Vital Statistics 2000 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	31

NATALITY	38
FERTILITY	38
BIRTHS OUTSIDE HOSPITALS	40
MOTHER’S AGE, RACE, AND MARITAL STATUS	41
METHOD OF DELIVERY	42

MORTALITY	43
FETAL, INFANT, AND MATERNAL DEATHS	46
AGE-SPECIFIC AND AGE-ADJUSTED DEATH RATES
AGE-SPECIFIC AND AGE-ADJUSTED DEATH RATES FIGURES	47
AGE, SEX, AND RACE	63
MORTALITY PIE CHARTS
YEARS OF POTENTIAL LIFE LOST	73

CANCER INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE	77
CANCER INCIDENCE BY PRIMARY SITE	77
PROSTATE	77
BREAST CANCER	79
LUNG CANCER	81
COLORECTAL	82

INDUCED ABORTION	84

MARRIAGE	86

MARITAL TERMINATION	87

LIST OF REFERENCE TABLES	00-i

2000 VITAL STATISTICS REFERENCE TABLES	00-1

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