|
|
North
Carolina
|
United
States
|
|
Infant
Death Rate/1000, 2001
|
8.6
|
6.9
|
|
Low
birth weight, 2001
|
8.9
|
7.7
|
|
Percent
of Children Age 19-35 Months Who Are Immunized, 2001-2002
|
81%
|
73%
|
|
Number
of Cancer Deaths per 100,000 Population, 1999
|
210.3
|
202.7
|
|
Total
Number of Adults with Diagnosed Diabetes, state data
2001, U.S. 2000
|
399,000
|
12,013,000
|
|
Percent
of Population at Risk for Heart Disease, 1999-2000
|
24.1
|
24.0
|
|
Number
of Heart Disease Deaths per 100,000 Population, 1999
|
265.9
|
270.4
|
|
Number
of Stroke Deaths per 100,000 Population, 1999
|
78.1
|
61.8
|
|
Adult
Cigarette Smoking Rate for Total Population, 2001
|
25.6
|
22.7
|
|
Total
Number of Adults Diagnosed with Asthma, 2001
|
6.4
|
7.2
|
|
Overweight
and Obesity Rate, 2001
|
56
|
56
|
|
|
AGE
GROUP AND CAUSE
|
NUMBER
OF DEATHS
|
DEATH
RATE PER 100,000
|
|
|
|
AGE
LESS THAN 20 YEARS
|
|
|
|
|
|
CANCER
- TOTAL
|
156
|
2.4
|
|
|
CONGENITAL
ANOMALIES
|
672
|
10.2
|
|
|
PERINATAL
CONDITIONS
|
1728
|
26.1
|
|
|
SIDS
|
295
|
4.5
|
|
|
INJURIES
- OTHER & ADVERSE EFFECTS
|
338
|
5.1
|
|
|
MOTOR
VEHICLE INJURIES
|
781
|
11.8
|
|
|
SUICIDE
|
163
|
2.5
|
|
|
HOMICIDE
|
256
|
3.9
|
|
AGE
20-39 YEARS
|
|
|
|
|
|
AIDS
|
563
|
7.8
|
|
|
CANCER
- TOTAL
|
968
|
13.4
|
|
|
DISEASES
OF HEART
|
803
|
11.1
|
|
|
INJURIES
- OTHER & ADVERSE EFFECTS
|
1014
|
14.0
|
|
|
MOTOR
VEHICLE INJURIES
|
1809
|
25.0
|
|
|
SUICIDE
|
1044
|
14.4
|
|
|
HOMICIDE
|
1032
|
14.3
|
|
AGE
40-64 YEARS
|
|
|
|
|
|
CANCER
- TOTAL
|
14065
|
190.2
|
|
|
CANCER
- LUNG
|
4522
|
61.2
|
|
|
CANCER
- FEMALE BREAST
|
1408
|
36.9
|
|
|
DIABETES
MELITUS
|
1635
|
22.1
|
|
|
DISEASES
OF HEART
|
10479
|
141.7
|
|
|
CEREBROVASCULAR
DISEASE
|
1918
|
25.9
|
|
|
CHRONIC
LIVER DISEASE & CIRRHOSIS
|
1253
|
16.9
|
|
|
INJURIES
- OTHER & ADVERSE EFFECTS
|
1479
|
20.0
|
|
|
MOTOR
VEHICLE INJURIES
|
1353
|
18.3
|
|
|
SUICIDE
|
1142
|
15.4
|
