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Selected Vital Statistics for 2016 and 2012-2016

Durham County

Item Total White, Non-Hispanic Black, Non-Hispanic Hispanic
Number 2016 Rate* 2016 Rate* 12-16 Number 2016 Rate* 2016 Rate* 12-16 Number 2016 Rate* 2016 Rate* 12-16 Number 2016 Rate* 2016 Rate* 12-16
Population
Total 300,573 100.0 100.0 129,088 100.0 100.0 115,174 100.0 100.0 39,927 100.0 100.0
Males 143,549 47.8 47.9 61,742 47.8 47.8 52,472 45.6 45.7 21,336 53.4 53.9
Females 157,024 52.2 52.1 67,346 52.2 52.2 62,702 54.4 54.3 18,591 46.6 46.1
Natural Increase 2,366 7.9 8.4 583 4.5 4.8 585 5.1 6.0 930 23.3 23.4
Live Births
Total 4,346 14.5 15.0 1,652 12.8 13.3 1,422 12.3 13.0 974 24.4 24.4
Males 2,152 7.2 7.6 822 6.4 6.8 710 6.2 6.6 471 11.8 12.2
Females 2,194 7.3 7.3 830 6.4 6.4 712 6.2 6.4 503 12.6 12.2
Attendant
Physician (MD & DO) 3,690 84.9 85.6 1,265 76.6 77.6 1,294 91.0 91.2 865 88.8 89.0
Certified Nurse Midwife 617 14.2 13.6 373 22.6 21.8 119 8.4 8.0 94 9.7 9.7
Other Attendant 39 0.9 0.8 14 0.8 0.6 9 0.6 0.8 15 1.5 1.3
Place of Delivery
In Hospital 4,251 97.8 97.7 1,581 95.7 95.2 1,409 99.1 99.2 966 99.2 99.3
Home Birth 20 0.5 0.4 14 0.8 0.8 2 0.1 0.2 3 0.3 0.1
Other 75 1.7 1.9 57 3.5 4.0 11 0.8 0.5 5 0.5 0.6
Low Birthweight 375 8.6 8.8 89 5.4 6.4 192 13.5 13.3 72 7.4 6.7
Unmarried Mother 1,699 39.1 40.1 172 10.4 11.3 970 68.2 68.3 535 54.9 57.4
Mother Smoked 152 3.5 5.0 39 2.4 3.8 109 7.7 9.8 3 0.3 0.8
C-Section 1,198 27.6 28.4 400 24.2 26.2 462 32.5 33.1 248 25.5 24.8
Occurrence
Total 5,783 4.7 4.6 2,567 3.8 3.6 1,776 6.2 6.1 1,004 5.4 5.3
To Residents 3,273 56.6 59.0 1,079 42.0 44.0 1,188 66.9 68.6 791 78.8 81.6
Fetal and Infant Mortality
Perinatal Deaths 50 11.4 11.8 11 6.6 7.3 29 20.2 21.2 8 8.2 7.0
Fetal Deaths 32 7.3 7.1 8 4.8 4.2 17 11.8 11.9 7 7.1 5.7
Neonatal (Under 28 Days) 18 4.1 4.7 3 1.8 3.0 12 8.4 9.4 1 1.0 1.3
Postneonatal (28 Days - 1 Year) 9 2.1 2.3 2 1.2 0.7 6 4.3 4.5 1 1.0 1.9
Infant Deaths (Under 1 Year) 27 6.2 7.0 5 3.0 3.8 18 12.7 13.8 2 2.1 3.2
Deaths (Excluding Fetals)
Total 1,980 6.6 6.5 1,069 8.3 8.5 837 7.3 7.0 44 1.1 1.1
Males 999 7.0 6.7 539 8.7 8.2 415 7.9 7.7 27 1.3 1.3
Females 981 6.2 6.4 530 7.9 8.7 422 6.7 6.3 17 0.9 0.8
Age
00-04 Years 33 1.6 1.7 8 1.1 1.2 19 2.7 2.9 4 0.8 0.8
05-14 Years 1 0.0 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 0 0.0 0.0
15-24 Years 37 0.9 0.7 9 0.7 0.5 24 1.3 1.0 3 0.5 0.6
25-34 Years 56 1.0 0.8 18 0.7 0.7 31 1.7 1.3 5 0.7 0.6
35-44 Years 65 1.5 1.4 25 1.4 1.2 32 2.1 2.0 8 1.1 1.0
45-54 Years 129 3.5 3.5 49 3.0 2.8 76 4.8 4.9 3 0.8 1.4
55-64 Years 277 8.0 8.1 104 5.6 6.0 162 12.1 11.9 6 3.5 3.9
65 and Over 1,382 40.1 42.9 856 40.6 43.9 493 43.6 45.3 15 17.4 17.0
Place of Death
Hospital 543 27.4 29.9 247 23.1 25.3 270 32.3 35.6 13 29.5 36.5
Other Institution 851 43.0 42.2 504 47.1 45.8 328 39.2 38.1 15 34.1 35.5
Home or Non-Institution 586 29.6 27.9 318 29.7 28.9 239 28.6 26.3 16 36.4 28.1
Occurrence
Total 3,561 3.9 3.9 2,094 3.0 3.0 1,317 7.0 6.9 76 5.6 6.9
To Residents 1,785 50.1 50.9 950 45.4 46.4 773 58.7 59.4 37 48.7 45.0

*See definitions and formulas section

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