TABLE OF CONTENTS
SYMBOLS USED IN THIS REPORT.......................................
Page vi
INTRODUCTION..................................................~...
vii
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.......,......................,........,,....
xviii-xix
Deaths by age groups...,..............,........,.,.,...,......
xix -xx
FIGURES
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1. 1Li9v4e0-b1i9r5t9h...r.a.t.e.s...a.d.j.u..s.t.e.d...f.o.r..u.n..d.e.r.r.egistra.t.i.o.n.,..G.e.o.r.g.i.a...... ix
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.
viii
.......................... 2. Deaths due to ill-defined and unknown causes, Georgia,
1950-1959.............................
L7L7
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............
1
............................... 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........
2-3
IV. Live births by age of parents, Georgia, 1959............,,......
4
........ V. Live births to unwed .mothers,number and rate per 1,000 live births, by age of mother, Georgia, 1959....,....,.......
4
........... VI-A. Important causes of death, number and rate per 100,000 popula-
tion, in specified age groups, by race, Georgia, 1959
5-8
............................. 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............,
13
............................. 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
14
............................... 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.
.J.a.nu.a.r.y..1..,.....
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.......,,.,..,.,.................
149
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