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This
publication provides readers with community-level data on live births and
deaths in Arizona in 2003. Information on live births and deaths is compiled
from the original documents (i.e., certificates of live birth and certificates
of death) filed with the Arizona Department of Health Services. The tabulated
data include:
- Selected characteristics of newborns
and mothers giving births (mother aged 19 years or younger, early
prenatal care, women giving birth who had 5 or more prenatal visits, women
giving birth who had no prenatal care during pregnancy, the incidence of
low-birthweight (LBW) newborns, births to unwed mothers);
- Supplementary indicators focused on socio-demographic
characteristics of the women giving birth in 2003 (births
by mother's race/ethnicity, births by mother's age
group, births by the payee);
- Mortality from cardiovascular
disease, lung cancer, breast cancer, motor vehicle-related injuries,
homicide, suicide, injury by firearms, drug-induced deaths, and
alcohol-induced deaths;
- Age-specific and race-specific
mortality profiles by community;
- Infant mortality by age group, cause
and race/ethnicity.
Many percentages or rates calculated from the data shown in this report
would be based on a small number of events. The rates based on fewer than 10
events are not statistically reliable. Caution must be exercised when
interpreting data based on small numbers of events and/or events occurring
in small populations.
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