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Selected Vital Statistics for 2006 and 2002-2006

North Carolina

Item Total White Minority
Number 2006 Rate* 2006 Rate* 02-06 Number 2006 Rate* 2006 Rate* 02-06 Number 2006 Rate* 2006 Rate* 02-06
Population
Total 8,860,341 100.0 100.0 6,604,666 100.0 100.0 2,255,675 100.0 100.0
Males 4,369,928 49.3 49.2 3,297,128 49.9 49.8 1,072,800 47.6 47.5
Females 4,490,413 50.7 50.8 3,307,538 50.1 50.2 1,182,875 52.4 52.5
Natural Increase 53,227 6.0 5.6 34,502 5.2 4.9 18,725 8.3 7.7
Live Births
Total 127,646 14.4 14.2 92,069 13.9 13.8 35,577 15.8 15.3
Males 65,428 7.4 7.2 47,220 7.1 7.1 18,208 8.1 7.8
Females 62,218 7.0 6.9 44,849 6.8 6.7 17,369 7.7 7.5
Attendant
Physician in Hospital 114,082 89.4 89.7 82,093 89.2 89.3 31,989 89.9 90.8
Physician not in Hospital 130 0.1 0.1 68 0.1 0.0 62 0.2 0.1
Certified Nurse Midwife 12,730 10.0 9.8 9,332 10.1 10.1 3,398 9.6 8.8
Other Attendant 704 0.6 0.5 576 0.6 0.5 128 0.4 0.3
Low Birthweight 11,595 9.1 9.1 6,821 7.4 7.4 4,774 13.4 13.5
Out of Wedlock 51,167 40.1 37.1 28,446 30.9 27.7 22,721 63.9 62.0
Mother Smoked 14,668 11.5 12.4 11,023 12.0 13.0 3,645 10.2 10.6
C-Section 38,729 30.3 28.7 27,469 29.8 28.2 11,260 31.6 30.0
Occurrence
Total 129,000 100.0 100.0 93,095 100.0 100.0 35,905 100.0 100.0
To Residents 126,549 98.1 98.3 91,216 98.0 98.1 35,333 98.4 98.8
Fetal and Infant Mortality
Perinatal Deaths 1,580 12.3 12.8 826 8.9 9.3 754 20.9 21.9
Fetal Deaths 868 6.8 7.0 449 4.9 5.2 419 11.6 11.7
Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 712 5.6 5.8 377 4.1 4.1 335 9.4 10.3
Postneonatal (28 Days - 1 Year) 321 2.5 2.6 173 1.9 2.0 148 4.2 4.2
Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 1,033 8.1 8.4 550 6.0 6.1 483 13.6 14.5
Deaths (Excluding Fetals)
Total 74,419 8.4 8.5 57,567 8.7 8.9 16,852 7.5 7.6
Males 36,880 8.4 8.5 28,349 8.6 8.7 8,531 8.0 8.0
Females 37,539 8.4 8.6 29,218 8.8 9.0 8,321 7.0 7.2
Age
00-04 Years 1,173 2.0 2.0 631 1.5 1.5 542 3.2 3.2
05-14 Years 206 0.2 0.2 136 0.2 0.2 70 0.2 0.2
15-24 Years 1,130 0.9 0.9 763 0.8 0.8 367 1.0 1.0
25-34 Years 1,352 1.1 1.1 875 1.0 1.0 477 1.5 1.5
35-44 Years 2,876 2.2 2.2 1,848 1.9 1.9 1,028 3.0 3.0
45-54 Years 6,042 4.8 4.8 3,970 4.2 4.2 2,072 6.8 6.9
55-64 Years 9,580 10.1 10.2 6,860 9.1 9.1 2,720 14.1 14.4
65 and Over 52,060 49.1 50.9 42,484 48.5 50.1 9,576 52.1 54.4
Place of Death
Hospital 34,437 46.3 47.9 24,913 43.3 45.1 9,524 56.5 57.4
Other Institution 20,954 28.2 27.6 17,222 29.9 29.2 3,732 22.1 22.2
Home or Non-Institution 19,028 25.6 24.5 15,432 26.8 25.7 3,596 21.3 20.4
Occurrence
Total 75,323 100.0 100.0 58,291 100.0 100.0 17,032 100.0 100.0
To Residents 73,052 97.0 97.0 56,446 96.8 96.9 16,606 97.5 97.6
Other Events
Marriages 64,736 7.3 7.4
Divorces and Annulments 35,824 4.0 4.2

*See definitions and formulas section


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