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3600
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Hospital discharge rates, length of stays, and charges revealed higher discharge rates for heart disease in the state than in the nation and increases in knee and hip replacements.
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3931
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Some 904 people committed suicide in 1995. The number of suicides per 100,000 increased from 11.2 in 1980 to 12.6 in 1995. Among the old, white males have the highest rate. Among younger minorities and younger males, the rate is increasing. Two-thirds of all suicides result from use of firearms.
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3986
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Alcohol use is common among those under twenty-one years of age. Not only is it a contributing factor in many fatal car crashes, it is also associated with suicides, murders, drowning, and health problems, including alcohol poisoning, dependence, liver disease, and various cancers.
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4047
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Between the years 1987-88 and 1995-96, considerable progress was made toward the reduction of birthweight-specific infant mortality. Expanded child and maternal care were contributing factors to the decline. However, other factors, including smoking mothers and minority race, continue to be strong predictors of low birthweight. These factors still need to be addressed.
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4119
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Asthma is a common illness among children, through the age of fourteen, and it is one of the most important reasons children are hospitalized in the state. From 1995 to 1997, asthma hospitalizations averaged 6,500 per year. The illness rate is higher in rural areas than in urban ones.
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4132
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Multiple births rose forty percent in the state between 1980 and 1997. Contributing factors are women who wait until later in life to have children and women who use infertility therapies. Multiple birth babies tend to have low birthweight, serious health problems, and to die soon after birth.
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4193
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Community Diagnosis, a state-mandated health assessment, helps local public health units determine needs. The assessment has been administered biennially since 1974 by the State Center for Health Statistics. Results are used in planning public health programs and in requesting funds from the General Assembly. Teen pregnancy and infant mortality were among the top priorities from the 1998 assessment.
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4491
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Daily smoking declined from 1993 to 1998 for most demographic groups in North Carolina. The exceptions were those with under twelve years of education and young adults. Quitting attempts were lowest among those who started smoking early and continued. Women in poor health were most likely to try quitting than those women in good health, as were men who had a health checkup in a twelve-month period.
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5313
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This study's purpose was \"to examine the level of folic acid knowledge and intake among North Carolina women who have recently given birth.\" One conclusion drawn by the authors was that the percentage of women in the state taking folic acid prior to pregnancy is low.
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5503
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This study seeks to \"quantify the extent of limited health care access among three risk groups: people with chronic illnesses; people with high-risk behaviors or with high-risk conditions; and people who fail to comply with recommended preventative health care practices.\" The authors discuss how the study was conducted, the results, and what conclusions were drawn.
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5504
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Military veterans are about 30 percent of the adult male population in North Carolina and around the country. However, very little is known about their health. This study seeks to \"describe selected health conditions and behaviors of the discharged male veterans compared to male non-veterans in North Carolina and the United States.\"
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5505
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In this study the prevalence of high neonatal risk among very-low-birth-weight babies (VLBW) who were referred to North Carolina's Infant/Toddler Program and those VLBW babies who were not was compared. Also compared were the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the mothers.
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5506
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What are the risk factors associated with placing children in special education in the first grade and how would children in need of early intervention services be identified were questions this study examined. The authors discuss the method of the study and the results and conclusions drawn.
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5523
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This study seeks to calculate healthy life expectancy for North Carolina's population. Among the results were the following: the state's overall life expectancy at birth is 75.6 years; women live longer than men; whites live longer than minorities; healthy life is on average 63 years, with 12.6 years spent with health status perceived as either fair or poor.
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5524
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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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