Their results were not strictly comparable to ours because they analyzed total medical bills, including charges from other providers in addition to hospitals. Because our study was restricted to hospital and emergency room data, it did not address the practices of other providers. No male outpatients had injuries due to toxic effects. Live births increased in September primarily because of a longer reporting period as the birth rate actually decreased from 14.0 per 1,000 population in September 1995 to 13.6 this September. For the first three quarters of the year, the birth rate decreased from 14.0 to 13.8 per 1,000 population.
Deaths show little change from the previous year for all three time periods shown below.
The rate in September increased from 4.5 to 4.9 persons added per 1,000 population. Marriages decreased for all three time periods shown below. For the first three-quarters of the year the infant death rate decreased slightly from 7.5 to 7.4 per 1,000 live births. The infant death rate is based on the number of infant deaths per 1000 live births. Rates are adjusted to account for varying lengths of monthly reporting periods.