 27.1 26.4 15,997 28.7 27.9 3,488 21.7 21.2
Home or Non-Institution 16,752 23.3 22.7 13,565 24.3 23.6 3,187 19.8 19.6
Occurrence
Total 72,650 100.0 100.0 56,411 100.0 100.0 16,239 100.0 100.0
To Residents 70,485 97.0 97.0 54,663 96.9 96.8 15,822 97.4 97.7
Other Events
Marriages 63,730 7.7 8.1
Divorces and Annulments 37,049 4.4 4.6

*See definitions and formulas section


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