Statistics on Life Values in North Carolina by County

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- Leslie J. Winner
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- NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund, Inc.
Matter
- Gingles
Case
- Thornburg v. Gingles
U.S. state
- North Carolina
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- Case Files
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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. Statistics on Life Values in North Carolina by County, 1980. bda741db-dd92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/03e7a5e0-09b1-405e-b5c2-f8d22c749125/statistics-on-life-values-in-north-carolina-by-county. Accessed May 14, 2025.

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    61. For statistics which use white and non-white, non-
white is over 952 black in North carolina. source: North
Carolina Department of Human Resources.

62. Infant mortality rates in North Carolina are
substantially higher for non-whites than for whites. For
the five year period from L976-1980 the infant morraliry
rate by race was as follows:

Fetal1 Neonatal2 Post Neonatal3
trIhite 9:4
Non-l^lhite L6.9

1. The fetal death rate is the number of non-
abortion fetal deaths after 20 weeks gestation per
1000 live births plus feral dearhs.

2. The neonatal death rate is the number of
deaths from birth to 28 days per 1000 live births.

3. The post neonatal death rate is the number
of deaths from 29 days ro 1 year per 1000 l-ive births
that attained the age of 29 days.- This is a four
year rather than a five year measure.

(Source: "Maternal and Child Care Statistics in
North Carolina over the l-ast Decade, " North Carolina
Department of Human Resources, Spring 1981. )

63. The birth weight and infant death rate by race forthe following North carolina counties is as indicaled below.

9.5
15. 8

3.3
7.5

L975-L979 51r. Rate
Percqrt Aborre Fetal Death2 wec,natal3
2501g' at birth Death

Post Neonrtrl4
@__

Vtrite Ncrn-tri

l&cklenbr-rg 94.L 86.6

Forsyth 94.0 87.2

Dl;rrhan 94.4 86.6

94.L 86.7

94.4 86.2

93.5 86.9

94.8 89.2

I,iLrite lqon-W l^lhite Ncrn-W I,JLrite Non-W

7.9 Ls.7 9.0 19. s 3.0 s.9
9.0 1s.0 9.7 L6.2

6.7 17.8 7.2 14.s

9.L 15.s 8.0 1s.9 2.8 6.8
8.8 22.3 11.4 16.3 3.2 8.8
7.7 13.5 7.7 14.8 2.8 6.9

2.5 4.6

2.L 6.8
Wake

Wilscn
Edgeccrnbe

Nash 11.0 17.8 6.6 18.1 2.8 9.L



1. It is considered healthy for a baby to weigh
more than 2501 grams at birth.

2. The fetal death rate includes deaths after
20 weeks of gestation excluding abortions.

3. The neonatal death rate includes deaths
from birth to 28 days.

4. The post-neonatal death rate includes deaths
from 29 days to one year.

Source: "Maternal and Child Health Statistics, " North
Carolina Department of Human Resources, L979

64. The death rate for pon-whites in North Carolina
is higher than the death rate'for whites. For example,
the age-adjusted mortality rate for L978 was:

I^lhite Non-White
male 9L6.9 LL92.5
female 453.7 621.8

1. Deaths per 100,000 popularion adjusred for
age. Source: "North Carolina Health Statistics
Pocket Guide" February L982, North carolina Department
of Human Resources.

65. "Analysis of age-adjusted death rates for race-sex
groups reveals wide gaps between races and also between sexes,
more so in North carolina than nationwide." "North Carolina
Health Statistics Pocket Guide," lrlc Deptarunant of r-r-man Resortrces,April 1981.

The following table shows life expectency ia L973 and, Lg74.



Table A

Selected Life Table yllues, by Age,
North Carolina, igZ3 anO

Color and Sex:
t974

NON-l.lHITE

Expectation of Life:
At Birth

7973
1974

At Age I
t973
1974

At Age 25
t973
7974

At Age 65
1973
1974

68.90
69.87

69.32
70 .16

46. 64
47.30

13.95
t4.?3

66.68
67.54

66. 91
67.77

44.37
44.99

1?.32
L2.56

74.70
75.44

74.88
75.40

51. 67
5?.L4

15.88
16.07

59.06
60.13

59.86
60.74

37.92
38.48

11.61
11. 89

67.56
69.04

68.32
69.59

4s.43
46.67

13. 9s
14.49

Percent Survi ving
From Bi rth:
To Age I

t973
t974

To Age 25 
Lg73. t974

To Age 65 .*73
t974

97.97
98. 19

95. 69
96.21

68. 61
70.51

98.19
98.20

9s.49
95.99

63.17
65. 13

98.44
98. 75

97 .21
97.59

82.03
83.35

97.04
97.38

92.79
93.74

44.99
46. 16

97.45
97.79

95.56
95.96

65.05
68.46

l',ledian Age at Death:

t973
t974

72.07
73.5 r

source: "North carolina Life Tables for L973 and L974,:North carolina Department of Human Resources, Ju1y, Lg75.

66. rn February 1980, a report prepared by the NorthCitrolina Community Development Councii fbr the i{orth Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and community Developmentconcluded, "There are a number of deterrents to a successfurhousing-pr-ogram in North Carolina,- but three or. *o"i orrtstanding.one is lack of knowledgq about Fe:dera1 and stiiu rro""i"g p;;F;;:A second is economic and racial prejudice. The third hls^ to"do



with the availabiliay of money, what it takes to abtain it, andthe overall cost of construction. " From "Housing-f;; Northcarolinians : Policy and Action Reconrnendations"]

67 . rn the spr-i_ng of 1981, the Norrh carolina HousingFinance Agency, the united states secretary of Housing and"urban Development, and the united states slcretary oi"trreTreasury identified 24 urban census tracts which ir.=" e1-igiblefor loans under the Mortgage subsidy Bond Tax Act. Thecriterian is that 707" or more of tha families have incomeswhich are 807. or l-ess of the statewide median family income.
-of t!," 48,562 -people |1ving in these census tracts 39,369 wereblack compared to 8,814 white . and L74 indian. The tractseligible for targetting are as follows:

Table 10
NORTH CAROLINA CENSUS TRACTS ELIGIBLE FOR TARGETING

County No. Tract Cor-nrty 1980 l^thite
Total Pop.

Black American
Indian

2L

51

51

51

51

63

63

65

67

67

81

119

119

119

119

2.00

1.00

2.00

3.00

13.00

12.01

t2.02

201.00

5.00

8.02

108.01

4.00

5.00

7.00

8.00

2t73

100s

2787

L482

2269

864

976

401

27t8

3065

703

623

1901

757

3346

557

44L

487

449

77

9

1

34

23

710

459

338

1608

523

2249

9s8

2L86

859

975

367

2689

2309

22L

28t

1 825

565

3246

Br:ncombe

Cr.rmberland

Cumberland

Cr-rmberland

Cr:nberland

Durham

Durham

Edgecombe*

Forsyth

Forsyth

Guilford

Mecklenburg

Mecklenburg

Meeklenburg

Mecklenburg

66

90

95

7

34

48

0

2

0

0

0

4

t7

t4

3

3

0

0



Table 10
NORTH CAROLINA CENSUS TRACTS ELIGIBLE FOR TARGETING

County No. Tract Cornty 1980 l.lhite
Total Pop.

Black American
Indian

119

119

t29

L29

L29

183
- 

19r.

191

195

2562

.'2t5
3755

^1381

L675

4033

30.0 7

. 567

6297

6

0

t32

L024

5

118

26s8

27t

773

2547

2L5

3607

351

1555

3904

".3.37

258-

5514

37.00 Mecklenburg

49.00 Mecklenburg

111.00 New Hanover

113.00 New Hanover

114.00 New Hanover

9.00 Wake

10.00 Wayne*

17.00 Wayne*

8. O0 I^Iilson*

0

0

L2

5

4

5

4

1

4
24 census tracts 48562 8814 39369 L74

:k Not in an SMSA

Source: Interrogatory lt3l 1'Complying with the Mortga1e Subsidy
Bond Tax Act of 1980: A Preliminary Analysis for the North
Carolina Housing Finance Agency" at Table 10).

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