SELECTED NATALITY VITAL STATISTICS BY RACE, GEORGIA, 1998
Georgia Total
Item Female Population (Ages 15-44 Years) 3
Number Total 2 White
1,820,738 1,191,146
Black 583,476
Total
Live Births
(All Ages) 122,366 78,167 41,274
^16.0
10 - 14
455
121
331
1.7
15 - 17
6,576 3,128 3,392
40.3
18 - 19
11,290 6,112 5,100 102.6
Age
20 - 24
32,544 19,025 13,027 124.2
of
25 - 29
33,096 22,594 9,503 113.0
Mother
30 - 34
25,165 18,022 6,298
77.5
35 - 39
11,218 7,775 3,067
32.3
40 - 44
1,937 1,330
540
6.0
Age-specific rates per 1,000 women in age group
45 - 50
85
60
16
0.3
Births to Unwed Mothers
(All Ages)
44,248 16,199 27,678
36.2
10 - 14
425
92
331
93.4
15 - 17
5,565 2,164 3,356
84.6
18 - 19
8,218 3,340 4,830
72.8
Age
20 - 24
16,416 5,781 10,510
50.4
of
25 - 29
7,952 2,864 5,000
24.0
Mother
30 - 34
3,666 1,271 2,359
14.6
35 - 39
1,661
548 1,091
14.8
40 - 44
330
130
196
17.0
All rates per 100 women in age group
45 - 50
15
9
5
17.6
Birth Weight (grams)
< 500
271
109
158
0.2
500 - 1,499
1,919
798 1,099
1.6
1,500 - 2,499
8,303
4,129
4,000
6.8
2,500 - 3,999 100,741 64,216 33,966
82.3
All rates per 100 live births
>= 4,000
11,132 8,915 2,051
9.1
Out of Hospital Births All rates per 100 live births
542
325
211
0.4
Spontaneous Abortions 4
(All Ages)
1,108
481
617
9.0
10 - 14
9
1
8
19.4
15 - 17
81
28
53
12.2
18 - 19
115
47
68
10.1
Age
20 - 24
292
112
179
8.9
of
25 - 29
285
133
149
8.5
Woman
30 - 34
199
102
95
7.8
35 - 39
104
43
57
9.2
40 - 44
22
15
7
11.2
All rates per 1,000 women in age group
45 - 50
1
0
1
*
Induced Terminations
(All Ages)
29,238 12,404 15,925
16.1
of Pregnancy
10 - 14
243
73
169
0.9
15 - 17
1,926
889 1,000
11.8
18 - 19
3,084 1,327 1,677
28.0
Age
20 - 24
8,941 3,665 5,071
34.1
of
25 - 29
7,722 3,162 4,327
26.4
Woman
30 - 34
4,352 1,730 2,416
13.4
35 - 39
2,336 1,182 1,043
6.7
40 - 44
599
352
214
1.9
All rates per 1,000 women in age group
45 - 50
35
24
8
0.1
Rate 1 White
^14.8 0.7
30.7 90.9 114.6 118.0 84.9 33.4
6.1 0.3 20.7 76.0 69.2 54.6 30.4 12.7 7.1 7.0 9.8 15.0 0.1 1.0 5.3 82.2 11.4
0.4
6.1 *
8.9 7.6 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.5 11.2 0.0 10.4 0.4 8.7 19.7 22.1 16.5 8.2 5.1 1.6 0.1
Black
^18.9 3.5
59.4 126.2 145.9 102.6
60.4 29.0
5.7 0.2 67.1 100.0 98.9 94.7 80.7 52.6 37.5 35.6 36.3 31.3 0.4 2.7 9.7 82.3 5.0
0.5
14.9 23.6 15.4 13.2 13.6 15.4 14.9 18.2 12.8
* 27.3
1.8 17.5 41.5 56.8 46.7 23.2
9.9 2.3 0.1
1 Asterisks are shown instead of a rate when the number of events is greater than 0 and less than 5. 2 Total = White, Black and Other 3 All populations from the U.S. Bureau of Census 4 >=20 weeks of gestation. See Vital Stats Formula page for change in definition. ^ Crude Birth Rates (All Ages) per 1,000 total population
SELECTED MORTALITY VITAL STATISTICS BY RACE, GEORGIA, 1998
GEORGIA
Item
Number
Rate1
Cause-specific rates per 100,000 pop unless noted
TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL DEATHS Lifestages
Infancy (under 1)2 Neonatal2 Post-Neonatal2
Early Childhood (1-4) Later Childhood (5-9) Early Adolescence (10-14) Later Adolescence (15-19) Young Adulthood (20-44) Middle Adulthood (45-64) Later Adulthood (65+)
Total White Black
7,642,207 5,293,152 2,181,454 60,262 43,752 16,369
Total 7.9
White 8.3
1,035
708
327 184 122 137 425 5,155 12,245 40,955
473
314
159 98 55 80
273 2,846 7,987 31,938
557
392
165 84 66 57
149 2,294 4,216 8,944
8.5
5.8
2.7 40.7 21.4 25.0 75.5 169.0 771.1 5,355.7
6.1
4.0
2.0 33.6 15.4 23.1 77.2 137.3 665.5 4,176.6
Black
7.5
13.5 9.5 4.0
56.2 32.7 30.1 76.1 254.7 1,179.3 1,169.6
Cause of Death
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (001-139)
Septicemia (038) HIV Infection (042-044)
1,952 889 691
941 1,009
25.5
17.8
46.3
561
328
11.6
10.6
15.0
173
518
9.0
3.3
23.7
Neoplasms (140-239) Malignant neoplasms (140-208) Stomach (151) Colon (153) Pancreas (157) Trachea, Bronchus and Lung (162) Breast (174-175) Ovary (183) Prostate (185) Leukemia (204-208) All Other Malignant Sites
13,313 13,094
302 956 600 3,969 1,036 302 801 457 4,671
9,949 9,786
180 670 430 3,154 707 253 485 363 3,544
3,326 3,270
118 285 167 804 329
49 315
92 1,111
174.2 171.3
4.0 12.5
7.9 51.9 13.6
7.7 21.5
6.0 61.1
188.0 184.9
3.4 12.7
8.1 59.6 13.4
9.5 18.5
6.9 67.0
152.5 149.9
5.4 13.1
7.7 36.9 15.1
4.2 30.9
4.2 50.9
Diabetes Mellitus (250)
1,382
884
496
18.1
16.7
22.7
Anemias (280-285) Sickle Cell Trait and Disease (282.5-282.6)
118
68
49
1.5
1.3
2.2
16
0
16
0.2
0.0
0.7
Mental Disorders (290-319)
1,305
972
331
17.1
18.4
15.2
Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs (320-389)
Alzheimers Disease (331.0) Parkinsons Disease (332) Multiple Sclerosis (340)
1,370 599 242 48
1,105 518 215 33
262
17.9
20.9
12.0
81
7.8
9.8
3.7
27
3.2
4.1
1.2
15
0.6
0.6
0.7
Cardiovascular Disease (390-448) Hypertensive Heart Disease (402) Ischemic Heart Disease (410-414) Heart Attack-AMI- (410) Other Forms of Heart Disease (420-429)
23,639 759
9,233 4,820 7,430
17,412 352
7,233 3,709 5,397
6,177 405
1,973 1,089 2,025
309.3 9.9
120.8 63.1 97.2
329.0 6.7
136.6 70.1
102.0
283.2 18.6 90.4 49.9 92.8
1 Asterisks are shown instead of a rate when the number of events is greater than 0 and less than 5 2 Per 1,000 Live Births
SELECTED MORTALITY VITAL STATISTICS BY RACE, GEORGIA, 1998 CONTINUED
GEORGIA
Item
Number
Rate1
Cause-specific rates per 100,000 pop unless noted
Total White Black Total White
Cause of Death (Continued)
Black
Cerebrovascular Disease-Stroke- (430-438) Diseases of the Arteries
and Capillaries (440-448)
4,153 2,973 1,169
54.3
56.2
53.6
1,096
880
215
14.3
16.6
9.9
Phlebitis (451)
23
15
8
0.3
0.3
0.4
Diseases of the Respiratory System (460-519)
Influenza and Pneumonia (480-487) Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease (490-496) Bronchitis, Chronic
and Unspecified (490-491) Emphysema (492) Asthma (493)
5,953 4,898 1,045
77.9
92.5
47.9
2,258 1,771
482
29.5
33.5
22.1
2,742 2,364
373
35.9
44.7
17.1
67
58
501
469
134
67
9
0.9
1.1
0.4
31
6.6
8.9
1.4
67
1.8
1.3
3.1
Diseases of the Digestive System (520-579) Chronic Liver Disease & Cirrhosis (571)
2,065 576
1,525 445
537
27.0
28.8
24.6
129
7.5
8.4
5.9
Diseases of the Urinary Tract (580-599) Diseases of the Genital Tract (600-629)
1,435
862
571
18.8
16.3
26.2
26
16
10
0.3
0.3
0.5
Complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth & Puerperium (630-676)3
9
4
5
7.4
*
12.1
Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System (710-739)
Lupus Erythematosus (710)
264
179
81
37
84
3.5
3.4
3.9
44
1.1
0.7
2.0
Congenital Anomalies (740-759)
336
203
131
4.4
3.8
6.0
Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period (760-779)
Short Gestation and Low Birth Weight (765)
SIDS (798.0)2
513
200
312
6.7
3.8
14.3
170
63
107
2.2
1.2
4.9
102
50
52
0.8
0.6
1.3
Injury and Poisoning (E800-E999) Motor Vehicle Accidents (E810-E825) Water Accidents (E830-E838) Poisonings (E850-E869) Falls (E880-E888) Fires (E890-E899) Drowning (E910) Machinery Accidents (E919) Firearms (E922) Suicides (E950-E959) Homicides (E960-E969) Legal Intervention (E970-E978) All Other Accidents (excluding those above)
4,683 3,241 1,423
61.3
61.2
65.2
1,616 16
221 458 126 119
31 30 823 663
5 575
1,152 12
153 390
70 63 27 20 719 234
3 398
458
21.1
21.8
21.0
4
0.2
0.2
*
67
2.9
2.9
3.1
67
6.0
7.4
3.1
56
1.6
1.3
2.6
55
1.6
1.2
2.5
4
0.4
0.5
*
10
0.4
0.4
0.5
101
10.8
13.6
4.6
426
8.7
4.4
19.5
2
0.1
*
*
173
7.5
7.5
7.9
1 Asterisks are shown instead of a rate when the number of events is greater than 0 and less than 5 2 Per 1,000 Live Births 3 Per 100,000 Live Births