Vital statistics, Georgia: 1956 [Oct. 1, 1957]

T..*BLI:OF CODITENTS

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INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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. . . . . . . . . . SOliiG F CTO8.7 II'IFLUYIICINGVIT .L ST,-TISTICS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sources of data.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Completeness of r e g i s t r a t i o n

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ccuracy and completeness of reporting items on certificates
. . . . . . Changes i n c l a s s i f i c a t i o n of causes of death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Socio-economic status. . . . . . . . . . . . . Population, race and age trends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PI i l i tary events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DISCUSSION OF 1956 ST,,TISTICS
Population...,...................
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Physicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Piarriages and divorces

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Fetaldeaths......................

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Live births.
Immature b i r t h s .

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Births t o unwed mothers.

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infant deaths.
Deaths from immaturity

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neonatal deaths.
Haternaldeaths.

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Deaths a l l ages,

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deaths by age groups

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FIGURES

Figure
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. Live b i r t h s r a t e s adjusted f o r underregistration, Georgia, 1940-l956............
. 2. Live b i r t h and death r a t e s , by race, Georgia, 1925-1956 ,
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Immature b i r t h r a t e s , 1947-1956 and death r a t e s f r o n h a t u r i t y , by race, Georgia, 1925-1956
4. I n f a n t and n e o n a t a l d e a t h r a t e s by race, Georgia, 1925-1956
. . . . . 5. tlaternal death r a t i o by race, Georgia, 1925-1956.

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TEXT Ti,BLES
Table
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. Estimates of b i r t h r e g i s t r a t i o n completeness, by place o f occurrence, Georgia, 1940-1956
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Deaths due t o ill-defined and unknown causes, Georgia, 1947-1956.......*...
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Population by race and residence, Georgia, /ipril 1, 1950~ u l y1 , 1 9 5 6
. . 4. i'iarriages by residence of b r i d e and groom, Georgia, 1956 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. F e t a l deaths by race, place of occurrence, attendant and
length of gestation, Georgia, 1956
. . . . . . . . . . . . 6. Live b i r t h rates, Georgia, 1940-1956
7. Death r a t e s p e r 100,000 p o p u l a t i o n f o r Georgia and United
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . States, and death r a t e s adjusted f o r age and race, Georgia,
1950-1956...........0

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GENERAL TLiBLES

. I, S e l e c t e d v i t a l events, number and r a t e and p e r c e n t occurr i n g i n h o s p i t a l s by race, urban and r u r a l , Georgia, 1956.

. . . . . . . . . . . . 11. Deaths, a l l causes, number and r a t e per 100,000 population by race, age and sex, Georgia, 1956.
. . 111. Summary of s e l e c t e d v i t a l s t a t i s t i c s , Georgia, 1926-1956
. . . . . . . . IV. Live b i r t h s by age of parents, Georgia, 1956

. . . . . . . . . . V, Live b i r t h s t o unwed mothers, number and r a t e per 1,000 l i v e b i r t h s , by age of mother, Georgia, 1956.

V I . Important causes of death, number and r a t e p e r 100,000
population, i n s p e c i f i e d age groups, by race, Georgia, 1956.

VI-a.
VII. VIII.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . Important causes of death, number and per cent, i n specified
age groups, Georgia, 1956 (charts)
. . Deaths from h e a r t d i s e a s e by type, by age, Georgia, 1956 . Deaths from cancer, by s i t e , race, and sex, Georgia, 1956.

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GENEFULLTABLES (CONT f D )

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , IX. Deaths, number and r a t i o (per 10,000 l i v e births) from d i s e a s e s of pregnancy c h i l d b i r t h , and t h e puerperium, by race, Georgia, 1956
. . . . . . . . . . . . . X. Infant deaths, number and r a t e per 1,000 l i v e b i r t h s by race, sex and age, Georgia, 1956.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XI. Infant dea.ths, number and r a t e per 1,000 l i v e b i r t h s by race, by cause, Georgia, 1956
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X I I . i,ccidental deaths, number and r a t e , by type of accident, by age, Georgia, 1956.
. . . . X I I I . V i t a l s t a t i s t i c s , by county and race, Georgia, 1956

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XIV-I,. Vital s t a t i s t i c s , by c i t i e s with population of 75,000 or more, Georgia, 1956

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XIV-B. Vital s t a t i s t i c s , by c i t i e s with population of 10,000-

74,999, Georgia, 1956

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. . . . . . . . . . . . XV. Live b i r t h s t o unwed mothers, number and r a t e per 1,000 l i v e b i r t h s , by race, Georgia, 1956

XVI. Number of p h y s i c i a n s i n p r i v a t e p r a c t i c e and average number
-.- "- of persons per physician, by county, Georgia, January 1,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XVII-I\. Estimated population by race, sex and age, Georgia, July 1, 1956.........

XVII-B.

Estimated population by race, by urban and. r u r a l and c i v i l i -
. . . . . . . an population by race, by county and incorporated places of
2,500 o r more persons, Georgia, J u l y 1, 1956.

X V I I I . Total population by census years by age and race, Georgia, 1920-1950.....................e...

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XIX. I.'Iarriages, divorces, and annulments, by county of applicat i o n , bv r a c e , Georgia, 1956.