Vital statistics, Georgia: 1959 [Nov. 1960]

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SYMBOLS USED IN THIS REPORT.......................................

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INTRODUCTION..................................................~...

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SOME FACTORS INFLUENCING VITAL STATISTICS.........................
........................ Sources of data,..............................................
Completeness of registration.......... Accuracy and completeness of reporting items on certificates.. Changes in classification of causes of death.................. Socio-economic status........,.....................,...,,.,... Population, race and age trends........,....,......,.......... Military events...,..........,..............,...............,.

viii-xii viii
viii -ix ix -x x x xi xii

DISCUSSION OF 1959 STATISTICSe....................oo.-ee......,.oe

xiii -xx

............................ Population...................,.................,..............
Physicians............,......,....

xiii xiii

Marriages and divorces..,.,.................,.................

xiii -xiv

Fetal deaths.....,...............................,............

xiv

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Live births...........,,......................................

XV

Births to unwed mothers.........,...............,.............

xvi

.......................... ljnmature births...............................................
Deaths from immaturity..............

mi m i -xvii

Infant death~..............~.,.............~..........,..,....

xvii

Neonatal deaths.,.....,....,...,.................,,...........

xvii -xviii

Maternal deaths.......,.....,.......,..........,...,.....,....

xviii

Deaths all ages.......,......................,........,,....

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

xix -xx

FIGURES

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2. Live birth and death rates, by race, Georgia, 1925-1959......

xi

3. I.mmaturebirth rates, 1947-1959..............., ............. xvi

4. Infant and neonatal death rates by race, Georgia, 1925-1959.. xvii

5. Naternaldeath ratio by race, Georgia, 1925-1959.............

xviii

TEXT TABLES

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................................. 1. Estimates of birth registration completeness, by place of occurrence, Georgia, 1940-1959.

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.......................... 2. Deaths due to ill-defined and unknown causes, Georgia,

1950-1959.............................

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3. PJoupluyl1at,i1o9n5b9y..r.a.c.e..a.n.d..r.e.s.i.d.e.n.c.e.,..G.e.o.r.g.i.a.,..A.p.r.i.l..1.,..1.9.5..0.-....... xiii

........ 4. Marriages by residence of bride and groom, Georgia, 1959

xiv

5. Fetal deaths by race, place of occurrence, attendant and length

of gestation, Georgia, 1959..............................,......

xiv

6. Live birth rates, Georgia, 1940-1959............................ xv

7. Death rates per 100,000 population for Georgia and United States and death rates adjusted for age and race, Georgia, 1950-1959... xix

GENERAL T W S

I. Selected vital events, number and rate and per cent occurring

in hospitals by race, urban and rural, Georgia, 1959............

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............................... 11. Deaths, all causes, number and rate per 1,000population by race, age and sex, Georgia, 1959.

1

111. Summary of selected vital statistics, Georgia, 1927-1959........

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IV. Live births by age of parents, Georgia, 1959............,,......

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........ V. Live births to unwed .mothers,number and rate per 1,000 live births, by age of mother, Georgia, 1959....,....,.......

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........... VI-A. Important causes of death, number and rate per 100,000 popula-

tion, in specified age groups, by race, Georgia, 1959

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............................. VI-B. Important causes of death, number and per cent, in specified age groups, Georgia, 1959 (charts).

9-11

VII. Deaths from heart diseases by type, by age, Georgia, 1959....... 12

VIII. Deaths from cancer, by site, race, and sex, Georgia, 1959....,.. 12

. GENjLXAL TABLES ( ~ o n t)

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.......................... I X . Maternal deaths, number and r a t i o (per 10,000 l i v e births) by race, Georgia, 1959............,

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............................. X. Infant deaths, number and rate per 1,000 l i v e births by race, sex and age, Georgia, 1959......

13

...................................... X I . Infant deaths, number and rate per 1,000 live births by race, by cause, Georgia, 1959

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............................... X I I . Accidental deaths, number and rate, by type of accident, by age, Georgia, 1959............
......, X I I I . V i t a l s t a t i s t i c s , by county and race, Georgia, 1959,..

15 16-95

... .......... ................ ........ XIV-A. Vital statistics, by c i t i e s with population of 75,000 or

more, Georgia, 1959.. ,

,

,

96-98 ,

XIV-B. V i t a l 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, 1959......,......,......,,........e..,.,...........

99-111

.. .. ........ .. .. ..... .. ..... . ... .. .. .... . . . . XIV-C. Vital statistics, by c i t i e s with population of 2,500-9,999,

Georgia, 1959.

,

,

,

112-145

XV. Number of physicians 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,
1960.

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XVI-A. E19s5ti9m.a.t.e.d..p.o.p..u.la.t.i.o.n..b.y..r.a.c.e.,..s.e.x..a.n.d..a.g.e.,..G..e.o.rg..ia.,..J.u.l.y..1..,..

XVI-B.

Estimated population by race, by urban and r u r a l c i v i l i a n

. . ....... population by race, by county and incorporated places of
2,500 or more persons, Georgia, July 1, 1959.. , ,,,,,

147-149

.............. XVII.

Total population by census years by age and race, Georgia,

1920-1950

.....,..,.,......,.....,...,.e...e....

XVIII. bkrriages, divorces, and annulments, by county of applica-
tion, by race, Georgia, 1959.......,,.,..,.,.................

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