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Abstract:
In North Carolina, high mortality was found among men working in such low status jobs as proprietors and sales supervisors, and in such industries as repair services, logging, construction, and trucking.
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This report was produced in response to thirty quantifiable national health objectives for which comparable and reliable North Carolina data were available. It is meant to inform health planners, policy makers, and the health community at large of state and national trends and the statistical prospects for meeting each of the thirty objectives, based on trends of the recent past.
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For the period 1978-1986 in North Carolina, nonwhite abortion was negatively correlated with the fertility rate and the fetal and neonatal death rates of nonwhite infants born in the same year. The correlation varied by age, education, income, marital, and birth-order categories.
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The State Center for Health Statistics conducted an analysis of race-specific sociodemographic, natality, mortality, and morbidity data focusing on the relative status of North Carolina’s American Indian residents. Data are provided separately for reservation and non-reservation Indians.
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In North Carolina and across the United States, birth rates have steadily fallen over the past several decades. In recent years, however, both the birth rate and the induced abortion rate of older women have risen, and first-time births among women of ages thirty and older have risen sharply. Problems that may be associated with delayed and limited childbearing are examined and discussed in this report.
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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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The North Carolina Division of Health Services monitors and reports child deaths at regular intervals in hope that increased awareness will result in appropriate intervention. A special focus of this report is poor children, specifically, those whose families receive Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Data and analysis of child mortality are presented, and categorized by age and cause of death.