Title: Annual report - vital statistics of Massachusetts. (title varies)
Description: ...when this abstract was written the current reports include detailed data on births, deaths, marriages and divorces; natality (birth) data includes number of live births, fetal and neonatal deaths, birth rates and births by age of mother, births by race, martial status, birthweight, source and adequacy of prenatal care, cesarean and repeat cesarean births by age of mother, number of births by town and by hospital (detailed data is given by state and for each town); mortality data includes number of deaths by sex, race, age, place of occurence and by detailed cause; includes data on infant mortality and fetal and neonatal deaths, cancer, motor vehicle accidents, heart disease and AIDS deaths; detailed data is also provided by city and town; marriage and divorce data is given by age and previous marital status for each county; gives population estimates by age group and for each town; other interesting facts include 20 most popular names for babies, number of twins, triplets, and other multiple births, days on which most and fewest births occured, most popular months for marriages, average length of marriages, etc. (reported in 1988 annual report)...
Subjects: Birth, Statistics, Cities and towns, Vital Statistics, Death, Divorce, Hospitals, Births, Infants, Mortality, Marriage, Names, Race, Population, Cities and Towns, Estimates
Places: Massachusetts