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29413
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North Carolina is experiencing major changes in its age structure as life expectancies have increased, birth rates decreased, and population migration occurred. Between 1980 and 2010, the number of North Carolina residents sixty-five and older is expected to dramatically increase. This report examined cause-specific mortality rates for three elderly age groups by race and sex.
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29385
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In 1980 and 1981, data were collected by the State Health Planning Agency in North Carolina concerning emergency room utilization by Medicaid eligible patients. This report presents a summary of these data and analysis. Results show that high emergency room use is correlated with a low rate of use of primary care services.
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29463
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This study assessed the completeness of the recording of external cause of injury codes (E-codes) on North Carolina hospital discharge records, for those patients with an injury as the primary cause of admission. E-codes are important for public health efforts to identify how many people are hurt or die from injuries, as well as the causes of these injuries.
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29381
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North Carolina routinely collects information on maternal characteristics that are known risk factors for conditions associated with fetal, neonatal and post-neonatal deaths. This report presents a trend analysis of these characteristics over the past decade.
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29400
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This report provides data and information on maternal characteristics that are known risk factors for conditions associated with fetal, neonatal and post-neonatal deaths in North Carolina. A trend analysis made use of three previous publications which covered birth years 1969-1973, 1972-1976, and 1975-1979, as well as an analysis of 1973-1983 data.
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29398
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This report presents a complete set of life tables (each year of age) based on 1971-1981 mortality data and the 1980 census. These life tables provide a snapshot of the current statewide average mortality experience in North Carolina, and compares life expectancy by race and sex.
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29488
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The North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) survey is a mail and telephone survey of mothers who have recently given birth. When the characteristics and outcomes of respondents and non-respondents differ, non-response to the survey causes bias in the survey results. This study examined which maternal characteristics are associated with survey non-response.
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3385
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Healthy People 2000 is a set of national goals for disease prevention and health promotion to be achieved by the year 2000. The state has yet to achieve a majority of the thirty-seven relating to the health of children ages 1-19.
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3386
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Healthy People 2000 is a program for improving the nation's health by the year 2000. Data for the period 1990-1995 indicate the state has met eleven objectives, is progressing favorably on thirty-two, and is going in the wrong direction on nineteen.
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29391
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This comprehensive report depicts the health status and health habits of North Carolinians over a twenty-year period. Statistics and trends are provided for a variety of characteristics pertaining to pregnancy, mortality, morbidity, healthcare, and demographics.
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29549
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While the number of Indian residents is sufficiently large, the Public Health Statistics Branch typically reports data for whites and nonwhites only. At the request of the North Carolina Commission for Indian Affairs, an analysis was done on race-specific birth and mortality data. The results show that vital characteristics of Indians are different when compared to white and black populations.
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29382
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This report presents findings from the Fall 1981 North Carolina Citizen Survey, covering the state’s six health service areas. The health data gives information on health care resources, well-being indicators, use of alcoholic beverages, and residential water and septic use.
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29546
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There have been certain inconsistencies between recording of residence on birth and death certificates, and Census enumerations of resident populations in North Carolina. In some cases, reported statistics on death, birth and fertility were misleading. The Division of Health Services has adjusted procedures to generate and disseminate more accurate data, and recognizes the need for data specific to cities and small areas.
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29386
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In 1981, thousands of pregnancies were reported among North Carolina’s ten to nineteen year old females. This report provides demographic characteristics and a statistical analysis of those pregnancies.
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29397
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Tuberculosis remains a serious public health problem in North Carolina. Even more perplexing are the high county morbidity rates for tuberculosis in the eastern region of the state. This report summarizes the 1983 morbidity and health care delivery data on tuberculosis, and analyzes the geographic pattern of three-year county tuberculosis case rates.
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