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29533
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This study examined cause-specific mortality by marital status in North Carolina. The death patterns observed suggest that marriage is a relatively healthy and safe institution, whereas divorce and widowhood are associated with circumstances that engender death by violent means or aggravate disease processes.
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29536
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A recent Public Health Statistics Branch study suggests that occupational distribution contributes to the explanation of death from acute myocardial infarction, lung cancer, and prostatic cancer. Dietary and nutrition factors were determined to be affecting mortality among residents in North Carolina.
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29538
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Deaths that occur under unexpected conditions for health are considered unnecessary deaths. An unnecessary death index was created to compare county death rates in North Carolina based on causes of death, ages, and overall mortality. Results show that eastern counties generally have higher scores than western counties.
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29539
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This study examined the relationship between mortality of North Carolina residents and the signs of the zodiac. The ages and causes of death were compared across each of the twelve horoscope signs. While there are some interesting differences between signs, the results are open to interpretation.
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29543
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Data from deaths during 1968-1972 and the midyear population (1970 Census) were used to examine mortality in thirty-eight North Carolina cities. For the first time, the results provide cities with the opportunity to examine their cause-specific mortality and to investigate possible contributing conditions beyond age, race and sex considerations.
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29551
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Accidental death rates for children and teenagers in North Carolina are considerably higher than those in the nation. During 1974-1978, the majority of deaths among North Carolina residents under age twenty were motor vehicle fatalities, followed by drowning, fires, firearms, strangulation by ingestion, and poisoning.
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30130
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A sustained downward trend is occurring in North Carolina in the death statistics. The infant mortality rate of %44.7 is the lowest in the State's history, while maternal mortality is also lowest. These vital statistics are due to advances in vaccines and modern viral and bacterial control.
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30152
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The North Carolina State Board of Health's Bureau of Vital Statistics research shows that there is a range in the rate of infant mortality across the state. From the extremes of 15.5 per thousand in Yancey County to 61.3 per thousand in Duplin County, the state average is 34.7 per thousand. However, it is not necessarily the location that dictates the survival but the conditions such as urban versus rural.
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31303
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The North Carolina Cemetery Survey Project is seeking volunteers to record all cemeteries containing graves dated before 1913. The effort began in 1979, when the General Assembly created the Abandoned Cemeteries Study Committee to determine the condition of these forsaken cemeteries throughout the state. Since birth and death statistics were not kept officially in North Carolina before 1913, the only records available for many citizens are in graveyards.
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