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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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2094
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Sixteen paper mills operate in twelve North Carolina counties. Concern by citizens over the possible link between mill emissions and increased cancer risk led the Central Cancer Registry to develop a study. The results did not support such a link.
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2131
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In 1991, the state set objectives to improve citizens' health by the year 2000. To date only one objective, reducing teenage pregnancy for ages 15-17, has been met, while others have not yet been achieved.
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2132
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Between 1988 and 1992, infant mortality declined, improving the state's ranking from 49th to 43rd. Further reduction can be achieved if the state's leading causes of infant death, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), can be attacked.
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5613
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Three NC counties, Forsyth, Durham, and Wake, were determined to be exceeding allowable carbon monoxide levels; therefore, these and surrounding counties were required to sell only oxygenated fuel. Vogt evaluates how this mandate affects CO levels.
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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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24883
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Race is a factor when it comes to likelihood of mortality rates. The exact impact race has on mortality rates is still not completely understood. Paul Buescher and Jack Leiss conducted this study on how race impacts mortality.
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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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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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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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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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1918
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The 1990 Census indicates that one in every four persons in North Carolina is a member of a minority group. Surles presents race-specific analyses of the socio-demographic characteristics of North Carolina's minorities.
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1919
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Statistics from the 1988-1990 North Carolina Birth Defects Registry are presented. Statistical tables give the reader perspectives on the prevalence of birth defects in the state as well as orientation to using and interpreting birth defects data.
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1920
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North Carolina's Division of Blind Services maintains one of the only population-based registers for the diabetes-related visually-impaired in the U.S. Sullivan discusses the register's usefulness and its flaws.
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24881
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Preconceptional diabetes and gestational diabetes can cause several complications during pregnancy. Those complications associated with preconceptional diabetes tend to be more severe than those from gestational diabetes.
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