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Selected Vital Statistics for 2005 and 2001-2005

North Carolina

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 8,682,066 100.0 100.0 6,479,702 100.0 100.0 2,202,364 100.0 100.0
Males 4,277,092 49.3 49.2 3,231,002 49.9 49.8 1,046,090 47.5 47.4
Females 4,404,974 50.7 50.8 3,248,700 50.1 50.2 1,156,274 52.5 52.6
Natural Increase 48,664 5.6 5.6 31,856 4.9 4.8 16,808 7.6 7.6
Live Births
Total 123,040 14.2 14.1 89,454 13.8 13.7 33,586 15.2 15.3
Males 62,836 7.2 7.2 45,769 7.1 7.0 17,067 7.7 7.8
Females 60,204 6.9 6.9 43,685 6.7 6.7 16,519 7.5 7.5
Attendant
Physician in Hospital 110,131 89.5 90.0 79,758 89.2 89.6 30,373 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 12,097 9.8 9.5 9,077 10.1 9.9 3,020 9.0 8.5
Other Attendant 727 0.6 0.4 571 0.6 0.5 156 0.5 0.3
Low Birthweight 11,353 9.2 9.0 6,757 7.6 7.4 4,596 13.7 13.4
Out of Wedlock 47,248 38.4 35.9 26,048 29.1 26.3 21,200 63.1 61.4
Mother Smoked 14,839 12.1 12.9 11,280 12.6 13.6 3,559 10.6 10.8
C-Section 36,615 29.8 27.7 26,134 29.2 27.2 10,481 31.2 29.0
Occurrence
Total 123,951 100.0 100.0 90,170 100.0 100.0 33,781 100.0 100.0
To Residents 121,772 98.2 98.3 88,461 98.1 98.1 33,311 98.6 98.8
Fetal and Infant Mortality
Perinatal Deaths 1,625 13.1 12.9 822 9.1 9.4 803 23.6 22.2
Fetal Deaths 874 7.1 7.1 440 4.9 5.3 434 12.8 11.7
Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 751 6.1 5.9 382 4.3 4.1 369 11.0 10.6
Postneonatal (28 Days - 1 Year) 326 2.7 2.6 193 2.2 2.0 133 4.0 4.2
Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 1,077 8.8 8.5 575 6.4 6.1 502 14.9 14.7
Deaths (Excluding Fetals)
Total 74,376 8.6 8.6 57,598 8.9 8.9 16,778 7.6 7.7
Males 36,397 8.5 8.6 28,098 8.7 8.7 8,299 7.9 8.1
Females 37,979 8.6 8.6 29,500 9.1 9.1 8,479 7.3 7.3
Age
00-04 Years 1,218 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 1,047 0.8 0.9 697 0.8 0.8 350 1.0 1.0
25-34 Years 1,422 1.2 1.1 922 1.1 1.0 500 1.5 1.5
35-44 Years 2,700 2.1 2.2 1,722 1.8 1.9 978 3.0 3.1
45-54 Years 5,983 4.9 4.8 3,992 4.3 4.1 1,991 6.8 6.9
55-64 Years 9,096 10.0 10.3 6,559 9.0 9.2 2,537 13.9 14.6
65 and Over 52,713 51.0 51.4 42,931 50.2 50.5 9,782 54.8 55.6
Place of Death
Hospital 35,027 47.1 48.6 25,531 44.3 45.9 9,496 56.6 57.9
Other Institution 20,520 27.6 27.4 16,837 29.2 29.0 3,683 22.0 22.1
Home or Non-Institution 18,829 25.3 23.9 15,230 26.4 25.1 3,599 21.5 20.0
Occurrence
Total 75,275 100.0 100.0 58,312 100.0 100.0 16,963 100.0 100.0
To Residents 73,016 97.0 97.1 56,504 96.9 96.9 16,512 97.3 97.7
Other Events
Marriages 63,384 7.3 7.5
Divorces and Annulments 35,684 4.1 4.3

*See definitions and formulas section


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