Profile of St. Clair County, 2024
POPULATION  
  As of July 1, 2024 160,308
  Rank Among Counties: 13
  Per Square Mile: 221.3
NATALITY  
  Live Births: 1,419
  Teenage Mothers: 48
  Low Weight Births: 112
  First Births: 535
MORTALITY  
  Total Deaths: 1,904
  Infant Deaths: 10
  Neonatal Deaths: 5
  Postneonatal Deaths: 5
  Perinatal Deaths: 7
  Fetal Deaths: 4
MARRIAGE 2023  
  Marriages: 989
  Marriage Rate: 12.4
DIVORCE 2023  
  Divorces: 415
  Divorce Rate: 5.2

NATALITY BY RACE OF MOTHER
  Total White Black Other
  Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Live Births 1,419 8.9 1,291 8.6 50 11.8 75 12.0

Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Teenage Mothers 48 33.8 43 33.3 2 * 3 *
Low Weight 112 78.9 98 75.9 7 140.0 7 93.3
Under 1,500 Grams 17 12.0 10 7.7 3 * 4 *
< 37 weeks Gestation 160 112.8 139 107.7 7 140.0 14 186.7
Prenatal Care Began in
First Trimester		 1,088 766.7 997 772.3 39 780.0 51 680.0

Note: Rate is per 1,000 estimated 2024 population and ratio per 1,000 live births in 2024 in specified group.

INFANT AND PERINATAL MORTALITY BY RACE
  Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Infant Deaths 10 7.0 9 7.0 - - 1 *
Neonatal Deaths 5 * 4 * - - 1 *
Postneonatal Deaths 5 * 5 * - - - -
Perinatal Deaths 7 4.9 7 5.4 - - - -
Fetal Deaths 4 * 4 * - - - -

Note: Rate is per 1,000 live births or total births in 2024 in specified group.

MORTALITY
  Total White Black Other
  Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Deaths 1,904 1,038 866     1,825 992 833    43 21 22    36 25 11
Crude Death Rate 11.9 13.0 10.8     12.2 13.3 11.1     10.2 9.2 11.4    5.8 8.2 3.4
 
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 10 3 1 - 5 - 6 25 55 159 348 1,292 -
White Male 6 1 1 - 2 - 5 16 27 100 198 636 -
White Female 3 2 - - 1 - 1 7 23 53 134 609 -
Black Male - - - - - - - - 1 1 5 14 -
Black Female - - - - - - - 1 2 2 4 13 -
Other Male 1 - - - 2 - - 1 2 2 6 11 -
Other Female - - - - - - - - - 1 1 9 -

Note: Rate is per 100,000, 2024 population in specified group.

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

 LEADING HOSPITAL DISCHARGES--2022
  Deaths Rate   Discharges Rate
Total 1,904   839.2     All Hospitalizations 19,382   1,210.2
Heart Disease 501   221.9     Heart Diseases 2,301   143.7
Cancer 390   159.2     Newborns and Neonates (Less than 7 days) 1,443   90.1
Stroke 106   48.6     Females with Deliveries 1,353   84.5
Accidents 75   42.5     Injury and Poisoning 1,696   105.9
C.L.R.D. 123   50.2     Septicemia 1,588   99.2
Alzheimer's 62   28.2     Cerebrovascular Diseases 591   36.9
Diabetes Mellitus 71   27.6     Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms) 552   34.5
Kidney Disease 37   16.2     Covid-19 548   34.2
Cirrhosis 41   19.3     Hypertensions 455   28.4
Suicide 30   15.3     Diabetes Mellitus 455   28.4

Children Ages 1-19
Children Ages 1-19
 
Deaths
Rate
Discharges
Rate
Total 9   26.9     All Hospitalizations 1,806   531.4
Accidents 7   20.9     Injury and Poisoning 75   22.1
Assault (Homicide) -   -     Females with Deliveries 55   16.2
Suicide 1   *     Asthma 17   5.0
Cancer -   -     Mood (affective) Disorders 38   11.2
Congenital malformations -   -     Acute Lower Respiratory Infections - Except Brochi 19   5.6

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, 2024 population in specified group.