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1894
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The N.C. Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources implemented in 1982 a program to evaluate cancer clusters, an increased cancer rate in a small area or within a short time period. An overview of current evaluating procedures is included
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29456
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In 1998 there were over one-thousand deaths from breast cancer among North Carolina women. Data from the North Carolina Central Cancer Registry were analyzed to determine the impact of three major breast cancer treatment types, age, and stage at diagnosis on the survival rates of breast cancer patients.
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1895
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Head and spinal cord injuries are one of the major, preventable health problems in North Carolina. This study examines head and spinal cord injury mortality from 1979 to 1988. Data is presented by race, gender, age, and cause of death.
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1913
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In 1992 the Governor's Task Force on Health Objectives for the Year 2000 published objectives addressing health concerns in 11 broad areas, such as AIDS. The report identifies special target populations - African-Americans and native Americans.
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1912
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While such health indicators as infant mortality, heart disease, and strokes show improvement among blacks, there still remain serious disparities between the health status of blacks and other North Carolinians.
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1911
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The health status of North Carolina's Native Americans is compared to that of blacks and whites using statistical labels reflecting such factors as low abortion utilization, low maternal education, maternal smoking, birth defects, and suicide.
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1914
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Persons 65 and older comprise 12% of North Carolina's population, yet they account for 27% of inpatient hospital discharges, 38% of hospital bed days and 40% of hospital charges. Nelson examines this age group's inpatient hospital usage.
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1638
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The associations between a poor pregnancy outcome and selected medical conditions of the mother are the focus of this report. Inadequate prenatal care, low weight gain, and complications of labor and delivery are factors to consider.
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1891
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Findings from a 1987 survey of 600 North Carolina adults on their knowledge of and attitudes about AIDS are reported.
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2058
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Community Diagnosis (CDx), a state-mandated program, concluded that top health problems in 1994 included teenage pregnancy and infant mortality, while legislative priorities were headed by money for new facilities and adolescent pregnancy prevention.
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24882
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While a fetus can gain some benefit from an obese mother, it can be potentially dangerous for the mother herself. There are many risks, in fact, that an obese mother faces during pregnancy. Elizabeth Barnett, David Savitz and Irva Hertz-Picciotto have conducted a study of low-income women to examine the relationship of obesity to perinatal mortality.
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1896
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In 1988 North Carolina implemented a new birth certificate form, adding new items and revising others in order to elicit better information on demographic, behavioral, and medical factors influencing fertility and pregnancy outcomes.
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1897
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An update of the North Carolina Birth Defects Registry is reported. Selected tabulations of 1988 data, the first year the new, expanded birth certificate went into effect, are presented.
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1892
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While childhood mortality rates have declined during the last decade in North Carolina, state statistics continue to rank above national statistics, though differing greatly on a cause-specific basis. Risk factors and intervention efforts are examined.
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1890
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A more comprehensive way to inventory birth defects is now available through the new North Carolina Birth Defects Registry, which provides data to health professionals and others studying causes of specific birth defects.
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