Profile of Jackson County, 2023
POPULATION  
  As of July 1, 2023 159,424
  Rank Among Counties: 14
  Per Square Mile: 225.6
NATALITY  
  Live Births: 1,501
  Teenage Mothers: 98
  Low Weight Births: 146
  First Births: 551
MORTALITY  
  Total Deaths: 1,817
  Infant Deaths: 11
  Neonatal Deaths: 8
  Postneonatal Deaths: 3
  Perinatal Deaths: 10
  Fetal Deaths: 3
MARRIAGE  
  Marriages: 858
  Marriage Rate: 10.7
DIVORCE  
  Divorces: 430
  Divorce Rate: 5.4

NATALITY BY RACE OF MOTHER
  Total White Black Other
  Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Live Births 1,501 9.4 1,276 9.2 173 13.5 49 6.5

Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Teenage Mothers 98 65.3 67 52.5 28 161.8 3 *
Low Weight 146 97.3 111 87.0 29 167.6 6 122.4
Under 1,500 Grams 18 12.0 14 11.0 4 * - -
< 37 weeks Gestation 309 205.9 258 202.2 44 254.3 7 142.9
Prenatal Care Began in
First Trimester		 1,205 802.8 1,036 811.9 130 751.4 36 734.7

Note: Rate is per 1,000 estimated 2023 population and ratio per 1,000 live births in 2023 in specified group.

INFANT AND PERINATAL MORTALITY BY RACE
  Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Infant Deaths 11 7.3 10 7.8 1 * - -
Neonatal Deaths 8 5.3 8 6.3 - - - -
Postneonatal Deaths 3 * 2 * 1 * - -
Perinatal Deaths 10 6.6 7 5.5 3 * - -
Fetal Deaths 3 * - - 3 * - -

Note: Rate is per 1,000 live births or total births in 2023 in specified group.

MORTALITY
  Total White Black Other
  Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Deaths 1,817 980 837     1,674 888 786    104 71 33    36 19 17
Crude Death Rate 11.4 12.0 10.8     12.0 12.6 11.4     8.1 9.1 6.6    4.8 5.0 4.5
 
Age in Years
  <1 1-4 5-8 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70+ Unk
Total Deaths 11 4 1 1 8 12 7 40 48 145 359 1,181 -
White Male 4 2 - 1 2 7 6 23 23 77 205 538 -
White Female 6 - - - 2 3 - 9 20 49 118 579 -
Black Male - - - - 3 2 - 4 4 14 17 27 -
Black Female 1 - - - - - - 3 - 2 8 19 -
Other Male - 1 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 1 4 9 -
Other Female - 1 - - - - - 1 - 2 6 7 -

Note: Rate is per 100,000, 2023 population in specified group.

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

 LEADING HOSPITAL DISCHARGES--2022
  Deaths Rate   Discharges Rate
Total 1,817   858.6     All Hospitalizations 17,891   1,117.7
Heart Disease 435   201.5     Heart Diseases 2,198   137.3
Cancer 389   172.3     Newborns and Neonates (Less than 7 days) 1,613   100.8
Accidents 45   26.6     Females with Deliveries 1,508   94.2
Stroke 102   48.6     Injury and Poisoning 1,653   103.3
C.L.R.D. 133   57.5     Septicemia 1,157   72.3
Alzheimer's 95   46.3     Cerebrovascular Diseases 506   31.6
Diabetes Mellitus 56   24.5     Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms) 563   35.2
Kidney Disease 38   16.7     Covid-19 590   36.9
COVID-19 31   14.3     Hypertensions 399   24.9
Cirrhosis 36   17.1     Diabetes Mellitus 352   22.0

Children Ages 1-19
Children Ages 1-19
 
Deaths
Rate
Discharges
Rate
Total 14   39.6     All Hospitalizations 1,808   510.3
Accidents 6   17.0     Injury and Poisoning 63   17.8
Assault (Homicide) 1   *     Females with Deliveries 73   20.6
Suicide 3   *     Asthma 35   9.9
Cancer 1   *     Mood (affective) Disorders 81   22.9
Congenital malformations -   -     Acute Lower Respiratory Infections - Except Brochi 18   5.1

Note: Rates are per 100, 000. Leading causes of death are computed by the direct method, using as the standard population the age distribution of the total population of the United States for the year 2000. Children and discharge data are per 100,000, 2023 population in specified group.