Vital Statistics 2004 Report

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CONTENTS		PAGE

TABLE OF FIGURES		iv

INTRODUCTION-VITAL REGISTRATION AND DATA COLLECTION		1

TECHNICAL OVERVIEW		4
	DATA SOURCES AND LIMITATIONS	4
	DATA TABULATION AND PRESENTATION	7
	DEFINITIONS	37

NATALITY		44
	FERTILITY	44
	LOW BIRTHWEIGHT	46
	MOTHER'S AGE, RACE, AND MARITAL STATUS	47
	METHOD OF DELIVERY	48

MORTALITY		49
	FETAL, INFANT, AND MATERNAL DEATHS	52
	AGE-SPECIFIC AND AGE-ADJUSTED DEATH RATES	53
	AGE, SEX, AND RACE	70
	YEARS OF AGE	73
	YEARS OF POTENTIAL LIFE LOST	79

CANCER INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE		84
	CANCER INCIDENCE BY PRIMARY SITE	84
	PROSTATE CANCER	85
	BREAST CANCER	86
	LUNG CANCER	88
	COLORECTAL CANCER	89

INDUCED ABORTION		91

MARRIAGE		93

MARITAL TERMINATION		94

2004 VITAL STATISTICS REFERENCE TABLES		04-1

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