Vital Statistics 2006 Report

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CONTENTS		PAGE

TABLE OF FIGURES		iv

INTRODUCTION-VITAL REGISTRATION AND DATA COLLECTION		1

TECHNICAL OVERVIEW		5
	DATA SOURCES AND LIMITATIONS	5
	DATA TABULATION AND PRESENTATION	8
	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	51
	AGE-SPECIFIC AND AGE-ADJUSTED DEATH RATES	53
	AGE, SEX, AND RACE	70
	YEARS OF POTENTIAL LIFE LOST	74

CANCER INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE		79
	CANCER INCIDENCE BY PRIMARY SITE	79
	PROSTATE CANCER	80
	BREAST CANCER	81
	LUNG CANCER	83
	COLORECTAL CANCER	84

INDUCED ABORTION		86

MARRIAGE		88

MARITAL TERMINATION		89

2006 VITAL STATISTICS REFERENCE TABLES		06-i

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