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Selected Vital Statistics for 2005 and 2001-2005

Wake 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 755,034 8.7 8.3 567,467 8.8 8.4 187,567 8.5 8.2
Males 376,106 49.8 49.7 287,225 50.6 50.5 88,881 47.4 47.4
Females 378,928 50.2 50.3 280,242 49.4 49.5 98,686 52.6 52.6
Natural Increase 8,581 11.4 11.2 6,197 10.9 10.8 2,384 12.7 12.6
Live Births
Total 12,264 16.2 16.2 8,941 15.8 15.7 3,323 17.7 17.7
Males 6,237 8.3 8.2 4,578 8.1 8.0 1,659 8.8 8.8
Females 6,027 8.0 7.9 4,363 7.7 7.7 1,664 8.9 8.8
Attendant
Physician in Hospital 11,776 96.0 96.6 8,555 95.7 96.3 3,221 96.9 97.2
Physician not in Hospital 4 0.0 0.0 3 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.1
Certified Nurse Midwife 452 3.7 3.2 356 4.0 3.4 96 2.9 2.6
Other Attendant 32 0.3 0.2 27 0.3 0.3 5 0.2 0.1
Low Birthweight 1,003 8.2 7.8 595 6.7 6.5 408 12.3 11.6
Out of Wedlock 3,451 28.1 25.5 1,926 21.5 18.5 1,525 45.9 44.6
Mother Smoked 522 4.3 4.8 308 3.4 4.0 214 6.4 7.0
C-Section 3,671 29.9 27.8 2,603 29.1 27.3 1,068 32.1 29.2
Occurrence
Total 13,420 10.8 10.5 10,082 11.2 10.9 3,338 9.9 9.6
To Residents 11,287 84.1 83.3 8,280 82.1 81.1 3,007 90.1 89.8
Fetal and Infant Mortality
Perinatal Deaths 163 13.2 11.9 66 7.3 8.1 97 28.7 21.9
Fetal Deaths 99 8.0 7.0 40 4.5 5.0 59 17.4 12.5
Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 64 5.2 4.9 26 2.9 3.2 38 11.4 9.4
Postneonatal (28 Days - 1 Year) 21 1.7 1.6 10 1.1 1.1 11 3.3 2.8
Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 85 6.9 6.4 36 4.0 4.3 49 14.7 12.2
Deaths (Excluding Fetals)
Total 3,683 4.9 5.0 2,744 4.8 4.9 939 5.0 5.0
Males 1,788 4.8 4.8 1,318 4.6 4.7 470 5.3 5.3
Females 1,895 5.0 5.1 1,426 5.1 5.2 469 4.8 4.8
Age
00-04 Years 99 1.7 1.6 44 1.1 1.1 55 3.4 2.8
05-14 Years 10 0.1 0.1 5 0.1 0.1 5 0.2 0.2
15-24 Years 55 0.5 0.5 35 0.4 0.5 20 0.7 0.7
25-34 Years 86 0.7 0.7 54 0.6 0.5 32 1.0 1.1
35-44 Years 169 1.3 1.3 101 1.0 1.0 68 2.2 2.2
45-54 Years 309 2.9 3.1 194 2.4 2.5 115 4.8 5.3
55-64 Years 441 6.9 7.1 298 5.8 6.0 143 11.3 11.5
65 and Over 2,514 45.7 46.8 2,013 44.7 45.9 501 50.3 51.1
Place of Death
Hospital 1,810 49.1 51.4 1,232 44.9 47.8 578 61.6 62.1
Other Institution 998 27.1 26.3 823 30.0 28.8 175 18.6 18.8
Home or Non-Institution 875 23.8 22.3 689 25.1 23.4 186 19.8 19.1
Occurrence
Total 4,082 5.4 5.3 3,076 5.3 5.2 1,006 5.9 5.6
To Residents 3,308 81.0 81.0 2,472 80.4 80.2 836 83.1 83.5
Other Events
Marriages 4,558 6.0 6.5
Divorces and Annulments 2,523 3.3 3.7

*See definitions and formulas section


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