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Selected Vital Statistics for 2005 and 2001-2005

Alamance County

Item Total White Minority
Number 2005 Rate* 2005 Rate* 01-05 Number 2005 Rate* 2005 Rate* 01-05 Number 2005 Rate* 2005 Rate* 01-05
Population
Total 138,572 1.6 1.6 109,518 1.7 1.7 29,054 1.3 1.3
Males 67,051 48.4 48.3 53,597 48.9 48.8 13,454 46.3 46.2
Females 71,521 51.6 51.7 55,921 51.1 51.2 15,600 53.7 53.8
Natural Increase 461 3.3 3.8 369 3.4 3.8 92 3.2 3.7
Live Births
Total 1,820 13.1 13.4 1,471 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
Attendant
Physician in Hospital 1,430 78.6 83.0 1,148 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
Low Birthweight 194 10.7 9.2 141 9.6 8.1 53 15.2 13.4
Out of Wedlock 778 42.7 39.5 543 36.9 33.4 235 67.3 64.1
Mother Smoked 285 15.7 14.2 219 14.9 13.8 66 18.9 16.0
C-Section 522 28.7 27.0 414 28.1 26.5 108 30.9 28.9
Occurrence
Total 1,206 1.0 1.1 981 1.1 1.2 225 0.7 0.8
To Residents 1,055 87.5 86.8 848 86.4 85.7 207 92.0 91.2
Fetal and Infant Mortality
Perinatal Deaths 34 18.5 12.7 18 12.2 9.0 16 44.6 27.6
Fetal Deaths 18 9.8 6.0 8 5.4 4.2 10 27.9 13.0
Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 16 8.8 6.8 10 6.8 4.8 6 17.2 14.8
Postneonatal (28 Days - 1 Year) 4 2.2 2.6 4 2.7 2.3 0 0.0 3.9
Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 20 11.0 9.4 14 9.5 7.1 6 17.2 18.6
Deaths (Excluding Fetals)
Total 1,359 9.8 9.6 1,102 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
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 1,025 55.3 53.5 867 55.3 52.8 158 55.3 57.2
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
Occurrence
Total 1,203 1.6 1.6 997 1.7 1.7 206 1.2 1.3
To Residents 1,097 91.2 90.7 917 92.0 90.7 180 87.4 90.7
Other Events
Marriages 874 6.3 6.6
Divorces and Annulments 616 4.4 4.5

*See definitions and formulas section


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