Vital Statistics 2007 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	7

NATALITY		13
	FERTILITY	13
	LOW BIRTHWEIGHT	15
	MOTHER'S AGE, RACE, AND MARITAL STATUS	16
	METHOD OF DELIVERY	17

MORTALITY		18
	INFANT, FETAL, AND MATERNAL DEATHS	20
	AGE-SPECIFIC AND AGE-ADJUSTED DEATH RATES	22
	AGE, SEX, AND RACE	38
	YEARS OF POTENTIAL LIFE LOST	42

CANCER INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE		47
	CANCER INCIDENCE BY PRIMARY SITE	47
	PROSTATE CANCER	48
	BREAST CANCER	49
	LUNG CANCER	51
	COLORECTAL CANCER	52

INDUCED ABORTION		54

MARRIAGE		56

MARITAL TERMINATION		57

2007 VITAL STATISTICS REFERENCE TABLES		07-i

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