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Vital Facts

Vital Statistics

A Typical Day in North Carolina for 2015

Each Day in North Carolina Saw an Average of
331 Live Births 244 Deaths
192 Marriages 84 Divorces

 

A Typical Day in North Carolina: Births 2015
Category Average Number Total
Live Births 331 120,826
Births to Teens (Ages 10-14) 0 98
Births to Teens (Ages 15-19) 21 7,635
Low Birthweight Babies 30 11,066
Births to Unmarried Women 136 49,501

 

A Typical Day in North Carolina: Deaths 2015
Category Average Number Total
Deaths 244 89,130
Unintentional Injury Deaths 14 4,986
Cancer Deaths 53 19,309
Homicides 2 593
Suicides 4 1,406
Infant Deaths 2 884

 

A Typical Day in North Carolina: Marriages 2015
Category Average Number Total
Marriages 192 70,125

 

A Typical Day in North Carolina: Divorces 2015
Category Average Number Total
Divorces 84 30,816

 

Source: North Carolina Center for Health Statistics.

 

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