Vital Statistics 1999 Report

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CONTENTS	PAGE
TABLE OF FIGURES	iv
INTRODUCTION	1

TECHNICAL OVERVIEW	4
DATA SOURCES AND LIMITATIONS	4
DATA TABULATIONS AND PRESENTATION	7
DEFINITIONS	10

NATALITY	17
MOTHER’S AGE, RACE, AND MARITAL STATUS	19
METHOD OF DELIVERY	22
BIRTHWEIGHT	23
BIRTH OUTCOMES	25

MORTALITY	28
FETAL, INFANT, AND MATERNAL DEATHS	31
AGE-SPECIFIC AND AGE-ADJUSTED DEATH RATES	32
AGE-SPECIFIC AND AGE-ADJUSTED DEATH RATES FIGURES	33
AGE, SEX, AND RACE	47
MORTALITY PIE CHARTS	51
YEARS OF POTENTIAL LIFE LOST	57

CANCER INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE	61
CANCER INCIDENCE BY PRIMARY SITE	61
PROSTATE	61
BREAST CANCER	63
LUNG CANCER	65
COLORECTAL	66

INDUCED ABORTION	68

MARRIAGE	70

MARITAL TERMINATION	71

LIST OF REFERENCE TABLES	99-i

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